#19

Jayden Whaley

Sophomore safety on Liberty's 2026 roster.

S · Liberty · So. · #19

6′2″ · 185 lb · James Island, SC · James Island HS

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How he projects

Grades highest in speed and zone coverage.

The full scouting read

The story

Sophomore safety on Liberty's 2026 roster.

Transferred from Hampton to Liberty in 2025.

The full story, with sources

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Jayden Whaley

S · Liberty · So · #19

Hampton to Liberty — the move that set up everything since. The receipt: 2 tackles against Ball State — Week 3, 2026.

2 TACKLES · 0 SACKS

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

season totals
portal record
game log

Career stats

Season	Team
2026	Liberty	2	2	--	--	--
2025	Liberty	1	1	--	--	--
Career		3	3	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 1 game

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 3	W 51-15vs Ball State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 2 tackles

2026 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Jamey Chadwell, all run-heavy offenses — 6-9 over that span.

2025Liberty4-8HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2026Liberty2-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles (0th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#283 / 939 · 35th pct

Sacks#285 / 939 · 35th pct

0.0

Passes defended#411 / 939 · 28th pct

Tackles for loss#633 / 939 · 16th pct

0.0

Solo tackles#912 / 939 · 2nd pct

Tackles#940 / 939 · 0th pct

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 1 game: 2.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jamey Chadwell

Pass share

37.5%

72 pass / 120 run

Plays / game

64.0

3 games

Team sack rate

6.2%

80 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

The secondary · Liberty

#13Jeremiah VesselS · Jr.54 tackles · 2025
D-Icey HopkinsS · Sr.51 tackles · 2025
#3Ashton WhitnerS · Fr.38 tackles · 2025
#17Jayden DavisS · Jr.10 tackles · 2025
#19Jayden WhaleyS · So.1 tackle · 2025

15 more on the roster · Liberty team page

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