Player Dossier

2014-2017

Kent State

Jerrell Foster

CB • 6'0" • 186 lbs • Cincinnati, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jerrell Foster shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

48%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

60

Solid production for a corner

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Reliability

56

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

70

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Kent State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Kent State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Akron

Player Story

Jerrell Foster built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a cornerback from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 23, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Jerrell Foster's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8086

Winton Woods · Cincinnati, OH

Committed To
Kent State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Jerrell Foster, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Kent State. Jerrell Foster shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
83
Passes defended
20

Quick Answers

Jerrell Foster quick answers

Latest team and position
Kent State · CB
Career Tackles
83
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 24 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Kent State
Top game
Akron
Recruit profile
3-star · Winton Woods · Kent State
High school pipeline
Winton Woods · 31 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 23 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
44 tackles · CB 56th (top 15%) · Mid-American 85th (top 16%) · National 863rd (top 16%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonKent State10-0--050
2015 Regular SeasonKent State00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonKent State1239-0-11051.5
2017 Regular SeasonKent State1144-0-9044.2

Related Context

Jerrell Foster played CB for Kent State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jerrell Foster recorded 83 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Kent State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Kent State paired 14 primary output with 25.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 25.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Kent State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

25.8

Usage

3.4

Consistency

51.5

Best Game by takeover score

Marshall

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Clemson: 0. Howard: 0. Marshall: 3. Louisville: 0. Buffalo: 0. Northern Illinois: 1. Miami (OH): 1. Ohio: 2. Bowling Green: 0. Western Michigan: 1. Central Michigan: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Clemson: 4 by 16.7. Howard: 4 by 16.7. Marshall: 5 by 50.8. Louisville: 5 by 20.8. Buffalo: 2 by 8.3. Northern Illinois: 4 by 26.7. Miami (OH): 2 by 18.3. Ohio: 6 by 45. Bowling Green: 5 by 20.8. Western Michigan: 1 by 14.2. Central Michigan: 6 by 45

Split Comparison

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Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 9 · +0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Marshall

Best efficiency game

50.8 vs Marshall

Result
Wed 11/15vs Central MichiganSplash gameL 23-4266002
Thu 11/9@ Western MichiganL 20-4811001
Wed 11/1vs Bowling GreenL 16-4455000
Sat 10/21@ OhioSplash gameL 3-4866002
Sat 10/14vs Miami (OH)W 17-1421001
Sat 10/7@ Northern IllinoisL 3-24430010
Sat 9/30vs BuffaloL 13-2722000
Sat 9/23@ LouisvilleL 3-4254000
Sat 9/16@ MarshallSplash gameL 0-2153003
Sat 9/9vs HowardW 38-3144000
Sat 9/2@ ClemsonL 3-5642000

Player Story

Jerrell Foster story

Jerrell Foster built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a cornerback from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 23, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Jerrell Foster's career was his defensive production: 83 tackles, 4 interceptions, and 20 passes defended across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Kent State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Jerrell Foster's production has multiple signals. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kent State.

The arc is straightforward: Jerrell Foster moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Kent State

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2014201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonKent State00
2015 Regular SeasonKent State00
2016 Regular SeasonKent State1425.24.314
2017 Regular SeasonKent State1025.83.4-4

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Akron

Week 5 · L 27-31 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Ohio

Week 8 · L 10-14 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

64.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.5 takeover score.

#3

@ Marshall

Week 3 · L 0-21

3

Havoc Plays

58 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 58 takeover score.

#4

vs Central Michigan

Week 12 · L 23-42 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

55.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Bowling Green

Week 12 · L 7-42 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

51.7 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Kent State

14 primary output · 25.2 efficiency · 4.3 usage

51.5

#2

2014 Regular Season · Kent State

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Kent State

44.2

10 primary · 25.8 efficiency · 3.4 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

9

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games