Jaylen Joyner
Jaylen Joyner
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Willie Taggart and Ryan Silverfield. The receipt: 2 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Arkansas State — Week 2, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Memphis, 5 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2018–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Ryan Silverfield.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charles Huff
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Memphis | 7 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Florida Atlantic | 36 | 8 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 55 | 18 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2023
W 36–26
at Iowa State
1 TOT
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Jason Mercier’s 2021 season.
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As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Deshontez Gray's senior season at Army (2024).
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