Player Dossier

2024-2025

Alabama

Jaylen Mbakwe

WR • 5'11" • 190 lbs • Clay, AL, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Jaylen Mbakwe reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

22

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

31

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Alabama

242425

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Alabama
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Illinois

Player Story

Jaylen Mbakwe built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Clay, AL wearing No. 3, spending time with Alabama. The clearest part of Jaylen Mbakwe's career was his defensive production: 16...

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5★

Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.9943

Clay-Chalkville · Pinson, AL

Committed To
Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Jaylen Mbakwe, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Alabama. Jaylen Mbakwe reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
55
Receptions
3

Quick Answers

Jaylen Mbakwe quick answers

Latest team and position
Alabama · WR
Career Receiving Yards
55
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 11 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Alabama
Top game
Eastern Illinois
Recruit profile
5-star · Clay-Chalkville · Alabama
High school pipeline
Clay-Chalkville · 25 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 3 · Sophomore
2025 Receiving yards rank
55 receiving yards · WR 764th (top 70%) · SEC 157th (top 57%) · National 1,301st (top 60%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2024 PostseasonAlabama9-00100
2024 Regular SeasonAlabama9-00100
2025 Regular SeasonAlabama2355072.4

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Alabama to Georgia TechP4 to P485.6Jan 5, 2026

Jaylen Mbakwe played WR for Alabama. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jaylen Mbakwe recorded 4 rushing yards, 55 receiving yards, and 16 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Alabama.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Alabama paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 100 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Illinois

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Alabama

Games

2

Receiving Yards / G

27.5

Efficiency

100

Usage

6.1

Consistency

69.4

Best Game by takeover score

Eastern Illinois

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Game-by-Game Trend

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UL Monroe: 16. Eastern Illinois: 39

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.

Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

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First Half16 · Games = 1 · -23 vs Second Half
Second Half39 · Games = 1 · +23 vs First Half

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Eastern Illinois

Best efficiency game

100 vs Eastern Illinois

Result
Sat 11/22vs Eastern IllinoisW 56-023919.519.50026
Sat 9/6vs UL MonroeW 73-01161016016

Player Story

Jaylen Mbakwe story

Jaylen Mbakwe built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Clay, AL wearing No. 3, spending time with Alabama. The clearest part of Jaylen Mbakwe's career was his defensive production: 16 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 interception, and 2 passes defended across 11 career games in the available record. His career also includes 4 rushing yards, 55 receiving yards, and 61 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jaylen Mbakwe's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Alabama

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonAlabama0
2024 Regular SeasonAlabama00
2025 Regular SeasonAlabama551006.155

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Eastern Illinois

Week 13 · W 56-0

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

39

Receiving Yards

76.3 takeover

39 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs No. 131 UL Monroe

Week 2 · W 73-0

16

Receiving Yards

50.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

16 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Michigan

Week 1 · L 13-19 · Postseason

0

Receiving Yards

takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

0 receiving yards with a — efficiency score.

#4

vs Mercer

Week 12 · W 52-7

0

Receiving Yards

takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

0 receiving yards with a — efficiency score.

#5

@ LSU

Week 11 · W 42-13 · Conference game

0

Receiving Yards

takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

0 receiving yards with a — efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Alabama

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2024 Regular Season · Alabama

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Alabama

72.4

55 primary · 100 efficiency · 6.1 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games