Jaylon Jones: DB · Ole Miss · #31.
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Jaylon Jones
Erases the deep middle of the field. The six seasons at Ole Miss span three head coaches: Hugh Freeze, Matt Luke and Lane Kiffin. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against Arkansas — Week 6, 2021.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-24vs Louisville | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 54-17vs Austin Peay | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 61-21vs Tulane | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-42@ No. 1 Alabama | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 52-51vs No. 13 Arkansas | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-26@ Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-17vs LSU | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-31@ No. 18 Auburn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 27-14vs Liberty | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-21@ Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 17 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
25tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%1 TFL25 tackles · 1 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin
Pass share
42.3%
429 pass / 584 run
Plays / game
84.4
12 games
Team sack rate
6.5%
464 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #223 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons at Ole Miss, 148 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 46 games over six seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Hugh Freeze, Matt Luke, and Lane Kiffin. Multi-era developmental context.
