Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2023-2025South Carolina
Jalon Kilgore
DB • 6'1" • 211 lbs • Eatonton, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jalon Kilgore shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
78
High-end production for a defensive back
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Reliability
67
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
84
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · South Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- South Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Missouri
Player Story
Jalon Kilgore built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Eatonton, GA wearing No. 24, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Jalon Kilgore's career was his defensive...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 27
- Overall
- No. 167
- NFL Team
- Buffalo Bills
Jalon Kilgore, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · South Carolina. Jalon Kilgore shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 178
- TFL
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 21
Quick Answers
Jalon Kilgore quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Carolina · DB
- Career Tackles
- 178
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · South Carolina
- Top game
- Missouri
- High school pipeline
- Putnam County · 2 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 5 · Pick 27 · Buffalo Bills
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 54 tackles · DB 115th (top 12%) · SEC 66th (top 9%) · National 510th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | South Carolina | 12 | 76 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 43 |
| 2024 Postseason | South Carolina | 13 | 2 | - | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 58.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Carolina | 13 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 58.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Carolina | 11 | 54 | - | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 54.4 |
Related Context
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Jalon Kilgore played DB for South Carolina. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jalon Kilgore recorded 178 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with South Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
South Carolina paired 16 primary output with 27.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 32.3 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: Clemson
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · South Carolina
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
32.3
Usage
5.4
Consistency
59.4
Best Game by takeover score
Clemson
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Virginia Tech: 0. Vanderbilt: 0. Missouri: 1. Kentucky: 0. LSU: 1. Oklahoma: 2. Alabama: 1. Ole Miss: 2. Texas A&M: 1. Coastal Carolina: 2. Clemson: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Virginia Tech: 3 by 12.5. Vanderbilt: 6 by 25. Missouri: 10 by 51.7. Kentucky: 4 by 16.7. LSU: 4 by 26.7. Oklahoma: 6 by 45. Alabama: 3 by 22.5. Ole Miss: 2 by 28.3. Texas A&M: 8 by 43.3. Coastal Carolina: 1 by 24.2. Clemson: 7 by 59.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.7 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 8 · +0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Clemson
Best efficiency game
59.2 vs Clemson
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs ClemsonSplash game | L 14-28 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Coastal CarolinaSplash game | W 51-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Texas A&M | L 30-31 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Ole MissSplash game | L 14-30 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Alabama | L 22-29 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs OklahomaSplash game | L 7-26 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ LSU | L 10-20 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Kentucky | W 35-13 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Missouri10+ tackles | L 20-29 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Vanderbilt | L 7-31 | 6 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | vs Virginia Tech | W 24-11 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jalon Kilgore story
Jalon Kilgore built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Eatonton, GA wearing No. 24, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Jalon Kilgore's career was his defensive production: 178 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 8 interceptions, and 21 passes defended across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with South Carolina. 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 Jalon Kilgore's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 74 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 36 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across South Carolina.
The arc is straightforward: Jalon Kilgore 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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South Carolina
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | South Carolina | 8.5 | 32.4 | 7.3 | — |
| 2024 Postseason | South Carolina | 16 | 27.7 | 6.7 | 7.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Carolina | 16 | 27.7 | 6.7 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Carolina | 13 | 32.3 | 5.4 | -3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Missouri
Week 8 · L 12-34 · 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
@ Illinois
Week 1 · L 17-21 · Postseason
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 34 Clemson
Week 14 · L 14-28
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Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Tennessee
Week 5 · L 20-41 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Old Dominion
Week 1 · W 23-19
3
Havoc Plays
62.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · South Carolina
16 primary output · 27.7 efficiency · 6.7 usage
58.6
#2
2024 Regular Season · South Carolina
58.6
16 primary · 27.7 efficiency · 6.7 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · South Carolina
54.4
13 primary · 32.3 efficiency · 5.4 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
12
Splash games
4
10+ tackle games
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