Last confirmed: Illinois, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 190 lb · Chicago, IL · Crete-Monee
Jaylen Dunlap: DB · Illinois · #1.
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Jaylen Dunlap
Erases the deep middle of the field. Jaylen Dunlap has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Illinois. On tape: 6 tackles against Purdue, Week 10, 2017.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 0.5 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
2017 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 23-47@ No. 22 South Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-28vs Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 16-45@ Iowa | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-35vs Rutgers | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-24vs No. 5 Wisconsin | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-29@ Purdue | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 14-24vs Indiana | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-52@ No. 8 Ohio State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-42vs No. 23 Northwestern | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 19 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
17%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
29tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%0 TFL29 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 5 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lovie Smith
Pass share
47.0%
339 pass / 382 run
Plays / game
60.1
12 games
Team sack rate
10.6%
396 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Illinois, 91 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 22 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Tim Beckman, Bill Cubit, and Lovie Smith. Multi-era developmental context.
