Player Dossier

2024-2025

Missouri

Jalen Catalon

S • 5'10" • 200 lbs • Mansfield, TX, USA

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Jalen Catalon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

15%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Missouri

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
UNLV • Missouri
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts

Player Story

Jalen Catalon built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a safety from Mansfield, TX wearing No. 6, spending time with Missouri and UNLV. The clearest part of Jalen Catalon's career was his defensive...

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Jalen Catalon, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Missouri. Jalen Catalon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
58
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Jalen Catalon quick answers

Latest team and position
Missouri · S
Career Tackles
58
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 4 entries · 15 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Missouri
Top game
Massachusetts
High school pipeline
Mansfield Legacy · 24 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 6 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
39 tackles · S 167th (top 30%) · SEC 119th (top 16%) · National 956th (top 16%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2024 PostseasonUNLV37-0-1032.8
2024 Regular SeasonUNLV312-0--032.8
2025 PostseasonMissouri123-0--036.4
2025 Regular SeasonMissouri1236-011036.4

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025UNLV to MissouriG5/FCS to P476.6Jan 5, 2025
2024Texas to UNLVP4 to G5/FCS78Dec 5, 2023

Jalen Catalon played S for UNLV and Missouri. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jalen Catalon recorded 58 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Missouri.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Missouri paired 2 primary output with 15.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 15.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UNLV, Missouri.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Missouri

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

15.2

Usage

3

Consistency

5.6

Best Game by takeover score

Massachusetts

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Virginia: 0. Central Arkansas: 0. Kansas: 0. Louisiana: 0. South Carolina: 0. Massachusetts: 1. Alabama: 1. Auburn: 0. Texas A&M: 0. Mississippi State: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Arkansas: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Virginia: 3 by 12.5. Central Arkansas: 3 by 12.5. Kansas: 6 by 25. Louisiana: 1 by 4.2. South Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Massachusetts: 5 by 30.8. Alabama: 6 by 35. Auburn: 4 by 16.7. Texas A&M: 4 by 16.7. Mississippi State: 1 by 4.2. Oklahoma: 1 by 4.2. Arkansas: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.1 · Games = 8 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Massachusetts

Best efficiency game

35 vs Alabama

Result
Sun 12/28vs VirginiaL 7-1332000
Sat 11/29@ ArkansasW 31-1731000
Sat 11/22@ OklahomaL 6-1711000
Sun 11/16vs Mississippi StateW 49-2710000
Sat 11/8vs Texas A&ML 17-3842000
Sat 10/18@ AuburnW 23-1744000
Sat 10/11vs AlabamaL 24-2763000
Sat 9/27vs MassachusettsW 42-651001
Sat 9/20vs South CarolinaW 29-2020000
Sat 9/13vs LouisianaW 52-1010000
Sat 9/6vs KansasW 42-3163000
Thu 8/28vs Central ArkansasW 61-630000

Player Story

Jalen Catalon story

Jalen Catalon built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a safety from Mansfield, TX wearing No. 6, spending time with Missouri and UNLV. The clearest part of Jalen Catalon's career was his defensive production: 58 tackles and 2 passes defended across 15 career games in the available record. That gives Jalen Catalon's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    UNLV

    2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Missouri

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonUNLV129.74.8
2024 Regular SeasonUNLV129.74.80
2025 PostseasonMissouri215.231
2025 Regular SeasonMissouri215.230

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 136 Massachusetts

Week 5 · W 42-6

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

61.1 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 20 Alabama

Week 7 · L 24-27 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

60.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.6 takeover score.

#3

vs California

Week 1 · W 24-13 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

59.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 58 Kansas

Week 2 · W 42-31

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Havoc Plays

25.8 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 25.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Boise State

Week 15 · L 7-21 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

25.6 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 25.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Missouri

2 primary output · 15.2 efficiency · 3 usage

36.4

#2

2025 Regular Season · Missouri

36.4

2 primary · 15.2 efficiency · 3 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · UNLV

32.8

1 primary · 29.7 efficiency · 4.8 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games