Player Dossier

2022-2025

Coastal Carolina

Ja'Marion Wayne

CB • 6'2" • 208 lbs • St. Louis, MO, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ja'Marion Wayne shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

20%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

28

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Coastal Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Missouri • Coastal Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina

Player Story

Ja'Marion Wayne built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a cornerback from St. Louis, MO wearing No. 2, spending time with Coastal Carolina and Missouri. The clearest part of Ja'Marion Wayne's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.9031

Parkway West · Ballwin, MO

Committed To
Missouri
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Ja'Marion Wayne, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Coastal Carolina. Ja'Marion Wayne shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
67
TFL
2
Passes defended
8

Quick Answers

Ja'Marion Wayne quick answers

Latest team and position
Coastal Carolina · CB
Career Tackles
67
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 20 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Coastal Carolina
Top game
East Carolina
Recruit profile
4-star · Parkway West · Missouri
High school pipeline
Parkway West · 6 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
59 tackles · CB 9th (top 2%) · Sun Belt 47th (top 8%) · National 425th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonMissouri10-0-1030.3
2023 Regular SeasonMissouri33-0--037
2024 PostseasonMissouri52-0--07.6
2024 Regular SeasonMissouri53-0-107.6
2025 PostseasonCoastal Carolina113-0--057.1
2025 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina115620-6057.1

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Coastal Carolina to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted21.7Jan 9, 2026
2025Missouri to Coastal CarolinaP4 to G5/FCS78.6Apr 28, 2025

Ja'Marion Wayne played CB for Missouri and Coastal Carolina. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ja'Marion Wayne recorded 67 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Coastal Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Coastal Carolina paired 9 primary output with 30.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 30.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Missouri, Coastal Carolina.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2025 Postseason · Coastal Carolina

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

30.5

Usage

5.6

Consistency

51.5

Best Game by takeover score

East Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana Tech: 0. Virginia: 1. Charleston Southern: 1.5. East Carolina: 3. South Alabama: 0. Old Dominion: 0. App State: 0. Marshall: 1. Georgia State: 1. Georgia Southern: 1.5. James Madison: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 12.5. Virginia: 6 by 35. Charleston Southern: 3 by 27.5. East Carolina: 6 by 55. South Alabama: 7 by 29.2. Old Dominion: 2 by 8.3. App State: 11 by 45.8. Marshall: 4 by 26.7. Georgia State: 5 by 30.8. Georgia Southern: 5 by 35.8. James Madison: 7 by 29.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.7 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 6 · +0.2 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

East Carolina

Best efficiency game

55 vs East Carolina

Result
Tue 12/30@ Louisiana TechL 14-2332000
Sat 11/29vs James MadisonL 10-5976000
Sat 11/15@ Georgia SouthernL 40-45531.5000
Sat 11/8vs Georgia StateW 40-27550010
Thu 10/30vs MarshallW 44-2744001
Sat 10/18@ App State10+ tacklesW 45-37116000
Sat 10/4@ Old DominionL 7-4721000
Sat 9/20@ South AlabamaW 38-2074000
Sat 9/13vs East CarolinaSplash gameL 0-3866003
Sat 9/6vs Charleston SouthernW 13-0320.5001
Sat 8/30@ VirginiaL 7-4862001

Player Story

Ja'Marion Wayne story

Ja'Marion Wayne built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a cornerback from St. Louis, MO wearing No. 2, spending time with Coastal Carolina and Missouri. The clearest part of Ja'Marion Wayne's career was his defensive production: 67 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 8 passes defended across 20 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Coastal Carolina. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Ja'Marion Wayne's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 26 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 20 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Coastal Carolina and Missouri.

The arc is straightforward: Ja'Marion Wayne moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Missouri

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Coastal Carolina

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202220232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonMissouri1100
2023 Regular SeasonMissouri04.20.8-1
2024 PostseasonMissouri16.20.81
2024 Regular SeasonMissouri16.20.80
2025 PostseasonCoastal Carolina930.55.68
2025 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina930.55.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 38 East Carolina

Week 3 · L 0-38

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

63.3 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 103 Georgia Southern

Week 12 · L 40-45 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

55 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 133 Georgia State

Week 11 · W 40-27 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

48 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 86 Marshall

Week 10 · W 44-27 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

44.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Charleston Southern

Week 2 · W 13-0

1.5

Havoc Plays

41.1 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 41.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Coastal Carolina

9 primary output · 30.5 efficiency · 5.6 usage

57.1

#2

2025 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina

57.1

9 primary · 30.5 efficiency · 5.6 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Missouri

37

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games