Player Dossier

2015-2017

Florida State

Jalen Wilkerson

DE • 6'5" • 273 lbs • Douglas, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jalen Wilkerson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

56%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

81

High-end production for an edge defender

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

62

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Florida State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Florida State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe

Player Story

Jalen Wilkerson built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a defensive end from Douglas, GA wearing No. 30, spending time with Florida State. The clearest part of Jalen Wilkerson's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.8758

Coffee · Douglas, GA

Committed To
Florida State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Jalen Wilkerson, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Florida State. Jalen Wilkerson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
22
TFL
6
Sacks
0.5
QB hurries
3

Quick Answers

Jalen Wilkerson quick answers

Latest team and position
Florida State · DE
Career Tackles
22
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 14 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Florida State
Top game
UL Monroe
Recruit profile
3-star · Coffee · Florida State
High school pipeline
Coffee · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 30 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
19 tackles · DE 163rd (top 45%) · ACC 219th (top 37%) · National 2,016th (top 36%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonFlorida State00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonFlorida State33-0--037.3
2017 PostseasonFlorida State1131.50--051.1
2017 Regular SeasonFlorida State11164.50.53-051.1

Related Context

Jalen Wilkerson played DE for Florida State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jalen Wilkerson recorded 22 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Florida State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Florida State paired 9.5 primary output with 15.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 15.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe

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

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2017 Postseason · Florida State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

15.8

Usage

4.5

Consistency

51.5

Best Game by takeover score

UL Monroe

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Southern Miss: 1.5. Alabama: 0. NC State: 1. Wake Forest: 1. Louisville: 0. Boston College: 0. Syracuse: 1. Clemson: 0. Delaware State: 0.5. Florida: 1.5. UL Monroe: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Miss: 3 by 27.5. Alabama: 1 by 4.2. NC State: 1 by 14.2. Wake Forest: 3 by 22.5. Louisville: 1 by 4.2. Boston College: 3 by 12.5. Syracuse: 2 by 18.3. Clemson: 1 by 4.2. Delaware State: 1 by 9.2. Florida: 1 by 19.2. UL Monroe: 2 by 38.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.4 · Games = 6 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · -1.2 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

UL Monroe

Best efficiency game

38.3 vs UL Monroe

Result
Wed 12/27vs Southern MissW 42-13321.5000
Sat 12/2vs UL MonroeSplash gameW 42-10200.500.500
Sat 11/25@ FloridaW 38-22100.5000
Sat 11/18vs Delaware StateW 77-6100.5000
Sat 11/11@ ClemsonL 14-3111000
Sat 11/4vs SyracuseW 27-2422100
Sat 10/28@ Boston CollegeL 3-3532000
Sat 10/21vs LouisvilleL 28-3110000
Sat 9/30@ Wake ForestW 26-1932100
Sat 9/23vs NC StateL 21-2711100
Sun 9/3@ AlabamaL 7-2410000

Player Story

Jalen Wilkerson story

Jalen Wilkerson built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a defensive end from Douglas, GA wearing No. 30, spending time with Florida State. The clearest part of Jalen Wilkerson's career was his defensive production: 22 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, and 0.5 sacks across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Jalen Wilkerson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Florida State

    2015-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2015201620172017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonFlorida State0
2016 Regular SeasonFlorida State04.20.90
2017 PostseasonFlorida State9.515.84.59.5
2017 Regular SeasonFlorida State9.515.84.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UL Monroe

Week 14 · W 42-10

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

#2

vs Southern Miss

Week 1 · W 42-13 · Postseason

1.5

Havoc Plays

56.4 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 56.4 takeover score.

#3

@ Wake Forest

Week 5 · W 26-19 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

35.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 35.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Florida

Week 13 · W 38-22

1.5

Havoc Plays

34.2 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 34.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Syracuse

Week 10 · W 27-24 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

28.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 28.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Florida State

9.5 primary output · 15.8 efficiency · 4.5 usage

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#2

2017 Regular Season · Florida State

51.1

9.5 primary · 15.8 efficiency · 4.5 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Florida State

37.3

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games