JL Skinner: S · Boise State.
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JL Skinner
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Boise State. All-Mountain West in 2022 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 13 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against UTEP — Week 4, 2022.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
58 tackles. 3 passes defended. 4 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Boise State | 58 | 33 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | -- |
| 2021 | Boise State | 92 | 66 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | Boise State | 37 | 24 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Boise State | 14 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Career | 201 | 130 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-34@ Oregon State | 12 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-7vs UT Martin | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-27@ UTEP | 13 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 35-13vs San Diego State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 40-20vs Fresno State | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 19-14@ Air Force | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 49-10vs Colorado State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 28-31vs BYU | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 41-3@ Nevada | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 20-17@ Wyoming | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-23vs Utah State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 58 | 33 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
58tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFL58 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 7.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 7.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Andy Avalos
Pass share
41.7%
384 pass / 536 run
Plays / game
65.7
14 games
Team sack rate
3.2%
378 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #46 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Boise State, 201 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #183 overall by the Denver Broncos.
A stat line in 37 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM
All-Mountain West 1st team (2022)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2022)
Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bryan Harsin → Andy Avalos. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Denver BroncosEntering 4th NFL season
Denver BroncosEntering 4th NFL season
