Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2017Idaho
Jalen Hoover
DB • 5'10" • 170 lbs • Leander, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jalen Hoover shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27 disruption score.
Impact Production
68
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
64
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
70
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Idaho
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Idaho
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama
Player Story
Jalen Hoover built his college career in 2017 as a defensive back from Leander, TX wearing No. 25, spending time with Idaho. The clearest part of Jalen Hoover's career was his defensive production: 51 tackles, 4.5...
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- Committed To
- Idaho
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Jalen Hoover, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Idaho. Jalen Hoover shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 51
- TFL
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Jalen Hoover quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Idaho · DB
- Career Tackles
- 51
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Idaho
- Top game
- South Alabama
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Northwest Rankin · Idaho
- High school pipeline
- Northwest Rankin · 9 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 25 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 51 tackles · DB 144th (top 18%) · Sun Belt 56th (top 11%) · National 669th (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Idaho | 11 | 51 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 58.1 |
Related Context
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Jalen Hoover played DB for Idaho. Across 1 tracked season, Jalen Hoover recorded 51 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Idaho.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Idaho paired 8.5 primary output with 27 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Idaho
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
27
Usage
6.3
Consistency
52.5
Best Game by takeover score
Oregon State
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Game by game trend chart. Indiana: 0. Oregon State: 1
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First Half0 · Games = 1 · -1 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +1 vs First Half
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oregon State
Best efficiency game
14.2 vs Oregon State
Player Story
Jalen Hoover story
Jalen Hoover built his college career in 2017 as a defensive back from Leander, TX wearing No. 25, spending time with Idaho. The clearest part of Jalen Hoover's career was his defensive production: 51 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 1 pass defended across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Idaho. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Jalen Hoover's production has multiple signals. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Idaho.
The arc is straightforward: Jalen Hoover moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Idaho
2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Idaho | 8.5 | 27 | 6.3 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ South Alabama
Week 4 · W 29-23 · Conference game
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
81.9 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.
#2
@ Penn State
Week 1
1
Havoc Plays
61.3 takeover
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.3 takeover score.
#3
vs App State
Week 7 · L 20-23 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Oregon State
Week 3
1
Havoc Plays
57.1 takeover
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.1 takeover score.
#5
@ Western Michigan
Week 3 · L 28-37
1
Havoc Plays
48.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Idaho
8.5 primary output · 27 efficiency · 6.3 usage
58.1
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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