Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Michigan State
Jalen Sami
DL • 6'7" • 330 lbs • Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jalen Sami shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
23
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
18
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
34
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Colorado
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Colorado • Michigan State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northern Colorado
Player Story
Jalen Sami built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Colorado Springs, CO wearing No. 99, spending time with Colorado and Michigan State. The clearest part of Jalen Sami's career was...
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- Committed To
- Colorado
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Jalen Sami, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Colorado. Jalen Sami shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 97
- TFL
- 8.5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 7
Quick Answers
Jalen Sami quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Michigan State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 97
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 42 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Colorado
- Top game
- Northern Colorado
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Vista Ridge · Colorado
- High school pipeline
- Vista Ridge · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 15 tackles · DL 447th (top 45%) · Big Ten 243rd (top 40%) · National 2,357th (top 40%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Colorado | 9 | 24 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 25.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Colorado | 3 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Colorado | 11 | 26 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 35.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Colorado | 11 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 4 | - | 0 | 55.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Michigan State | 8 | 15 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 16.8 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Colorado to Michigan State | P4 to P4 | 81.4 | Apr 25, 2023 |
Jalen Sami played DL for Colorado and Michigan State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jalen Sami recorded 97 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Colorado.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Colorado paired 7 primary output with 17 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 10.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Colorado, Michigan State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2023 Regular Season · Michigan State
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
10.3
Usage
2.4
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
Minnesota
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Central Michigan: 1. Rutgers: 0. Michigan: 0. Minnesota: 1. Nebraska: 0. Ohio State: 0. Indiana: 0. Penn State: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Central Michigan: 1 by 14.2. Rutgers: 1 by 4.2. Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Minnesota: 1 by 14.2. Nebraska: 1 by 4.2. Ohio State: 3 by 12.5. Indiana: 2 by 8.3. Penn State: 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Minnesota
Best efficiency game
20.8 vs Penn State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Penn State | L 0-42 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Indiana | W 24-21 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/12 | @ Ohio State | L 3-38 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Nebraska | W 20-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Minnesota | L 12-27 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Michigan | L 0-49 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Rutgers | L 24-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/1 | vs Central Michigan | W 31-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jalen Sami story
Jalen Sami built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Colorado Springs, CO wearing No. 99, spending time with Colorado and Michigan State. The clearest part of Jalen Sami's career was his defensive production: 97 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 42 career games in the available record. That gives Jalen Sami's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Colorado
2019-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Michigan State
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Colorado | 3 | 14.4 | 4.1 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Colorado | 0 | 5.6 | 1 | -3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Colorado | 5.5 | 14.8 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Colorado | 7 | 17 | 7.5 | 1.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Michigan State | 2 | 10.3 | 2.4 | -5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Northern Colorado
Week 1 · W 35-7
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#2
@ Utah
Week 14 · L 15-45 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
76.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Washington
Week 13 · W 20-14 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
63.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
#4
vs California
Week 7 · W 20-13 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
63.6 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.
#5
@ Minnesota
Week 9 · L 12-27 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
57.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Colorado
7 primary output · 17 efficiency · 7.5 usage
55.3
#2
2020 Regular Season · Colorado
38
0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Colorado
35.2
5.5 primary · 14.8 efficiency · 4.2 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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