Senior defensive back on UL Monroe's 2025 roster.
5′10″ · 180 lb · Donaldsonville, LA
The story
4 defensive back on UL Monroe's 2025 roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJyren Ester
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Jyren Ester has been at UL Monroe through two head coaches in three seasons. The receipt: 6 tackles, 1 TFL against Texas State — Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Terry Bowden → Bryant Vincent. 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
Elite: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd 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
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bryant Vincent
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 0-73@ Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-25@ UTEP | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-16vs Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 6-31vs Old Dominion | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-26vs South Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-31@ Texas State | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 27-30@ Louisiana | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 15 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
UL Monroe
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · UL Monroe
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
UL Monroe · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #132 · 2026 recruiting class #127
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jeremiah Wilson’s 2024 season.
Matches Jeremiah on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Dainsus Miller's junior season at Wyoming (2025).
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Player DNA