Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2016Michigan State
Jalen Watts-Jackson
DB • 5'11" • 184 lbs • Detroit, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jalen Watts-Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 3.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive back
lowelite
Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Michigan State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Michigan State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
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- Committed To
- —
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Jalen Watts-Jackson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Michigan State. Jalen Watts-Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 3.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 3
Quick Answers
Jalen Watts-Jackson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Michigan State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 3
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 4 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Michigan State
- Top game
- Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Leo
- High school pipeline
- Leo · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 3 tackles · DB 692nd (top 85%) · Big Ten 414th (top 66%) · National 3,792nd (top 67%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Michigan State | 4 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35.9 |
Related Context
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Jalen Watts-Jackson played DB for Michigan State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jalen Watts-Jackson recorded 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Michigan State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Michigan State paired 0 primary output with 3.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 3.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Michigan State
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
3.2
Usage
0.6
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 0. Northwestern: 0. Michigan: 0. Illinois: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2. Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Illinois: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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First Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Illinois
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Illinois
Career Arc
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- 1
Michigan State
2014-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Illinois
Week 10 · L 27-31 · Conference game
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0
Havoc Plays
3.9 takeover
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Michigan
Week 9 · L 23-32 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Wisconsin
Week 4 · L 6-30 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Northwestern
Week 7 · L 40-54 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Michigan State
0 primary output · 3.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage
35.9
#2
2014 Regular Season · Michigan State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Michigan State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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