Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 68-7vs North Carolina A&T | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 34-9vs North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Jaylen Heyward
Junior defensive back on Arkansas State's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 189 lb · Rockledge, FL
Transferred UCF → Arkansas State for 2026
Recruiting
4★
S recruit
No. 232 nationally · Signed with UCF
Last played in 2025.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Junior defensive back on Arkansas State's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to UCF in 2024.
- Transferred from UCF to Arkansas State in 2026.
Jaylen Heyward
Jaylen Heyward has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Arkansas State. The receipt: 2 tackles against North Carolina A&T — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2024
- Signed with UCF4-star out of Rockledge
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
UCF
NFL
NFL Draft
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Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Arkansas State
2025UCF
2026Arkansas State
Career stats
Game log
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024UCF4-8HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-heavy
2025UCF5-7HC: Scott Frost · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 2 games: 1.5 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
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Pass share
42.0%
71 pass / 98 run
Plays / game
56.3
3 games
Team sack rate
7.4%
81 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
The secondary · Arkansas State
- #6AG McGhee83 tackles · 2025
- #8Brandon Barnes68 tackles · 2025
- #15Brandon Greil53 tackles · 2025
- #5Five Hamilton38 tackles · 2025
- #2Jaylen Heyward3 tackles · 2025
17 more on the roster · Arkansas State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology