Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Illinois
Jaylen Dunlap
DB • 6'1" • 190 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jaylen Dunlap shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
50
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
46
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
68
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Michigan
Player Story
Jaylen Dunlap built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive back from Chicago, IL wearing No. 1, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Jaylen Dunlap's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Jaylen Dunlap, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Illinois. Jaylen Dunlap shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 91
- TFL
- 5
- Passes defended
- 16
Quick Answers
Jaylen Dunlap quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · DB
- Career Tackles
- 91
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Crete-Monee · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Crete-Monee · 16 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 29 tackles · DB 313th (top 40%) · Big Ten 155th (top 25%) · National 1,459th (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 12 | 62 | 4.5 | 0 | - | 11 | 0 | 53.2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 9 | 29 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 36 |
Related Context
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Jaylen Dunlap played DB for Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jaylen Dunlap recorded 91 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Illinois paired 15.5 primary output with 34.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
20.7
Usage
3
Consistency
56.2
Best Game by takeover score
Indiana
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Game by game trend chart. South Florida: 0. Nebraska: 1. Iowa: 0. Rutgers: 0. Wisconsin: 1. Purdue: 1. Indiana: 2. Ohio State: 1. Northwestern: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Florida: 1 by 4.2. Nebraska: 1 by 14.2. Iowa: 3 by 12.5. Rutgers: 2 by 8.3. Wisconsin: 3 by 22.5. Purdue: 6 by 35. Indiana: 6 by 45. Ohio State: 3 by 22.5. Northwestern: 4 by 21.7
Split Comparison
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First Half0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.7 vs Second Half
Second Half1.1 · Games = 4 · +0.7 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Indiana
Best efficiency game
45 vs Indiana
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Northwestern | L 7-42 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Ohio State | L 14-52 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs IndianaSplash game | L 14-24 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Purdue | L 10-29 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Wisconsin | L 10-24 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Rutgers | L 24-35 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Iowa | L 16-45 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Nebraska | L 6-28 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 9/15 | @ South Florida | L 23-47 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jaylen Dunlap story
Jaylen Dunlap built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive back from Chicago, IL wearing No. 1, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Jaylen Dunlap's career was his defensive production: 91 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 16 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Illinois. 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 Jaylen Dunlap's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 17 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Illinois.
The arc is straightforward: Jaylen Dunlap 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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Illinois
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 15.5 | 34.4 | 4.9 | 15.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 6.5 | 20.7 | 3 | -9 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Michigan
Week 8 · L 8-41 · Conference game
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
75 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.
#2
vs Michigan State
Week 10 · W 31-27 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
69.7 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Indiana
Week 11 · L 14-24 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
69.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.
#4
vs North Carolina
Week 2 · L 23-48
2
Havoc Plays
59.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Purdue
Week 6 · L 31-34 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Illinois
15.5 primary output · 34.4 efficiency · 4.9 usage
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#2
2015 Regular Season · Illinois
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Illinois
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6.5 primary · 20.7 efficiency · 3 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
5
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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