Jireh Wilson: DB · UCF · #9.
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Jireh Wilson
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Mike Houston and Gus Malzahn. First career honor, 2022: AAC Defensive Player of the Week. On tape: 7 tackles against Kansas, Week 6, 2023.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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 | UCF | 40 | 27 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | East Carolina | 46 | 23 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | East Carolina | 44 | 18 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2020 | East Carolina | 69 | 41 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 3 | -- |
| 2019 | East Carolina | 28 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 227 | 125 | 16.5 | 6.0 | 11 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 48-14vs Villanova | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-44@ Kansas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 35-36vs Baylor | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 22-51@ Kansas | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 29-31@ No. 6 Oklahoma | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 28-41vs West Virginia | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-26@ Cincinnati | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-3vs No. 15 Oklahoma State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 23-24@ Texas Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 17-30vs Georgia Tech | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 27 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFL40 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gus Malzahn
Pass share
41.0%
365 pass / 526 run
Plays / game
68.5
13 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
376 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #392 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at East Carolina and UCF, 227 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 52 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Mike Houston and Gus Malzahn.
