Player Dossier

2020-2022

Georgia Southern

Jalen Jackson

LB • 6'0" • 235 lbs • Athens, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jalen Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.1 disruption score.

Usage Score

6.8

Efficiency

13.1

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

11.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Georgia Southern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: James Madison

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 Jackson, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Georgia Southern. Jalen Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.1 disruption score.

Jalen Jackson played LB for Georgia Southern. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jalen Jackson recorded 45 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Georgia Southern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Georgia Southern paired 0 primary output with 7.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 13.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: James Madison

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2022 Postseason · Georgia Southern

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

13.1

Usage

6.8

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Buffalo

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Buffalo: 1. Unknown: 0. Nebraska: 0. UAB: 0. James Madison: 1. Old Dominion: 1. South Alabama: 0. Louisiana: 0. Marshall: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Buffalo: 1 by 14.2. Unknown: 4 by 16.7. Nebraska: 1 by 4.2. UAB: 1 by 4.2. James Madison: 5 by 30.8. Old Dominion: 1 by 14.2. South Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Louisiana: 6 by 25. Marshall: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.5 vs Wins
First Half0.4 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.2 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

James Madison

Best efficiency game

30.8 vs James Madison

Result
Tue 12/27@ BuffaloL 21-23100.500.500
Sat 11/19vs MarshallL 10-2311000
Fri 11/11@ LouisianaL 17-3662000
Sat 11/5vs South AlabamaL 31-3810000
Sat 10/22@ Old DominionW 28-23100.500.500
Sat 10/15vs James MadisonW 45-38520.500.500
Sat 9/17@ UABL 21-3510000
Sat 9/10@ NebraskaW 45-4211000
Sat 9/3vs Unknown44000

Career Arc

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    Georgia Southern

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2020202120222022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern19.12.4
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern07.51.3-1
2022 PostseasonGeorgia Southern313.16.83
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern313.16.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

James Madison

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.

#2

Buffalo

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.

#3

Old Dominion

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.9 takeover score.

#4

Massachusetts

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.8 takeover score.

#5

Louisiana

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2021 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

0 primary output · 7.5 efficiency · 1.3 usage

36.3

#2

2022 Postseason · Georgia Southern

11.3

3 primary · 13.1 efficiency · 6.8 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

11.3

3 primary · 13.1 efficiency · 6.8 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2019 · Rating 0.8106

Coffee · Douglas, GA

Committed To
Georgia Southern
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

45

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 22 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.