Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2024Colorado State
Jaylen Gardner
DB • 6'1" • 210 lbs • San Antonio, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jaylen Gardner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
32
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
23
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
51
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Colorado State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Colorado State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State
Player Story
Jaylen Gardner built his college career from 2023 through 2024 as a defensive back from San Antonio, TX wearing No. 20, spending time with Colorado State. The clearest part of Jaylen Gardner's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Colorado State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Jaylen Gardner, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Colorado State. Jaylen Gardner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 37
- TFL
- 3.5
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Jaylen Gardner quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Colorado State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 37
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Colorado State
- Top game
- Oregon State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · TMI Episcopal · Colorado State
- High school pipeline
- TMI Episcopal · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Sophomore
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 16 tackles · DB 506th (top 52%) · Mountain West 208th (top 39%) · National 2,329th (top 39%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Colorado State | 11 | 21 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 34 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Colorado State | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.1 |
Related Context
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Jaylen Gardner played DB for Colorado State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jaylen Gardner recorded 37 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Colorado State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Colorado State paired 2.5 primary output with 10.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 14.5 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: Oregon State
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Colorado State
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
14.5
Usage
3.9
Consistency
5.6
Best Game by takeover score
Oregon State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas: 0. Northern Colorado: 0. Colorado: 0. UTEP: 0. Oregon State: 2. Air Force: 0
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. Texas: 1 by 4.2. Northern Colorado: 3 by 12.5. Colorado: 1 by 4.2. UTEP: 1 by 4.2. Oregon State: 5 by 40.8. Air Force: 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0 · Games = 3 · -0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oregon State
Best efficiency game
40.8 vs Oregon State
Player Story
Jaylen Gardner story
Jaylen Gardner built his college career from 2023 through 2024 as a defensive back from San Antonio, TX wearing No. 20, spending time with Colorado State. The clearest part of Jaylen Gardner's career was his defensive production: 37 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 17 career games in the available record. That gives Jaylen Gardner's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Colorado State
2023-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Colorado State | 2.5 | 10.2 | 2 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Colorado State | 2 | 14.5 | 3.9 | -0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Oregon State
Week 6 · L 31-39
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#2
vs San Diego State
Week 11 · W 22-19 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
57.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Boise State
Week 7 · W 31-30 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
41.1 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 41.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Middle Tennessee
Week 4 · W 31-23
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Air Force
Week 8 · W 21-13 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
16.1 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 16.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Colorado State
2.5 primary output · 10.2 efficiency · 2 usage
34
#2
2024 Regular Season · Colorado State
33.1
2 primary · 14.5 efficiency · 3.9 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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