Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-17vs New Mexico State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 1 | L 24-27vs SMU | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Total | 14 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
#6
Ja'Bril Rawls
Junior defensive back on Florida State's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 178 lb · Pensacola, FL · Pensacola Catholic
In transfer portal — destination TBD (from Florida State)
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 695 nationally · Signed with Florida State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive back on Florida State's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida State in 2023.
Buzz vs Tape
Fans hotter than the country
His own fans read him warmer than the wider college football conversation does — a gap of 24.2 points in belief.
24.2own fans
0national conversation
Ja'Bril Rawls
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Fourth year in the Florida State secondary, same address the whole way. The receipt: 9 tackles against SMU — Week 1, 2026.
14 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
His career
20233 games
- Signed with Florida State3-star out of Pensacola Catholic
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Florida State
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coach2023–2026
Florida State
Played his entire career under Mike Norvell.
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
2025Florida State
DestinationTBD
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Mike Norvell — 21-19 over that span.
2023Florida State13-1HC: Mike Norvell · Balanced
2024Florida State2-10HC: Mike Norvell · Balanced, slow tempo
2025Florida State5-7HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning
2026Florida State1-1HC: Mike Norvell · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: solo tackles (80th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (20th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 7.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Norvell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Part-time starter
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Florida State | 14 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Florida State | 40 | 22 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Florida State | 14 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Florida State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 71 | 44 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 34–17
5 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 PD
With A. Daniels — 202 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 72.0 · 30 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · S. Singleton — 42 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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His 2025 production profile sits closest to Braheem Long Jr.’s 2025 season.
87%match
Matches Braheem on
Class year
PD rate
TFL rate
Differs from Braheem on
Height (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Derek Fields Jr.'s junior season at Ball State (2025).
Matches Derek on
Class year
Weight
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Ja'Bril Rawls
Background
2025 (Redshirt Sophomore): Started all seven games he played...contributed 40 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, two pass breakups, one interception and one fumble recovery...only Seminole with multiple double-digit tackle games in 2025...Alabama: made first career start, finishing with six tackles a...
The secondary · Florida State
- #7Ashlynd Barker48 tackles · 2025
- #6Ja'Bril Rawls40 tackles · 2025
- #14Ma'Khi Jones34 tackles · 2025
- #24K.J. Kirkland31 tackles · 2025
- #12Nehemiah Chandler31 tackles · 2025
15 more on the roster · Florida State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology