Usage Score
4.5
Player Dossier
2020-2025Buffalo
Jalen McNair
CB • 5'9" • 198 lbs • Durham, NC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jalen McNair shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24 disruption score.
Efficiency
24
Consistency
11.1
Season Value
13.8
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason · Buffalo
20212223242425
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 7
- Program Path
- Buffalo
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UConn
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
Jalen McNair, CB. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason · Buffalo. Jalen McNair shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24 disruption score.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason
Buffalo paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 24 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UConn
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2025 Regular Season · Buffalo
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
24
Usage
4.5
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Ohio
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Game-by-Game Trend
123456789101112
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 2. Unknown: 0. Kent State: 0.5. Troy: 1.5. UConn: 2. Eastern Michigan: 0. Massachusetts: 0. Akron: 2. Bowling Green: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Ohio: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Low volume / high quality
High volume / high quality
Low volume / lower quality
High volume / lower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Minnesota: 9 by 57.5. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. Kent State: 5 by 25.8. Troy: 9 by 52.5. UConn: 7 by 49.2. Eastern Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Massachusetts: 2 by 8.3. Akron: 6 by 45. Bowling Green: 1 by 4.2. Central Michigan: 5 by 20.8. Miami (OH): 1 by 4.2. Ohio: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Wins0.1 · n=4 · -0.9 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · n=7 · +0.9 vs Wins
First Half1 · n=6 · +0.7 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · n=6 · -0.7 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UConn
Best efficiency game
57.5 vs Minnesota
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/28 | vs Ohio | L 26-31 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/20 | vs Miami (OH) | L 20-37 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/13 | @ Central Michigan | L 19-38 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Bowling Green | W 28-3 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Akron | L 16-24 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Massachusetts | W 28-21 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 31-30 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs UConn | L 17-20 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Troy | L 17-21 | 9 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Kent State | W 31-28 | 5 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Unknown | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | @ Minnesota | L 10-23 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Buffalo
2020-2025
Opening stop
Season Progression
2020202120222023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | Buffalo | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 12.5 | 2.3 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Buffalo | 5 | 20.8 | 3.3 | 5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Buffalo | 5 | 20.8 | 3.3 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Buffalo | 8 | 24 | 4.5 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
UConn
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Primary metric
2 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.
#2
Minnesota
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.
#3
Akron
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.2 takeover score.
#4
Unknown
2
Primary metric
Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.7 takeover score.
#5
Troy
1.5
Primary metric
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 45.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2022 Postseason · Buffalo
0 primary output · 0 efficiency · — usage
50
#2
2023 Regular Season · Buffalo
38.3
0 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 2.3 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Buffalo
35
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
1
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2020 · Rating 0.8189
Our Lady of Good Counsel · Olney, MD
- Committed To
- Buffalo
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Career Facts
1
Career teams
7
Seasons tracked
108
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 29 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.