Senior defensive back for Memphis. 2025: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 18 tackles.
6′2″ · 191 lb · Charlotte, NC
How he plays
Moves between deep coverage and the slot.
Passes defended: 67th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
interception · 2025
2 PBU · 18 tackles · 1 TFL
Best game: 1 INT, 4 tackles, vs Arkansas
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back for Memphis. 2025: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 18 tackles.
Jaidyn Denis
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Elon to Memphis — the move that set up everything since. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles against Troy, Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charles Huff
Pass share
38.2%
66 pass / 107 run
Plays / game
57.7
3 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
77 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Memphis | 18 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 18 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2025
W 34–31
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
Edged out South Florida at home in a shootout.
With B. Lewis — 307 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.0 · 35 rush yds (11 car) · L. Carrigan — 40 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 49 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 38-16@ Georgia State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-7@ Troy | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 32-31vs Arkansas | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-26@ Florida Atlantic | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-7vs Tulsa | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-31@ UAB | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-31vs South Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Memphis
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Memphis
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Memphis · Last season: 8-5 (AP #22) · Talent rank #67 · 2026 recruiting class #72
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jalani Williams’s 2021 season.
Matches Jalani on
Differs from Jalani on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Trikweze Bridges's senior season at Oregon (2023).
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