Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 12 | W 49-13vs Purdue | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#31
Paul Mencke Jr.
Sophomore safety on Washington's 2026 roster.
6′3″ · 201 lb · Cibolo, TX · Samuel Clemens HS
Returning to Washington for 2026
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 490 nationally · Signed with Washington
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 safety on Washington's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Washington in 2024.
Paul Mencke Jr.
The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against Purdue, Week 12, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- game log
His career
2024
- Signed with Washington3-star out of Samuel Clemens
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Washington
NFL
NFL Draft
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2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Washington9-4HC: Jedd Fisch · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jedd Fisch
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Washington
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Washington
Returning around him
- 7 Washington players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -9 net (14 in / 23 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Washington · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #24 · 2026 recruiting class #13
Background
AT WASHINGTON 2025: Played in seven games ... made UW playing debut vs. Ohio State ... also saw action vs. Maryland, Rutgers, Wisconsin, Purdue, UCLA and in the bowl game vs. Boise State ... notched a tackle vs. the Boilermakers ... won the UW's Mark Drennan Defensive Scout Squad MVP at the team'...
The secondary · Washington
- #7Alex McLaughlin94 tackles · 2025
- #4Rylon Dillard-Allen40 tackles · 2025
- #3Emmanuel Karnley26 tackles · 2025
- #2Rahshawn Clark21 tackles · 2025
- #31Paul Mencke Jr.1 tackle · 2025
11 more on the roster · Washington team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology