6′1″ · 310 lb · Tuscaloosa, AL · Northridge
Jalen Madden: DT · Western Kentucky · #99.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jalen Madden
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Jalen Madden has been at Western Kentucky through two head coaches in three seasons. On tape: 3 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Florida International, Week 12, 2020.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Western Kentucky | 16 | 6 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | Western Kentucky | 28 | 9 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| 2018 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Career | 49 | 18 | 5.0 | 2.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 21-35@ Louisville | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-30vs Liberty | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-37@ UAB | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 13-10vs Chattanooga | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-41@ No. 11 BYU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 6-10@ Florida Atlantic | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 10-7vs Southern Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-21vs Florida International | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 37-19@ Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
16%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
19%3 hurries16 tackles · 2.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Pass share
49.3%
369 pass / 379 run
Plays / game
68.0
11 games
Team sack rate
6.4%
404 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2020
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Western Kentucky, 49 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 24 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Sanford Jr. → Tyson Helton. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
