Player Dossier

2011-2015

California

Jalen Jefferson

LB • 6'2" • Oxnard, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jalen Jefferson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

56%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

62

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · California

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
California
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado

Player Story

Jalen Jefferson built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a linebacker from Oxnard, CA wearing No. 7, spending time with California. The clearest part of Jalen Jefferson's career was his defensive...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2011 · Rating 0.8812

St. Bonaventure · Ventura, CA

Committed To
California
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2011

Jalen Jefferson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · California. Jalen Jefferson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Quick Answers

Jalen Jefferson quick answers

Latest team and position
California · LB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 3 games
Best season
2013 Regular Season · California
Top game
Colorado
Recruit profile
3-star · St. Bonaventure · California
High school pipeline
St. Bonaventure · 29 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 7 · Class 2015

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2011 Regular SeasonCalifornia00-0--0-
2012 Regular SeasonCalifornia00-0--0-
2013 Regular SeasonCalifornia10-0--073.3
2014 Regular SeasonCalifornia10-0--073.3
2015 Regular SeasonCalifornia10-0--073.3

Related Context

Jalen Jefferson is listed as a LB for California. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season

California paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2015 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2015 Regular Season · California

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Texas

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All Games1 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas

Best efficiency game

20 vs Texas

Result
Sat 9/19@ TexasW 45-441

Player Story

Jalen Jefferson story

Jalen Jefferson built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a linebacker from Oxnard, CA wearing No. 7, spending time with California. The clearest part of Jalen Jefferson's career was his defensive production: 3 interceptions across 3 career games in the available record. That gives Jalen Jefferson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    California

    2011-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20112012201320142015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonCalifornia0
2012 Regular SeasonCalifornia00
2013 Regular SeasonCalifornia1201
2014 Regular SeasonCalifornia1200
2015 Regular SeasonCalifornia1200

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Colorado

Week 12 · L 24-41 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

@ Northwestern

Week 1 · W 31-24

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

@ Texas

Week 3 · W 45-44

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Regular Season · California

1 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

#2

2014 Regular Season · California

73.3

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · California

73.3

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games