Player Dossier

2023-2025

Western Kentucky

Jai Eugene Jr.

DB • 6'1" • 202 lbs • Destrehan, LA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jai Eugene Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

60%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

95

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

71

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Western Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Tulane • Western Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Jacksonville State

Player Story

Jai Eugene Jr. built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Destrehan, LA wearing No. 26, spending time with Tulane and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Jai Eugene Jr.'s career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8661

Destrehan · Destrehan, LA

Committed To
Tulane
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Jai Eugene Jr., DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Western Kentucky. Jai Eugene Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
25
TFL
1.5
Sacks
1
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Jai Eugene Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Western Kentucky · DB
Career Tackles
25
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 13 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Western Kentucky
Top game
Jacksonville State
Recruit profile
3-star · Destrehan · Tulane
High school pipeline
Destrehan · 40 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 26 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
21 tackles · DB 416th (top 43%) · Conference USA 179th (top 33%) · National 1,965th (top 32%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonTulane11-0--036.7
2024 PostseasonWestern Kentucky22-0--038.2
2024 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky21-0--038.2
2025 PostseasonWestern Kentucky105-0-2047.9
2025 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky10161.51-3047.9

Related Context

Jai Eugene Jr. played DB for Tulane and Western Kentucky. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jai Eugene Jr. recorded 25 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Western Kentucky.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Western Kentucky paired 7.5 primary output with 16.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 16.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Tulane, Western Kentucky.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Jacksonville 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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2025 Postseason · Western Kentucky

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

16.3

Usage

3

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Jacksonville State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Southern Miss: 2. North Alabama: 0. Sam Houston: 1. Missouri State: 0.5. Delaware: 1. Louisiana Tech: 0. New Mexico State: 0. Middle Tennessee: 1. LSU: 0. Jacksonville State: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Miss: 5 by 40.8. North Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Sam Houston: 2 by 18.3. Missouri State: 3 by 17.5. Delaware: 2 by 18.3. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 12.5. New Mexico State: 1 by 4.2. Middle Tennessee: 1 by 14.2. LSU: 2 by 8.3. Jacksonville State: 1 by 24.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.7 · Games = 8 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Jacksonville State

Best efficiency game

40.8 vs Southern Miss

Result
Tue 12/23@ Southern MissSplash gameW 27-1653002
Sat 11/29@ Jacksonville StateSplash gameL 34-3711110
Sun 11/23@ LSUL 10-1322000
Sat 11/15vs Middle TennesseeW 42-2610001
Sat 11/1vs New Mexico StateW 35-1610000
Tue 10/21@ Louisiana TechW 28-2732000
Fri 10/3@ DelawareW 27-2420001
Sat 9/27@ Missouri StateW 27-22320.5000
Sat 8/30vs North AlabamaW 55-611000
Sat 8/23vs Sam HoustonW 41-2422001

Player Story

Jai Eugene Jr. story

Jai Eugene Jr. built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Destrehan, LA wearing No. 26, spending time with Tulane and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Jai Eugene Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 25 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 5 passes defended across 13 career games in the available record. That gives Jai Eugene Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Tulane

    2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Western Kentucky

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonTulane04.20.7
2024 PostseasonWestern Kentucky06.310
2024 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky06.310
2025 PostseasonWestern Kentucky7.516.337.5
2025 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky7.516.330

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 92 Jacksonville State

Week 14 · L 34-37 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

74.5 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.5 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 94 Southern Miss

Week 1 · W 27-16 · Postseason

2

Havoc Plays

56.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 108 Missouri State

Week 5 · W 27-22 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

31.7 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 31.7 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 135 Sam Houston

Week 1 · W 41-24 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

28.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 28.3 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 109 Delaware

Week 6 · W 27-24 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

26.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Western Kentucky

7.5 primary output · 16.3 efficiency · 3 usage

47.9

#2

2025 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

47.9

7.5 primary · 16.3 efficiency · 3 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Western Kentucky

38.2

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games