Usage / Role
2%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025UCF
Jaylen Heyward
DB • 6'0" • 185 lbs • Rockledge, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jaylen Heyward shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
10
Developing production for a defensive back
lowelite
Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
22
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UCF
2425
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- UCF
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina A&T
4★
- Committed To
- UCF
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Jaylen Heyward, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UCF. Jaylen Heyward shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 4
Quick Answers
Jaylen Heyward quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCF · DB
- Career Tackles
- 4
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 3 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · UCF
- Top game
- North Carolina A&T
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Rockledge · UCF
- High school pipeline
- Rockledge · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 17 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 3 tackles · DB 791st (top 82%) · Big 12 490th (top 67%) · National 4,166th (top 68%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | UCF | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UCF | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.8 |
Related Context
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Jaylen Heyward played DB for UCF. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jaylen Heyward recorded 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UCF.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
UCF paired 0 primary output with 6.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 6.3 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: North Carolina A&T
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · UCF
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
6.3
Usage
1.2
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
North Carolina A&T
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Carolina A&T: 0. North Carolina: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.
Split Comparison
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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
North Carolina A&T
Best efficiency game
8.3 vs North Carolina A&T
Career Arc
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- 1
UCF
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs North Carolina A&T
Week 2 · W 68-7
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0
Havoc Plays
6.9 takeover
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 91 North Carolina
Week 4 · W 34-9
0
Havoc Plays
3.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Iowa State
Week 8 · L 35-38 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · UCF
0 primary output · 6.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage
38.8
#2
2024 Regular Season · UCF
36.7
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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