Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2017Minnesota
Jaylen Waters
LB • 6'3" • 247 lbs • Killeen, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jaylen Waters shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
12
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
8
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
22
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Minnesota
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Minnesota
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Washington State
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- Committed To
- Minnesota
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Jaylen Waters, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Minnesota. Jaylen Waters shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 14
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Jaylen Waters quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Minnesota · LB
- Career Tackles
- 14
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Minnesota
- Top game
- Washington State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Copperas Cove · Minnesota
- High school pipeline
- Copperas Cove · 28 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 35 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 7 tackles · LB 787th (top 72%) · Big Ten 334th (top 54%) · National 3,060th (top 54%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Minnesota | 6 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 29.9 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Minnesota | 6 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 29.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Minnesota | 5 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.8 |
Related Context
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Jaylen Waters played LB for Minnesota. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jaylen Waters recorded 14 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Minnesota.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Minnesota paired 0 primary output with 5.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 5.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Minnesota
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
5.8
Usage
1.3
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Michigan
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Oregon State: 0. Michigan State: 0. Iowa: 0. Michigan: 0. Wisconsin: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oregon State: 2 by 8.3. Iowa: 1 by 4.2. Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Michigan
Best efficiency game
12.5 vs Michigan
Career Arc
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Minnesota
2015-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Postseason | Minnesota | 1 | 6.5 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Minnesota | 1 | 6.5 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | 5.8 | 1.3 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Washington State
Week 1 · W 17-12 · Postseason
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Michigan
Week 10 · L 10-33 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
11.9 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Oregon State
Week 2 · W 48-14
0
Havoc Plays
8 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 8 takeover score.
#4
@ Illinois
Week 9 · W 40-17 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
6.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Oregon State
Week 1 · W 30-23
0
Havoc Plays
6.7 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Minnesota
0 primary output · 5.8 efficiency · 1.3 usage
38.8
#2
2016 Postseason · Minnesota
29.9
1 primary · 6.5 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Minnesota
29.9
1 primary · 6.5 efficiency · 0.9 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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