Jalen Catalon

Senior safety on Missouri's 2025 roster.

S · Missouri · Sr. · #6

5′10″ · 200 lb · Mansfield, TX

CFB Index 28 · #457 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Missouri for 2026

How he projects

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

The full scouting read

The story

4 safety on Missouri's 2025 roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

Jalen Catalon

S · Missouri · Sr · #6

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Alabama — Week 7, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024UNLV11-3HC: Barry Odom · Run-heavy

2025Missouri8-5HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

28Below cohort / limited sample #457 of 544?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#937 / 2975 · 68th pct

Solo tackles#1252 / 2975 · 56th pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2548 / 2975 · 7th pct

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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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home9g	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
Road3g	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eli Drinkwitz

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.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

28 · #457 of 544 safeties

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #24 of 28 SEC Ss

How the All-SEC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Missouri	39	17	1	--	--
2024	UNLV	19	13	1	--	--
Career		58	30	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 23–17

at Auburn

4 TOT · 4 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With B. Pribula — 252 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 76.4 · 28 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD · C. Weselman — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 61-6vs Central Arkansas	3	0	—	0
Wk 2	W 42-31vs Kansas	6	3	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 3	W 52-10vs Louisiana	1	0	—	0
Wk 4	W 29-20vs South Carolina	2	0	—	0
Wk 5	W 42-6vs Massachusetts	5	1	—	1
Wk 7	L 24-27vs Alabama	6	3	—	0
Wk 8	W 23-17@ Auburn	4	4	—	0
Wk 11	L 17-38vs Texas A&M	4	2	—	0
Wk 12	W 49-27vs Mississippi State	1	0	—	0
Wk 13	L 6-17@ Oklahoma	1	1	—	0
Wk 14	W 31-17@ Arkansas	3	1	—	0
Bowl	L 7-13vs Virginia	3	2	—	0
Total		39	17	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Jalen Catalon

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

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