#95

Jaylon Hutchings

Senior defensive lineman for Texas Tech. 2023: 3 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 42 tackles.

DL · Texas Tech · Sr. · #95

6′0″ · 305 lb · Forney, TX

CFB Index 43 · #252 of 418 edge rushersLow confidenceTexas Tech 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 1855 nationally · Signed with Texas Tech

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Texas Tech. 2023: 3 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 42 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Texas Tech in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Texas Tech, 11 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with Texas Tech3-star out of Forney

202310 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big 12

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1855 national

CFB

College

Texas Tech

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

3 coaches

2018

Kliff Kingsbury

Texas Tech

2019–2021

Matt Wells

Texas Tech

era →

2022–2023

Joey McGuire

Texas Tech

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Kliff Kingsbury, Matt Wells, and Joey McGuire. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Texas Tech5-7HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2019Texas Tech4-8HC: Matt Wells · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2020Texas Tech4-6HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

2021Texas Tech7-6HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

2022Texas Tech8-5HC: Joey McGuire · Balanced, fast tempo

2023Texas Tech7-6HC: Joey McGuire · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

43Rotational starter #252 of 418?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (89th percentile). Strength: sacks (87th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#301 / 2842 · 89th pct

7.0

Sacks#309 / 2842 · 87th pct

3.0

QB hurries#574 / 2842 · 74th pct

Tackles#798 / 2842 · 71st pct

Solo tackles#928 / 2842 · 66th pct

Passes defended#1113 / 2842 · 50th 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

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.6	0.6	0.1	0.0
Road5g	4.8	0.8	0.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.7	0.9	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+3g	5.3	0.2	0.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joey McGuire

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

43 · #252 of 418 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #252 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Texas Tech	42	22	7.0	3.0	1	--	--
2022	Texas Tech	42	24	4.0	1.5	--	--	--
2021	Texas Tech	47	22	5.5	3.5	--	--	--
2020	Texas Tech	23	16	3.5	1.5	--	--	--
2019	Texas Tech	27	18	3.5	1.5	--	--	--
2018	Texas Tech	2	2	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		183	104	24.5	11.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2023

W 16–13

at Kansas

1 PD · 0 TFL · 0 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With A. McNamara — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 56 LONG · B. Morton — 176 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 58.5 · -11 rush yds (7 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 33-35@ Wyoming	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 30-38vs Oregon	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 41-3vs Tarleton State	4	3	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 13-20@ West Virginia	6	3	2.5	1.0	—	0	2.5 TFL
Wk 5	W 49-28vs Houston	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 39-14@ Baylor	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 21-38vs Kansas State	4	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 8	L 14-27@ BYU	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 35-28vs TCU	4	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 16-13@ Kansas	8	6	0.5	0.5	—	1	Season-high 8 tackles
Total		42	22	7.0	3.0	—	1

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

Jaylon Hutchings

2018

202310 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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