Player Dossier

2018-2023

Texas Tech

Jaylon Hutchings

DL • 6'0" • 305 lbs • Forney, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jaylon Hutchings shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

56%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

83

High-end production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

62

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

83

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Texas Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Texas Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia

Player Story

Jaylon Hutchings built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Forney, TX wearing No. 95, spending time with Texas Tech. The clearest part of Jaylon Hutchings' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8173

Forney · Forney, TX

Committed To
Texas Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Jaylon Hutchings, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Texas Tech. Jaylon Hutchings shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
183
TFL
24.5
Sacks
11
QB hurries
13
Passes defended
1
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Jaylon Hutchings quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas Tech · DL
Career Tackles
183
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 58 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Texas Tech
Top game
West Virginia
Recruit profile
3-star · Forney · Texas Tech
High school pipeline
Forney · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 95 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
42 tackles · DL 58th (top 6%) · Big 12 79th (top 13%) · National 815th (top 14%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonTexas Tech1210--042.1
2019 Regular SeasonTexas Tech12273.51.52-033.4
2020 Regular SeasonTexas Tech10233.51.51-025.8
2021 PostseasonTexas Tech133-0--061.5
2021 Regular SeasonTexas Tech13445.53.54-061.5
2022 Regular SeasonTexas Tech124241.54-150.3
2023 Regular SeasonTexas Tech10427321070.8

Related Context

Jaylon Hutchings played DL for Texas Tech. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jaylon Hutchings recorded 10 rushing yards, 183 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Texas Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Texas Tech paired 13 primary output with 30.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 30.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Texas Tech

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

30.5

Usage

11.8

Consistency

54.4

Best Game by takeover score

West Virginia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wyoming: 2. Oregon: 1. Tarleton State: 1.5. West Virginia: 3.5. Houston: 2. Baylor: 0. Kansas State: 1. BYU: 0. TCU: 0. Kansas: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wyoming: 2 by 28.3. Oregon: 4 by 26.7. Tarleton State: 4 by 31.7. West Virginia: 6 by 60. Houston: 2 by 28.3. Baylor: 4 by 16.7. Kansas State: 4 by 26.7. BYU: 4 by 16.7. TCU: 4 by 16.7. Kansas: 8 by 53.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.1 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

West Virginia

Best efficiency game

60 vs West Virginia

Result
Sat 11/11@ KansasSplash gameW 16-13860.500.501
Thu 11/2vs TCUW 35-2840000
Sat 10/21@ BYUL 14-2742000
Sat 10/14vs Kansas StateL 21-38400.500.500
Sun 10/8@ BaylorW 39-1442000
Sat 9/30vs HoustonSplash gameW 49-2821100
Sat 9/23@ West VirginiaSplash gameL 13-20632.5010
Sat 9/16vs Tarleton StateW 41-3431.5000
Sat 9/9vs OregonL 30-3843000
Sat 9/2@ WyomingSplash gameL 33-3522110

Player Story

Jaylon Hutchings story

Jaylon Hutchings built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Forney, TX wearing No. 95, spending time with Texas Tech. The clearest part of Jaylon Hutchings' career was his defensive production: 183 tackles, 24.5 tackles for loss, 11 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 58 career games in the available record. His career also includes 10 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jaylon Hutchings' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Texas Tech

    2018-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2018201920202021202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonTexas Tech118.35.1
2019 Regular SeasonTexas Tech715.246
2020 Regular SeasonTexas Tech615.63.8-1
2021 PostseasonTexas Tech1325.18.37
2021 Regular SeasonTexas Tech1325.18.30
2022 Regular SeasonTexas Tech9.522.55.9-3.5
2023 Regular SeasonTexas Tech1330.511.83.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ West Virginia

Week 4 · L 13-20 · Conference game

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Havoc Plays

86.7 takeover

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Houston Christian

Week 2 · W 35-33

3.5

Havoc Plays

83.9 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Stephen F. Austin

Week 2 · W 28-22

3

Havoc Plays

81.9 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.

#4

@ Arizona

Week 3 · L 14-28

2

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Oklahoma State

Week 6 · L 31-41 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Texas Tech

13 primary output · 30.5 efficiency · 11.8 usage

70.8

#2

2021 Postseason · Texas Tech

61.5

13 primary · 25.1 efficiency · 8.3 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Texas Tech

61.5

13 primary · 25.1 efficiency · 8.3 usage

Milestones

11

Impact games

13

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games