Junior safety on Jacksonville State's 2025 roster.
5′9″ · 187 lb · Anniston, AL
The story
3 safety on Jacksonville State's 2025 roster.
Rod Elston
Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against Liberty, Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Rich Rodriguez → Charles Kelly. 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
Concern: tackles for loss (7th 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charles Kelly
Pass share
43.2%
79 pass / 104 run
Plays / game
61.0
3 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
88 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jacksonville State | 12 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Auburn | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 14 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025
W 45–10
vs Murray State
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
Dominant 35-point win at home against Murray State.
With G. Wimsatt — 188 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 44.7 · 50 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · C. Donaghy — 1 PTS · 42 AVG · 4 IN 20
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 34-24vs Liberty | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 34-41@ Georgia Southern | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-10vs Murray State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-25vs Delaware | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-27@ UTEP | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-27@ Florida International | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 17-13vs Troy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
2026 Outlook
Jacksonville State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Jacksonville State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Jacksonville State · Last season: 9-5 · Talent rank #93 · 2026 recruiting class #86