Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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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.
Impact Production
58
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
48
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
69
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Vanderbilt
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Missouri
Player Story
Jaylen Mahoney built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from Rock Hill, SC wearing No. 23, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Jaylen Mahoney's career was his defensive...
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- Arizona
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Jaylen Mahoney, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt. Jaylen Mahoney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 246
- TFL
- 16
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 17
Quick Answers
Jaylen Mahoney quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Vanderbilt · DB
- Career Tackles
- 246
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 50 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
- Top game
- Missouri
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Kapolei · Arizona
- High school pipeline
- Kapolei · 20 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 59 tackles · DB 78th (top 9%) · SEC 41st (top 7%) · National 378th (top 7%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 8 | 23 | 1.5 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 26.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 8 | 57 | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 31.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 12 | 52 | 4.5 | 2 | - | 3 | 0 | 56.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 11 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 61 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 11 | 59 | 1 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 31.3 |
Related Context
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Jaylen Mahoney played DB for Vanderbilt. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jaylen Mahoney recorded 246 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Vanderbilt.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Vanderbilt paired 14 primary output with 32.7 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.
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2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
27.2
Usage
4.3
Consistency
12.1
Best Game by takeover score
Tennessee
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alabama A&M: 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
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama A&M: 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
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 9 · +0.8 vs Wins
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 | @ TennesseeSplash game | 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 ForestSplash game | L 20-36 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Alabama A&M | W 47-13 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/26 | vs Hawai'i | W 35-28 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jaylen Mahoney story
Jaylen Mahoney built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from Rock Hill, SC wearing No. 23, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Jaylen Mahoney's career was his defensive production: 246 tackles, 16 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 50 career games in the available record. That gives Jaylen Mahoney's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Vanderbilt
2019-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 5.5 | 18.9 | 4.9 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 4 | 34.7 | 6.2 | -1.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 11.5 | 27.7 | 7.6 | 7.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 14 | 32.7 | 8.7 | 2.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 7 | 27.2 | 4.3 | -7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Missouri
Week 8 · L 14-17 · Conference game
Loss with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
100 takeover
6 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.
#2
vs Mississippi State
Week 8 · L 6-45 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
90.6 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.
#3
vs South Carolina
Week 6 · L 7-41 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
87.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.
#4
vs UConn
Week 5 · W 30-28
3
Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#5
vs LSU
Week 4 · L 38-66 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
74.5 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 74.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
14 primary output · 32.7 efficiency · 8.7 usage
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#2
2021 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
56.5
11.5 primary · 27.7 efficiency · 7.6 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
31.8
4 primary · 34.7 efficiency · 6.2 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
10
Splash games
6
10+ tackle games
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