Jaylen Swain: EDGE · Jacksonville State · #30.
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Jaylen Swain
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Second year in the Jacksonville State defensive front. On tape: 5 tackles against Liberty, Week 10, 2024.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
44 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 10.5 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | 44 | 17 | 10.5 | 3.5 | -- |
| 2023 | Jacksonville State | 30 | 14 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 2 |
| Career | 74 | 31 | 17.0 | 7.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-55vs Coastal Carolina | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-49@ No. 22 Louisville | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 34-37@ Eastern Michigan | 6 | 1 | 2.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 44-7vs Southern Miss | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 63-24@ Kennesaw State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 54-13vs New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-21@ Liberty | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 44-37@ Louisiana Tech | 6 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 12 | W 34-31vs Florida International | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 21-11vs Sam Houston | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-19@ Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 52-12vs Western Kentucky | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 27-30vs Ohio | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 44 | 17 | 10.5 | 3.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
8%4 sacksTFL rate
24%10 TFLHurry rate
5%2 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
64%4 of 6 pressures44 tackles · 10.5 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Rich Rodriguez — 18-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Pass share
33.1%
313 pass / 634 run
Plays / game
67.6
14 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
328 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2024
44 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Two seasons at Jacksonville State, 8 sacks — the college career is complete.
