Usage Score
4.6
Player Dossier
2019-2023Vanderbilt
Jaylen Mahoney
DB • 5'11" • 200 lbs • Rock Hill, SC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jaylen Mahoney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.2 disruption score.
Efficiency
27.2
Consistency
12.1
Season Value
13.9
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
1920212223
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 5
- Program Path
- Vanderbilt
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Missouri
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.
Jaylen Mahoney, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt. Jaylen Mahoney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.2 disruption score.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Vanderbilt paired 13 primary output with 31.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee
Loss with 3 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.
2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
27.2
Usage
4.6
Consistency
12.1
Best Game by takeover score
Tennessee
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Game-by-Game Trend
1234567891011
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Hawai'i: 0. Wake Forest: 2. UNLV: 0. Kentucky: 0. Missouri: 1. Georgia: 0. Ole Miss: 1. Auburn: 0. South Carolina: 0. Tennessee: 3
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. Unknown: 4 by 16.7. Hawai'i: 3 by 12.5. Wake Forest: 6 by 45. UNLV: 2 by 8.3. Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Missouri: 8 by 43.3. Georgia: 16 by 50. Ole Miss: 7 by 39.2. Auburn: 3 by 12.5. South Carolina: 5 by 20.8. Tennessee: 4 by 46.7
Split Comparison
Losses0.8 · n=9
First Half0.5 · n=6 · -0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.8 · n=5 · +0.3 vs First Half
All Games0.6 · n=11
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Tennessee
Best efficiency game
50 vs Georgia
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | @ Tennessee | L 24-48 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | @ South Carolina | L 6-47 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Auburn | L 15-31 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Ole Miss | L 7-33 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Georgia10+ tackles | L 20-37 | 16 | 10 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Missouri | L 21-38 | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Kentucky | L 28-45 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | @ UNLV | L 37-40 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Wake Forest | L 20-36 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Unknown | — | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/26 | vs Hawai'i | W 35-28 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Vanderbilt
2019-2023
Opening stop
Season Progression
20192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 5.5 | 18.9 | 6.3 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 4 | 34.7 | 6.7 | -1.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 11.5 | 27.7 | 9.4 | 7.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 13 | 31.8 | 10.5 | 1.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 7 | 27.2 | 4.6 | -6 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Missouri
Loss with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
6
Primary metric
6 disruption/tackle impact with 77.1 takeover score.
#2
Mississippi State
3
Primary metric
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 66.8 takeover score.
#3
South Carolina
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.6 takeover score.
#4
UConn
3
Primary metric
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 59.3 takeover score.
#5
Tennessee
3
Primary metric
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 49.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
13 primary output · 31.8 efficiency · 10.5 usage
27.6
#2
2021 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
27.3
11.5 primary · 27.7 efficiency · 9.4 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
15.1
4 primary · 34.7 efficiency · 6.7 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
4
Splash games
6
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2025 · Rating 0.86
Kapolei · Kapolei, HI
- Committed To
- Arizona
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Career Facts
1
Career teams
5
Seasons tracked
246
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 50 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.