Player Dossier

2020-2022

Georgia

Jalen Carter

DL • 6'3" • 300 lbs • Apopka, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jalen Carter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

43%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

66

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

45

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

91

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Georgia

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Georgia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky

Player Story

Jalen Carter built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Apopka, FL wearing No. 88, spending time with Georgia. The clearest part of Jalen Carter's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.9911

Apopka · Apopka, FL

Committed To
Georgia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2023
Selection
Round 1 · Pick 9
Overall
No. 9
NFL Team
Philadelphia Eagles

Jalen Carter, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Georgia. Jalen Carter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
77
TFL
17.5
Sacks
6
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
2
Touchdowns
1
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2022 · Georgia · Player Highlight

Jalen Carter college highlights at Georgia.

Season
2022
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Jalen Carter quick answers

Latest team and position
Georgia · DL
Career Tackles
77
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 32 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Georgia
Top game
Kentucky
Recruit profile
5-star · Apopka · Georgia
High school pipeline
Apopka · 41 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
NFL Draft
2023 · Round 1 · Pick 9 · Philadelphia Eagles
Latest roster
No. 88 · Junior
2022 Tackles rank
26 tackles · DL 225th (top 23%) · SEC 173rd (top 29%) · National 1,540th (top 27%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 PostseasonGeorgia82-0--021.2
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia812301-121.2
2021 PostseasonGeorgia146-0--052.5
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia14318.5331052.5
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia10266311048.1

Related Context

Jalen Carter played DL for Georgia. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jalen Carter recorded 1 receiving yards, 77 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Georgia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Georgia paired 15.5 primary output with 22.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 21.8 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: Mississippi State

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Georgia

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

21.8

Usage

8.1

Consistency

31.8

Best Game by takeover score

Mississippi State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oregon: 0. Samford: 1. South Carolina: 0. Missouri: 0. Florida: 0. Tennessee: 3. Mississippi State: 3.5. Kentucky: 0. Georgia Tech: 1.5. LSU: 2

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. Oregon: 1 by 4.2. Samford: 1 by 14.2. South Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Missouri: 1 by 4.2. Florida: 1 by 4.2. Tennessee: 4 by 46.7. Mississippi State: 7 by 64.2. Kentucky: 5 by 20.8. Georgia Tech: 3 by 27.5. LSU: 1 by 24.2

Split Comparison

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

First Half0.2 · Games = 5 · -1.8 vs Second Half
Second Half2 · Games = 5 · +1.8 vs First Half

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Mississippi State

Best efficiency game

64.2 vs Mississippi State

Result
Sat 12/3vs LSUSplash gameW 50-3011110
Sat 11/26vs Georgia TechW 37-14311.5000
Sat 11/19@ KentuckyW 16-651000
Sun 11/13@ Mississippi StateSplash gameW 45-19721.5010
Sat 11/5vs TennesseeSplash gameW 27-1343210
Sat 10/29vs FloridaW 42-2010000
Sat 10/1@ MissouriW 26-2211000
Sat 9/17@ South CarolinaW 48-721000
Sat 9/10vs SamfordW 33-011001
Sat 9/3vs OregonW 49-311000

Player Story

Jalen Carter story

Jalen Carter built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Apopka, FL wearing No. 88, spending time with Georgia. The clearest part of Jalen Carter's career was his defensive production: 77 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 32 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 receiving yard, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jalen Carter's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

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    Georgia

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20202020202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 PostseasonGeorgia412.34.1
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia412.34.10
2021 PostseasonGeorgia15.522.16.811.5
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia15.522.16.80
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia1121.88.1-4.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Kentucky

Week 7 · W 30-13 · Conference game

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5

Havoc Plays

90 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.

#2

@ Mississippi State

Week 11 · W 45-19 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

88.1 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Tennessee

Week 10 · W 27-13 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#4

@ South Carolina

Week 13 · W 45-16 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

68.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.

#5

@ Clemson

Week 1 · W 10-3

3

Havoc Plays

64.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Georgia

15.5 primary output · 22.1 efficiency · 6.8 usage

52.5

#2

2021 Regular Season · Georgia

52.5

15.5 primary · 22.1 efficiency · 6.8 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Georgia

48.1

11 primary · 21.8 efficiency · 8.1 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

9

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games