Jaylen Mahoney: DB · Vanderbilt · #23.
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Jaylen Mahoney
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at Vanderbilt. A game that shows it: 16 tackles against Georgia — Week 7, 2023.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
59 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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 | Vanderbilt | 59 | 38 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | -- |
| 2022 | Vanderbilt | 55 | 37 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2021 | Vanderbilt | 52 | 40 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2020 | Vanderbilt | 57 | 33 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Vanderbilt | 23 | 10 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Career | 246 | 158 | 16.0 | 4.0 | 17 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-28vs Hawai'i | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 47-13vs Alabama A&M | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-36@ Wake Forest | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 37-40@ UNLV | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 28-45vs Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-38vs No. 23 Missouri | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-37vs No. 1 Georgia | 16 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 16 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 7-33@ No. 12 Ole Miss | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 15-31vs Auburn | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 6-47@ South Carolina | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-48@ No. 25 Tennessee | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Total | 59 | 38 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
10%6 pass breakupsTackle volume
59tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL59 tackles · 1 for loss · 6 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Pass share
53.3%
390 pass / 342 run
Plays / game
61.0
12 games
Team sack rate
6.5%
417 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
59 tackles in 11 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #238 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Vanderbilt, 246 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 50 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Derek Mason → Clark Lea. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
