Last confirmed: Minnesota, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · Bloomingdale, GA · Savannah Christian Prep
Jalen Myrick: DB · Minnesota · #5.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jalen Myrick
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Jalen Myrick has been at Minnesota through two head coaches in three seasons. On tape: 6 tackles against Wisconsin, Week 13, 2016.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 11 passes defended. 1 interception. 3.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 30-23vs Oregon State | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 58-28vs Indiana State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-24vs Colorado State | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 26-29@ Penn State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 7-14vs Iowa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-10@ Maryland | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-32vs Rutgers | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 40-17@ Illinois | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 44-31vs Purdue | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-24@ No. 21 Nebraska | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 29-12vs Northwestern | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-31@ No. 5 Wisconsin | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 17-12@ Washington State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 41 | 29 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 |
Bowl · 2016
W 17-12
vs Washington State · neutral site
1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles · 2 pass breakups
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at a neutral site.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
27%11 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
41tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%4 TFL41 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 11 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Road5g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tracy Claeys
Pass share
37.2%
323 pass / 546 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.8%
351 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Minnesota, 41 tackles — drafted at #222 overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
His career
He has a stat line in 30 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jerry Kill → Tracy Claeys. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where he ended up · NFL
Jacksonville JaguarsEntering 10th NFL season
Jacksonville JaguarsEntering 10th NFL season
