Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Cincinnati
Jaylon White-McClain
DL • 6'4" • 273 lbs • Virginia Beach, VA, USA
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Jaylon White-McClain shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
25
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Old Dominion • Cincinnati
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: James Madison
Player Story
Jaylon White-McClain built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Virginia Beach, VA wearing No. 16, spending time with Cincinnati and Old Dominion. The clearest part of Jaylon...
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- Committed To
- Old Dominion
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Jaylon White-McClain, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion. Jaylon White-McClain shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 77
- TFL
- 6
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Jaylon White-McClain quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Cincinnati · DL
- Career Tackles
- 77
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion
- Top game
- James Madison
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Kempsville · Old Dominion
- High school pipeline
- Kempsville · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 16 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 14 tackles · DL 517th (top 48%) · Big 12 301st (top 42%) · National 2,527th (top 41%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 16.1 |
| 2023 Postseason | Old Dominion | 8 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 8 | 13 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 52.3 |
| 2025 Postseason | Cincinnati | 9 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 9.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 9.6 |
Related Context
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Jaylon White-McClain played DL for Old Dominion and Cincinnati. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jaylon White-McClain recorded 77 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Old Dominion.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Old Dominion paired 9 primary output with 22.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 7.6 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 Old Dominion, Cincinnati.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Cincinnati
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
7.6
Usage
1.5
Consistency
7.4
Best Game by takeover score
Bowling Green
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Navy: 0. Nebraska: 0. Bowling Green: 0.5. Northwestern State: 0. Iowa State: 0. UCF: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. Arizona: 0.5. TCU: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Navy: 3 by 12.5. Nebraska: 1 by 4.2. Bowling Green: 2 by 13.3. Northwestern State: 1 by 4.2. Iowa State: 1 by 4.2. UCF: 2 by 8.3. Oklahoma State: 1 by 4.2. Arizona: 1 by 9.2. TCU: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.1 · Games = 5 · -0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 4 · +0.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Bowling Green
Best efficiency game
13.3 vs Bowling Green
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1/2 | vs Navy | L 13-35 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ TCU | L 23-45 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Arizona | L 24-30 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/19 | @ Oklahoma State | W 49-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs UCF | W 20-11 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Iowa State | W 38-30 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Northwestern State | W 70-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Bowling Green | W 34-20 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Nebraska | L 17-20 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jaylon White-McClain story
Jaylon White-McClain built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Virginia Beach, VA wearing No. 16, spending time with Cincinnati and Old Dominion. The clearest part of Jaylon White-McClain's career was his defensive production: 77 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 32 career games in the available record. That gives Jaylon White-McClain's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Old Dominion
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Cincinnati
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202220232023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 1 | 11.7 | 3.7 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Old Dominion | 0.5 | 8.5 | 1.7 | -0.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 0.5 | 8.5 | 1.7 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 9 | 22.1 | 4.5 | 8.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Cincinnati | 1 | 7.6 | 1.5 | -8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 1 | 7.6 | 1.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs James Madison
Week 12 · L 32-35 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
74.5 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.5 takeover score.
#2
vs East Carolina
Week 2 · L 14-20
2
Havoc Plays
74.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.
#3
@ App State
Week 12 · L 14-27 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
63.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Virginia Tech
Week 3 · L 17-37
1.5
Havoc Plays
46.4 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.
#5
@ South Carolina
Week 1 · L 19-23
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Havoc Plays
40.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion
9 primary output · 22.1 efficiency · 4.5 usage
52.3
#2
2022 Regular Season · Old Dominion
16.1
1 primary · 11.7 efficiency · 3.7 usage
#3
2025 Postseason · Cincinnati
9.6
1 primary · 7.6 efficiency · 1.5 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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