#23

Jaylin Williams

Senior defensive back on Indiana's 2022 roster.

DB · Indiana · Sr. · #23

6′0″ · 185 lb · Memphis, TN

CFB Index 37 · #219 of 322 cornersLow confidenceIndiana 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 851 nationally · Signed with Indiana

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on Indiana's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Indiana in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Indiana, 152 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201810 games

Signed with Indiana3-star out of Germantown

20207 games

All-Big Tensecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#851 national

CFB

College

Indiana

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM

All-Big Ten 2nd team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Tom Allen

Indiana

Played his entire career under Tom Allen.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Tom Allen — 25-32 over that span.

2018Indiana5-7HC: Tom Allen · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Indiana8-5HC: Tom Allen · Balanced

2020Indiana6-2HC: Tom Allen · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Indiana2-10HC: Tom Allen · Pass-heavy, slow tempo

2022Indiana4-8HC: Tom Allen · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

37Below cohort / limited sample #219 of 322?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (95th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#111 / 2755 · 95th pct

Solo tackles#564 / 2755 · 79th pct

Tackles#842 / 2755 · 69th pct

Tackles for loss#1175 / 2755 · 55th pct

2.5

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th pct

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	5.5	0.4	0.0	0.5
Road5g	3.6	0.2	0.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.6	0.5	0.0	0.8
Weeks 8+4g	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

37 · #219 of 322 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #219 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Indiana	40	29	2.5	0.0	7	--	--
2021	Indiana	41	28	1.0	0.0	11	--	--
2020	Indiana	30	26	2.0	1.0	1	4	1
2019	Indiana	19	15	0.0	0.0	3	1	--
2018	Indiana	22	19	1.0	1.0	2	1	--
Career		152	117	6.5	2.0	24	6	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 23–20

vs Illinois

0 TFL · 4 SOLO · 6 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With C. Bazelak — 330 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.6 · -3 rush yds (5 car) · J. Evans — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 23-20vs Illinois	6	4	0.5	—	0
Wk 2	W 35-22vs Idaho	8	6	0.0	—	1	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 3	W 33-30vs Western Kentucky	5	3	1.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 24-45@ Cincinnati	3	2	0.0	—	2
Wk 5	L 21-35@ Nebraska	1	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 17-24@ Rutgers	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 14-45vs Penn State	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 14-56@ Ohio State	3	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 39-31@ Michigan State	8	5	0.0	—	2
Total		40	29	2.5	—	7

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology