Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2024UCLA
Jay Toia
DL • 6'3" • 325 lbs • Inglewood, CA, USA
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Jay Toia shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
38
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
25
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
71
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UCLA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UCLA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arizona
Player Story
Jay Toia built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Inglewood, CA wearing No. 93, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Jay Toia's career was his defensive production: 81...
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- Committed To
- USC
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2025
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 1
- Overall
- No. 217
- NFL Team
- Dallas Cowboys
Jay Toia, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UCLA. Jay Toia shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Jay Toia quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCLA · DL
- Career Tackles
- 81
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · UCLA
- Top game
- Arizona
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Grace Brethren · USC
- High school pipeline
- Grace Brethren · 2 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2025 · Round 7 · Pick 1 · Dallas Cowboys
- Latest roster
- No. 93 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 25 tackles · DL 244th (top 24%) · Big Ten 223rd (top 28%) · National 1,675th (top 28%)
Jay Toia played DL for UCLA. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jay Toia recorded 81 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with UCLA.
Recognition
Honors
- 20242024 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coacheshonorable mention
- 20242024 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediahonorable mention
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