Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2019Northern Illinois
Jalen McKie
DB • 5'7" • 160 lbs • Gurnee, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jalen McKie shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
66
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
65
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
76
High-upside career profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan
Player Story
Jalen McKie built his college career from 2018 through 2019 as a defensive back from Gurnee, IL wearing No. 10, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Jalen McKie's career was his defensive...
Read the storyJalen McKie, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Jalen McKie shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 67
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 11
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Jalen McKie quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · DB
- Career Tackles
- 67
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Eastern Michigan
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Junior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 48 tackles · DB 168th (top 19%) · Mid-American 70th (top 13%) · National 726th (top 13%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 8 | 19 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 23.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 12 | 48 | 2 | 0 | - | 10 | 2 | 59.7 |
Related Context
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Jalen McKie played DB for Northern Illinois. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jalen McKie recorded 67 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Northern Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Northern Illinois paired 13 primary output with 27.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
27.5
Usage
5.5
Consistency
65.7
Best Game by takeover score
Minnesota
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Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Minnesota
Best efficiency game
14.2 vs Minnesota
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 9/10 | @ Minnesota | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Jalen McKie story
Jalen McKie built his college career from 2018 through 2019 as a defensive back from Gurnee, IL wearing No. 10, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Jalen McKie's career was his defensive production: 67 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 interceptions across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Jalen McKie's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Northern Illinois
2018-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 5 | 16.2 | 3.6 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 13 | 27.5 | 5.5 | 8 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Eastern Michigan
Week 13 · L 17-45 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Illinois State
Week 1 · W 24-10
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Akron
Week 10 · W 36-26 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Western Michigan
Week 14 · W 17-14 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
70.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.5 takeover score.
#5
@ BYU
Week 9 · W 7-6
2
Havoc Plays
59.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
13 primary output · 27.5 efficiency · 5.5 usage
59.7
#2
2018 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
23.2
5 primary · 16.2 efficiency · 3.6 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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