Former cornerback at UTEP. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′2″ · 190 lb · New London, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
Former cornerback at UTEP. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Jaylon Shelton
Jams receivers off their route at the line. Jaylon Shelton has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. The receipt: 8 tackles against Nebraska — Week 1, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at UTEP, 27 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dana Dimel → Scotty Walden. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road6g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scotty Walden
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Unranked recruit. Now #311 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | UTEP | 26 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Texas State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 27 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2024
W 30–21
2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 PD
With J. Jackson — 148 rush yds (26 car) · 1 TD · A. Jacklin — 34 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-40@ Nebraska | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 24-27vs Southern Utah | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-27@ Colorado State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-44@ Western Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-21vs Florida International | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-14@ Louisiana Tech | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 0-56@ Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 42-35@ New Mexico State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 26 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Play style
Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 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.
Player DNA
Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Jayven Williams’s 2024 season.
Matches Jayven on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Justin Agu's sophomore season at Louisiana (2024).
Matches Justin on
Player DNA