Jaylen Jones: S · Virginia Tech · #15.
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Jaylen Jones
Erases the deep middle of the field. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Virginia Tech. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Rutgers — Week 4, 2024.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 8 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
The Roanoke Times Oct 23
TigerNet Oct 20Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Virginia Tech | 40 | 17 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | 30 | 15 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Virginia Tech | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 72 | 34 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-34@ Vanderbilt | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-14vs Marshall | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | W 37-17@ Old Dominion | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 23-26vs Rutgers | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 34-38@ No. 7 Miami | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-7@ Stanford | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-21vs Boston College | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 21-6vs Georgia Tech | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-38@ Syracuse | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-24vs No. 19 Clemson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 28-31@ Duke | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 37-17vs Virginia | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 40 | 17 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 8 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
20%8 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFL40 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 8 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Road6g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Pry
Pass share
41.2%
339 pass / 484 run
Plays / game
63.3
13 games
Team sack rate
8.6%
373 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #110 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Virginia Tech, 72 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Justin Fuente, J.C. Price, and Brent Pry. Multi-era developmental context.
