Senior safety on Akron's 2022 roster.
6′0″ · 180 lb · Detroit, MI
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 255 nationally · Signed with Michigan
Statement game16 tacklesvs Buffalo (FBS) · L 10-45
Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on Akron's roster.
Jaylen Kelly-Powell
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Jaylen Kelly-Powell has played for four head coaches across six seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against Michigan State, Week 2, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Akron, 105 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Terry Bowden, Tom Arth, Oscar Rodriguez, and Joe Moorhead. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Moorhead
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022
W 30–23
1 SOLO · 3 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With N. Gettman — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 62 LONG · D. Irons — 273 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 16.6 · 12 rush yds (12 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 30-23vs Saint Francis | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 0-52@ Michigan State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 6-63@ Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 12-21@ Liberty | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-31vs Bowling Green | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 34-55@ Ohio | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to A.J. Hampton’s 2022 season.
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to A.J. Hampton's graduate season at Northwestern (2022).
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Player DNA