Jaylon King: DB · Georgia Tech · #14.
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Jaylon King
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for three head coaches in six seasons at Georgia Tech. The first one came in 2023: All-ACC. One game to point at: 7 tackles against North Carolina — Week 9, 2023.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
59 tackles. 9 passes defended. 5 interceptions. 0 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Georgia Tech | 59 | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 5 |
| 2022 | Georgia Tech | 32 | 19 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | Georgia Tech | 32 | 20 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 150 | 91 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 12 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 34-39vs Louisville | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-13vs South Carolina State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 23-48@ No. 17 Ole Miss | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-16@ Wake Forest | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-38vs Bowling Green | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 23-20@ No. 17 Miami | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 8 | L 23-38vs Boston College | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 46-42vs No. 17 North Carolina | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-17@ Virginia | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-42@ Clemson | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 31-22vs Syracuse | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 23-31vs No. 1 Georgia | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 30-17vs UCF | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 59 | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 9 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
15%9 pass breakupsInterceptions
5interceptionsTackle volume
59tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL59 tackles · 9 pass breakups · 5 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Key
Pass share
43.8%
377 pass / 483 run
Plays / game
66.2
13 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
388 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
The All-Conference honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #9 of 339 FBS cornerbacks by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2023 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #9 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons at Georgia Tech, 150 tackles — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM
All-ACC 2nd team (2023)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2023)
ACC Defensive Back Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Paul Johnson, Geoff Collins, and Brent Key. Multi-era developmental context.
