Player Dossier

2016-2020

Marshall

Jaylon McClain-Sapp

DB • 5'11" • 181 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jaylon McClain-Sapp shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.4 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.5

Efficiency

19.4

Consistency

13.3

Season Value

14.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season · Marshall

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Marshall
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati

Scouting Read

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Jaylon McClain-Sapp, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season · Marshall. Jaylon McClain-Sapp shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.4 disruption score.

Jaylon McClain-Sapp played DB for Marshall. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jaylon McClain-Sapp recorded 67 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Marshall.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Marshall paired 4 primary output with 28.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 19.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: App State

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2020 Postseason · Marshall

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

19.4

Usage

2.5

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

Buffalo

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Buffalo: 2. Unknown: 0. App State: 2. Western Kentucky: 1. Louisiana Tech: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0. Massachusetts: 0. Middle Tennessee: 1.5. Rice: 0. UAB: 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. Buffalo: 2 by 28.3. Unknown: 2 by 8.3. App State: 3 by 32.5. Western Kentucky: 3 by 22.5. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 12.5. Florida Atlantic: 2 by 8.3. Massachusetts: 3 by 12.5. Middle Tennessee: 6 by 40. Rice: 3 by 12.5. UAB: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 6 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.1 vs Wins
First Half1 · Games = 5 · +0.7 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 5 · -0.7 vs First Half

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

App State

Best efficiency game

40 vs Middle Tennessee

Result
Fri 12/25@ BuffaloL 10-1722002
Sat 12/19vs UABL 13-2242000
Sat 12/5vs RiceL 0-2032000
Sat 11/14vs Middle TennesseeW 42-14640.5001
Sat 11/7vs MassachusettsW 51-1033000
Sat 10/24vs Florida AtlanticW 20-921000
Sat 10/17@ Louisiana TechW 35-1733000
Sat 10/10@ Western KentuckyW 38-1433001
Sat 9/19vs App StateW 17-732002
Sat 9/5vs Unknown21000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Marshall

    2016-2020

    Opening stop

Season Progression

201620172018201920202020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonMarshall212.20.8
2017 Regular SeasonMarshall3.514.93.41.5
2018 Regular SeasonMarshall428.64.70.5
2019 Regular SeasonMarshall4.515.72.40.5
2020 PostseasonMarshall6.519.42.52
2020 Regular SeasonMarshall6.519.42.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Cincinnati

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Primary metric

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 47.5 takeover score.

#2

Unknown

2

Primary metric

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47 takeover score.

#3

App State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 44.7 takeover score.

#4

Buffalo

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.2 takeover score.

#5

Ohio

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 41.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2018 Regular Season · Marshall

4 primary output · 28.6 efficiency · 4.7 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · Marshall

23.8

4.5 primary · 15.7 efficiency · 2.4 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Marshall

21.3

2 primary · 12.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2016 · Rating 0.7793

First Coast · Jacksonville, FL

Committed To
Marshall
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

67

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 27 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.