#12

Jeff Gladney

Former cornerback at TCU. 2019: 1 interception, 14 pass breakups, 31 tackles.

CB · TCU · Sr. · #12

6′0″ · 183 lb · New Boston, TX

Minnesota — drafted 2020, Rd 1, Pick 31, #31 overall

The story

Former cornerback at TCU. 2019: 1 interception, 14 pass breakups, 31 tackles.

Drafted round 1 by the Minnesota in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at TCU, 129 tackles — drafted at #31 overall by Minnesota.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2020

Drafted by Minnesotaround 1, pick 31

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

TCU

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #31

Minnesota · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Gary Patterson

TCU

Played his entire career under Gary Patterson.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MinnesotaEntering 7th NFL season

#31Rd 1 · Pick 31

MinnesotaEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Gary Patterson — 29-23 over that span.

2016TCU6-7HC: Gary Patterson · Balanced, fast tempo

2017TCU11-3HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

2018TCU7-6HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

2019TCU5-7HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (100th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (25th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#7 / 2688 · 100th pct

Solo tackles#952 / 2688 · 64th pct

Sacks#1258 / 2688 · 50th pct

0.5

Tackles#1334 / 2688 · 50th pct

Tackles for loss#1661 / 2688 · 35th pct

1.5

Interceptions#301 / 779 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1337 / 2688 · 25th 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

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.7	0.2	0.1	2.0
Road6g	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	0.1	0.1	1.0
Weeks 8+7g	2.7	0.1	0.0	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	TCU	31	24	1.5	0.5	14	1	--
2018	TCU	28	21	1.0	0.0	13	2	--
2017	TCU	24	20	0.0	0.0	5	2	1
2016	TCU	46	30	0.5	0.0	6	--	--
Career		129	95	3.0	0.5	38	5	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2019

W 37–27

vs Texas

8 TOT · 6 SOLO · 3 PD

With M. Duggan — 273 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 88.1 · 72 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD · D. Jones — 44 AVG · 58 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week