Jaylen Joyner: DL · Memphis · #52.
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Jaylen Joyner
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The six seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Lane Kiffin, Willie Taggart and Ryan Silverfield. First career honor, 2020: All-Conference USA. A game that shows it: 2 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Arkansas State — Week 2, 2023.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
7 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Memphis | 7 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2022 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2021 | Florida Atlantic | 36 | 8 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2 |
| 2020 | Florida Atlantic | 39 | 14 | 7.0 | 5.5 | -- |
| 2019 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2018 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 96 | 34 | 13.5 | 10.5 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-14vs Bethune-Cookman | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-3@ Arkansas State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 35-32vs Boise State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-21@ UAB | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 45-42@ North Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 44-38@ Charlotte | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-21@ Temple | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 36-26@ Iowa State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Week 1 · 2023
W 56-14
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 1 tackle
Dominant 42-point win at home against Bethune-Cookman.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Silverfield
Pass share
53.3%
481 pass / 421 run
Plays / game
69.4
13 games
Team sack rate
3.8%
496 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Six seasons, at Florida Atlantic and Memphis, 10 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 37 games over six seasons.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Lane Kiffin, Willie Taggart and Ryan Silverfield.
