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Player Dossier
2024-2025Northern Illinois
Jalen Macon
QB • 6'5" • 230 lbs • Nashville, TN, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Jalen Macon is a balanced quarterback profile with 18.7 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
30
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
42
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Player Story
Jalen Macon built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a quarterback from Nashville, TN wearing No. 14, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Jalen Macon's career was his backfield work:...
Read the storyJalen Macon, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Jalen Macon is a balanced quarterback profile with 18.7 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 398
- Passing yards
- 155
- Rushing yards
- 243
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Jalen Macon quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 398
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Tulsa
- Latest roster
- No. 14 · Junior
- 2025 Total offense rank
- 321 total offense · QB 221st (top 53%) · Mid-American 45th (top 29%) · National 477th (top 30%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 1 | 77 | 50 | 27 | 1 | 54.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 5 | 321 | 105 | 216 | 6 | 55.9 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Unlisted to Northern Illinois | Unlisted to G5/FCS | 84 | Nov 25, 2023 |
Jalen Macon played QB for Northern Illinois. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jalen Macon recorded 155 passing yards, 243 rushing yards, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Northern Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Northern Illinois paired 321 primary output with 48.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 48.5 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: Massachusetts
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Games
5
Primary Metric / G
64.2
Efficiency
48.5
Usage
18.7
Consistency
33.6
Best Game by takeover score
Massachusetts
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Miami (OH): 6. Eastern Michigan: 16. Massachusetts: 171. Western Michigan: 36. Kent State: 92
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. Miami (OH): 2 by 30. Eastern Michigan: 5 by 32. Massachusetts: 16 by 89.2. Western Michigan: 16 by 38.7. Kent State: 27 by 52.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins171 · Games = 1 · +133.5 vs Losses
Losses37.5 · Games = 4 · -133.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Massachusetts
Best efficiency game
89.2 vs Massachusetts
Player Story
Jalen Macon story
Jalen Macon built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a quarterback from Nashville, TN wearing No. 14, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Jalen Macon's career was his backfield work: 243 rushing yards, 50 carries, and 6 rushing touchdowns across 8 career games in the available record. His career also includes 155 passing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jalen Macon's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Northern Illinois
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 77 | 67.7 | 12.2 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 321 | 48.5 | 18.7 | 244 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Tulsa
Week 1
Game with 50 yards of offense and 72.7 efficiency.
50
Total Offense
86.4 takeover
50 total offense with 72.7 efficiency.
#2
@ No. 136 Massachusetts
Week 12 · W 45-3 · Conference game
171
Total Offense
79.2 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
171 total offense with 89.2 efficiency.
#3
@ Oklahoma State
Week 3
89
Total Offense
77.8 takeover
Game with 89 yards of offense and 55.6 efficiency.
89 total offense with 55.6 efficiency.
#4
vs Western Illinois
Week 1 · W 54-15
77
Total Offense
64.9 takeover
Win with 77 yards of offense and 67.7 efficiency.
77 total offense with 67.7 efficiency.
#5
vs No. 130 Kent State
Week 14 · L 31-35 · Conference game
92
Total Offense
57.2 takeover
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
92 total offense with 52.7 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
321 primary output · 48.5 efficiency · 18.7 usage
55.9
#2
2024 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
54.7
77 primary · 67.7 efficiency · 12.2 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
1
3+ TD games
3
Above avg efficiency
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