Jaylen Castleberry is a cornerback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Temple.
Castleberry gets targeted often and tackles in space. Came to Temple by way of Youngstown State. A game that shows it: 8 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Tulsa — Week 9, 2025.
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
45 tackles. 7 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Temple | 45 | 31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7 |
| Career | 45 | 31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-10@ Massachusetts | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 55-7vs Howard | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 3-42vs No. 13 Oklahoma | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-45@ No. 18 Georgia Tech | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-21vs UTSA | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-32vs Navy | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 49-14@ Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-37@ Tulsa | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 13-14@ Army | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-37vs No. 24 Tulane | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | L 25-52@ No. 21 North Texas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 45 | 31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 7 |
Week 6 · 2025
W 27-21
vs UTSA
5 tackles · 2 pass breakups · 4 solo tackles
A close one, won by 6 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
16%7 pass breakupsTackle volume
45tackles this season45 tackles · 1 for loss · 7 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Road6g | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
K.C. Keeler
Pass share
47.0%
348 pass / 392 run
Plays / game
61.7
12 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
349 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #15 of 27 American Athletic CBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
