Jaylen McCollough: DB · Tennessee · #2.
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Jaylen McCollough
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The five seasons at Tennessee span two head coaches: Jeremy Pruitt and Josh Heupel. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Vanderbilt — Week 13, 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
58 tackles. 4 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 2.5 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-13vs Virginia | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 30-13vs Austin Peay | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 16-29@ Florida | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-14vs UTSA | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-20vs South Carolina | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-13vs Texas A&M | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-34@ No. 11 Alabama | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 33-27@ Kentucky | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 59-3vs UConn | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-36@ No. 16 Missouri | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-38vs No. 1 Georgia | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-24vs Vanderbilt | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 35-0vs No. 20 Iowa | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 58 | 34 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
58tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL58 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 5.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Pass share
45.8%
411 pass / 486 run
Plays / game
69.0
13 games
Team sack rate
5.5%
418 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
58 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #106 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Tennessee, 234 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 53 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jeremy Pruitt → Josh Heupel. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
