Player Career

Jalen Catalon Career Story

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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

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

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

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.

1

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

1

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

1

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

0

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

0

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