Player Dossier

2021-2025

Boston College

Jaylen Blackwell

LB • 6'1" • 227 lbs • Mcdonough, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jaylen Blackwell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

36

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

23

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

45

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Boston College

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Boston College
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech

Player Story

Jaylen Blackwell built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Mcdonough, GA wearing No. 8, spending time with Boston College. The clearest part of Jaylen Blackwell's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8222

Strake Jesuit · Houston, TX

Committed To
Boston College
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Jaylen Blackwell, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Boston College. Jaylen Blackwell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
34
TFL
5
Sacks
2.5
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Jaylen Blackwell quick answers

Latest team and position
Boston College · LB
Career Tackles
34
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 14 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Boston College
Top game
Virginia Tech
Recruit profile
3-star · Strake Jesuit · Boston College
High school pipeline
Union Grove · 9 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 8 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonBoston College22-0--037.4
2022 Regular SeasonBoston College82142.5--045.9
2023 Regular SeasonBoston College411101-032.4
2024 Regular SeasonBoston College00-0--0-
2025 Regular SeasonBoston College00-0--0-

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Boston College to UnlistedP4 to Unlisted16.6Jan 3, 2026

Jaylen Blackwell played LB for Boston College. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jaylen Blackwell recorded 34 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Boston College.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Boston College paired 6.5 primary output with 19.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 16.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois

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

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2023 Regular Season · Boston College

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

16.5

Usage

3.9

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northern Illinois: 1. Holy Cross: 0. Louisville: 0. Virginia: 1

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. Northern Illinois: 7 by 39.2. Holy Cross: 3 by 12.5. Louisville: 1 by 4.2. Virginia: 0 by 10

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

Best efficiency game

39.2 vs Northern Illinois

Result
Sat 9/30vs VirginiaW 27-2400000
Sat 9/23@ LouisvilleL 28-5610000
Sat 9/9vs Holy CrossW 31-2830000
Sat 9/2vs Northern IllinoisL 24-2775100

Player Story

Jaylen Blackwell story

Jaylen Blackwell built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Mcdonough, GA wearing No. 8, spending time with Boston College. The clearest part of Jaylen Blackwell's career was his defensive production: 34 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, and 2.5 sacks across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Jaylen Blackwell'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.

  1. 1

    Boston College

    2021-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonBoston College04.21
2022 Regular SeasonBoston College6.519.156.5
2023 Regular SeasonBoston College216.53.9-4.5
2024 Regular SeasonBoston College0-2
2025 Regular SeasonBoston College00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Virginia Tech

Week 2 · L 10-27 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

87.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Northern Illinois

Week 1 · L 24-27

1

Havoc Plays

72.2 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Rutgers

Week 1 · L 21-22

2

Havoc Plays

66.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.

#4

vs Virginia

Week 5 · W 27-24 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

43.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.9 takeover score.

#5

@ UConn

Week 9 · L 3-13

0.5

Havoc Plays

25.9 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 25.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Boston College

6.5 primary output · 19.1 efficiency · 5 usage

45.9

#2

2021 Regular Season · Boston College

37.4

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 1 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Boston College

32.4

2 primary · 16.5 efficiency · 3.9 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games