Player Dossier

2017-2020

Boise State

Jalen Walker

CB • 6'0" • 181 lbs • Lawndale, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jalen Walker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

52%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

57

Solid production for a corner

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Reliability

43

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

68

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Boise State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Boise State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Player Story

Jalen Walker built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a cornerback from Lawndale, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with Boise State. The clearest part of Jalen Walker's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.7983

Lawndale · Lawndale, CA

Committed To
Boise State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Jalen Walker, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Boise State. Jalen Walker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
120
TFL
5.5
Passes defended
13
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Jalen Walker quick answers

Latest team and position
Boise State · CB
Career Tackles
120
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 30 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Boise State
Top game
Hawai'i
Recruit profile
3-star · Lawndale · Boise State
High school pipeline
Lawndale · 9 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
40 tackles · CB 14th (top 5%) · Mountain West 22nd (top 5%) · National 480th (top 10%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 PostseasonBoise State3610--015.7
2017 Regular SeasonBoise State32-0--015.7
2018 Regular SeasonBoise State719-0-2014.8
2019 PostseasonBoise State132-0--054.2
2019 Regular SeasonBoise State135130-9254.2
2020 Regular SeasonBoise State7401.50-2027

Related Context

Jalen Walker played CB for Boise State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jalen Walker recorded 120 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Boise State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Boise State paired 13 primary output with 27 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 28.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

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

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2020 Regular Season · Boise State

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

28.8

Usage

5.1

Consistency

9.5

Best Game by takeover score

Hawai'i

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Utah State: 0. Air Force: 0. BYU: 0. Colorado State: 0. Hawai'i: 2. Wyoming: 0. San José State: 1.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah State: 6 by 25. Air Force: 3 by 12.5. BYU: 6 by 25. Colorado State: 2 by 8.3. Hawai'i: 8 by 53.3. Wyoming: 4 by 16.7. San José State: 11 by 60.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 2 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Hawai'i

Best efficiency game

60.8 vs San José State

Result
Sat 12/19@ San José State10+ tacklesL 20-341140.5001
Sat 12/12@ WyomingW 17-944000
Sun 11/22@ Hawai'iSplash gameW 40-3288101
Fri 11/13vs Colorado StateW 52-2121000
Sat 11/7vs BYUL 17-5162000
Sat 10/31@ Air ForceW 49-3031000
Sat 10/24vs Utah StateW 42-1366000

Player Story

Jalen Walker story

Jalen Walker built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a cornerback from Lawndale, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with Boise State. The clearest part of Jalen Walker's career was his defensive production: 120 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 13 passes defended across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Jalen Walker's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

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    Boise State

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720172018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonBoise State114.53.5
2017 Regular SeasonBoise State114.53.50
2018 Regular SeasonBoise State214.22.41
2019 PostseasonBoise State13274.611
2019 Regular SeasonBoise State13274.60
2020 Regular SeasonBoise State3.528.85.1-9.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Hawai'i

Week 12 · W 40-32 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

81.4 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.4 takeover score.

#2

@ San José State

Week 16 · L 20-34 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

71.1 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.

#3

@ Oregon

Week 1 · W 38-28 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

69.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.

#4

@ Oklahoma State

Week 3 · L 21-44

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Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

@ Florida State

Week 1 · W 36-31

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Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Boise State

13 primary output · 27 efficiency · 4.6 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · Boise State

54.2

13 primary · 27 efficiency · 4.6 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Boise State

27

3.5 primary · 28.8 efficiency · 5.1 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

4

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games