Player Dossier

2023-2024

Jacksonville State

J-Rock Swain

EDGE • 5'10" • 260 lbs • Oxford, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

J-Rock Swain shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26 disruption score.

Usage / Role

28%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

41

Developing production for an edge defender

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

36

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Jacksonville State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Jacksonville State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Player Story

J-Rock Swain built his college career from 2023 through 2024 as an edge defender from Oxford, AL wearing No. 30, spending time with Jacksonville State. The clearest part of J-Rock Swain's career was his defensive...

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J-Rock Swain, EDGE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Jacksonville State. J-Rock Swain shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
74
TFL
17
Sacks
7.5
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

J-Rock Swain quick answers

Latest team and position
Jacksonville State · EDGE
Career Tackles
74
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 27 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Jacksonville State
Top game
Florida International
Latest roster
No. 30 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
44 tackles · EDGE 8th (top 15%) · Conference USA 71st (top 16%) · National 799th (top 14%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonJacksonville State10306.5442056
2024 PostseasonJacksonville State1330.50--053.2
2024 Regular SeasonJacksonville State1341103.52-053.2

Related Context

J-Rock Swain played EDGE for Jacksonville State. Across 2 tracked seasons, J-Rock Swain recorded 74 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Jacksonville State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Jacksonville State paired 16.5 primary output with 28 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 26 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Postseason · Jacksonville State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

26

Usage

7.3

Consistency

28.9

Best Game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ohio: 0.5. Coastal Carolina: 1. Louisville: 1.5. Eastern Michigan: 5.5. Southern Miss: 2.5. Kennesaw State: 0. New Mexico State: 0. Liberty: 0. Louisiana Tech: 3.5. Florida International: 0. Sam Houston: 1. Western Kentucky: 0. Western Kentucky: 0.5

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. Ohio: 3 by 17.5. Coastal Carolina: 3 by 22.5. Louisville: 4 by 31.7. Eastern Michigan: 6 by 75. Southern Miss: 4 by 41.7. Kennesaw State: 2 by 8.3. New Mexico State: 1 by 4.2. Liberty: 5 by 20.8. Louisiana Tech: 6 by 60. Florida International: 4 by 16.7. Sam Houston: 3 by 22.5. Western Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Western Kentucky: 2 by 13.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.9 · Games = 8 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses1.7 · Games = 5 · +0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

Best efficiency game

75 vs Eastern Michigan

Result
Fri 12/20vs OhioL 27-30310.5000
Sat 12/7vs Western KentuckyW 52-12200.5000
Sat 11/30@ Western KentuckyL 17-1911000
Sat 11/23vs Sam HoustonW 21-1132100
Sat 11/16vs Florida InternationalW 34-3141000
Sat 11/9@ Louisiana TechSplash gameW 44-37622.5010
Wed 10/30@ LibertyW 31-2153000
Wed 10/9vs New Mexico StateW 54-1311000
Fri 10/4@ Kennesaw StateW 63-2420000
Sat 9/21vs Southern MissSplash gameW 44-7421.5010
Sat 9/14@ Eastern MichiganSplash gameL 34-376121.500
Sat 9/7@ LouisvilleL 14-49421.5000
Fri 8/30vs Coastal CarolinaL 27-5531100

Player Story

J-Rock Swain story

J-Rock Swain built his college career from 2023 through 2024 as an edge defender from Oxford, AL wearing No. 30, spending time with Jacksonville State. The clearest part of J-Rock Swain's career was his defensive production: 74 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Jacksonville State. 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 J-Rock Swain's production has multiple signals. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Jacksonville State.

The arc is straightforward: J-Rock Swain 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

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    Jacksonville State

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonJacksonville State16.5287.5
2024 PostseasonJacksonville State16267.3-0.5
2024 Regular SeasonJacksonville State16267.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Florida International

Week 9 · W 41-16 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

6 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#2

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 3 · L 34-37

5.5

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#3

@ Louisiana Tech

Week 11 · W 44-37 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

74.5 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 74.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Western Kentucky

Week 8 · W 20-17 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

68.3 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Tulsa

Week 3

2

Havoc Plays

66.3 takeover

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Jacksonville State

16.5 primary output · 28 efficiency · 7.5 usage

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#2

2024 Postseason · Jacksonville State

53.2

16 primary · 26 efficiency · 7.3 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Jacksonville State

53.2

16 primary · 26 efficiency · 7.3 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

7

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games