Former safety at North Texas. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′0″ · 204 lb · Houston, TX
Recruiting
LB recruit
No. 786 nationally · Signed with North Texas
Statement game9 tackles · 6 TFL · 1 sackat SE Louisiana (FCS) · W 34-28
Top 0.1% tackles for loss game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former safety at North Texas. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Jayven Anderson
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. This is his second year in the same secondary at North Texas. The receipt: 10 tackles, 1 TFL against Rice — Week 1, 2026.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at North Texas, 44 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
The snaps went the other way.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Eric Morris — 11-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Road2g | 9.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 7.0 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | North Texas | 14 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | North Texas | 30 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 44 | 33 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-28@ SE Louisiana | 9 | 8 | 6.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 1 | L 3-31@ Rice | 10 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 88-0vs Arkansas Baptist | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 21 | 15 | 7.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Ashton Whitner’s 2023 season.
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As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Troy Young's freshman season at UAB (2021).
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Player DNA