Jaylen Watson: DB · Washington State.
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Jaylen Watson
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Second year in the Washington State secondary. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against USC — Week 3, 2021.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 3 passes defended. 2 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Washington State | 31 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2020 | Washington State | 13 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 44 | 34 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 23-26vs Utah State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-24vs Portland State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-45vs USC | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 13-24@ Utah | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 21-6@ California | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-24vs Oregon State | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-31vs Stanford | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 19-21vs BYU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-21@ Arizona State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-38@ No. 5 Oregon | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 44-18vs Arizona | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 40-13@ Washington | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
10%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
31tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%1 TFL31 tackles · 1 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Nick Rolovich
Pass share
53.6%
452 pass / 392 run
Plays / game
70.3
12 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
474 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Two seasons at Washington State, 44 tackles — drafted at #243 overall by the Kansas City Chiefs.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Nick Rolovich → Jake Dickert. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Kansas City ChiefsEntering 5th NFL season
Kansas City ChiefsEntering 5th NFL season
