Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2020UNLV
Jalen Graves
DL • 6'0" • 260 lbs • Las Vegas, NV, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jalen Graves shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
40
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
43
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
40
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · UNLV
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- UNLV
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
Player Story
Jalen Graves built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 95, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Jalen Graves' career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- NC State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Jalen Graves, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · UNLV. Jalen Graves shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 21
- TFL
- 3
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Jalen Graves quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UNLV · DL
- Career Tackles
- 21
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · UNLV
- Top game
- Hawai'i
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Northern Guilford · NC State
- High school pipeline
- Northern Guilford · 9 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 95 · Junior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 7 tackles · DL 469th (top 59%) · Mountain West 222nd (top 50%) · National 2,495th (top 48%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | UNLV | 4 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UNLV | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 62.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UNLV | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 43.1 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | UNLV to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 15.7 | Jan 18, 2021 |
Jalen Graves played DL for UNLV. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jalen Graves recorded 21 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with UNLV.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
UNLV paired 4 primary output with 11.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16.4 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: Wyoming
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · UNLV
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
16.4
Usage
4.9
Consistency
65.3
Best Game by takeover score
Wyoming
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. San Diego State: 1. Nevada: 0. Wyoming: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. San Diego State: 4 by 26.7. Nevada: 1 by 4.2. Wyoming: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
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First Half0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +0.5 vs First Half
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Wyoming
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs San Diego State
Player Story
Jalen Graves story
Jalen Graves built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 95, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Jalen Graves' career was his defensive production: 21 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 1 pass defended across 13 career games in the available record. That gives Jalen Graves' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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UNLV
2018-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | UNLV | 0 | 7.3 | 1.3 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | UNLV | 4 | 11.6 | 8.9 | 4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UNLV | 2 | 16.4 | 4.9 | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Hawai'i
Week 12 · L 7-21 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
72.8 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.
#2
vs San José State
Week 13 · W 38-35 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
71.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Wyoming
Week 13 · L 14-45 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
70.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Vanderbilt
Week 7 · W 34-10
1
Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
#5
@ San Diego State
Week 8 · L 6-34 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
50 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · UNLV
4 primary output · 11.6 efficiency · 8.9 usage
62.5
#2
2020 Regular Season · UNLV
43.1
2 primary · 16.4 efficiency · 4.9 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · UNLV
39.4
0 primary · 7.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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