Jaylon Guilbeau

Senior defensive back for Texas. 2025: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 40 tackles.

DB · Texas · Sr. · #3

6′0″ · 183 lb · Port Arthur, TX

CFB Index 46 · #308 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Texas for 2026

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Passes defended: 78th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

3 PBU · 40 tackles · 1 TFL

Best game: 6 tackles, vs Vanderbilt

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Texas. 2025: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 40 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas in 2022.

His career, year by year

Jaylon Guilbeau

DB · Texas · Sr · #3

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Fourth year in the Texas secondary, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Mississippi State — Week 9, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Steve Sarkisian — 43-13 over that span.

2022Texas8-5HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning

2023Texas12-2HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

2024Texas13-3HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

2025Texas10-3HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

46Rotational starter #308 of 544?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

Tackles#906 / 2975 · 69th pct

Solo tackles#902 / 2975 · 69th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.3
Road5g	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	5.2	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Steve Sarkisian

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

46 · #308 of 544 safeties

Former four-star. Now #308 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #40 of 57 SEC DBs

How the All-SEC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Texas	40	22	1.0	0.0	3	1	--
2024	Texas	58	35	5.5	1.0	3	--	--
2023	Texas	6	4	0.0	0.0	2	--	--
2022	Texas	17	7	0.5	0.0	2	--	--
Career		121	68	7.0	1.0	10	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 7-14@ Ohio State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 38-7vs San José State	2	2	0.0	1	1
Wk 3	W 27-10vs UTEP	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 55-0vs Sam Houston	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 21-29@ Florida	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 23-6vs Oklahoma	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 16-13@ Kentucky	6	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	W 45-38@ Mississippi State	9	2	0.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 10	W 34-31vs Vanderbilt	6	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 10-35@ Georgia	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 52-37vs Arkansas	1	1	0.0	—	0
Total		40	22	1.0	1	3

How he plays

Play style

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

40Tackles

22Solo

1TFL

0Sacks

3Pass def.

1INT

40 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 1 TFL.

Week 21 PD · 1 INT
Week 41 PD
Week 81 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Texas

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Texas

Returning around him

6 Texas players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -6 net (22 in / 28 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Texas · Last season: 10-3 (AP #14) · Talent rank #2 · 2026 recruiting class #7

DNA match

Player DNA

Hybrid Nickel

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Bryson Shaw’s 2022 season.

Bryson Shaw

86%match

USC · 2022

Jordan Huff

Georgia State · 2025

85%

Davaughn Celestine

San Diego State · 2022

84%

Quinton Newsome

Nebraska · 2023

84%

Kanion Williams

Tulsa · 2023

84%

Matches Bryson on

Interceptions

Height

PD rate

Differs from Bryson on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jaden Robinson's senior season at Oregon State (2024).

Jaden Robinson

92%match

Oregon State · 2024

Javaughn Byrd

Northern Illinois · 2024

All-MAC

92%

Quinton Newsome

Nebraska · 2023

88%

Kanion Williams

Tulsa · 2023

88%

Jordan Huff

Georgia State · 2025

88%

Matches Jaden on

Class year

PD rate

Tackle volume

Player DNA

Players who play like Jaylon Guilbeau

Bo Nicolas-Paul

Army · 2022

85%

Jordan Huff

Georgia State · 2025

85%

Jack Kane

Oregon State · 2023

83%

Edward Woods

Michigan State · 2024

81%

Josh Sanguinetti

Indiana · 2023

80%

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

20227 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

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