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Jaylen Key

DB · Alabama · Sr. · #22

New York — drafted 2024, Rd 7, Pick 37, #257 overall

This season's coverage starts August 26 — check back once kickoff hits.

Jaylen Key

DB · Alabama · Sr · #22

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Career Arc

Recruit

★★★

#2062 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #257

New York · 2024

Coaching Lineage · 2020–2023

1 coach

2020

Nick Saban

Alabama

2021

Nick Saban

Alabama

2022

Nick Saban

Alabama

2023

Nick Saban

Alabama

Played his entire career under Nick Saban.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New YorkEntering 3rd NFL season

#257Rd 7 · Pick 37

New YorkEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020UAB6-3HC: Bill Clark · Run-leaning

2021UAB9-4HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2022UAB7-6HC: Bryant Vincent · Run-heavy

2023Alabama12-2HC: Nick Saban · Run-heavy

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Alabama	60	35	1.5	0.0	1	1	--
2022	UAB	60	41	4.5	1.0	1	3	--
2021	UAB	6	6	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2020	UAB	9	8	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		135	90	6.0	1.0	3	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2023

W 27–24

at Auburn

7 TOT · 5 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

How he plays

Play style

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Box Safety

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

His 2023 production profile sits closest to Eugene Ford’s 2021 season.

Eugene Ford

91%match

Hawai'i · 2021

Trey Jones III

Central Michigan · 2023

86%

Jonas Sanker

Virginia · 2022

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 29

83%

Jayden Johnson

Arkansas · 2023

83%

Avery Young

Rutgers · 2021

82%

Matches Eugene on

Weight

Tackle volume

TFL rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Giovanni Biggers's senior season at North Carolina (2023).

Giovanni Biggers

93%match

North Carolina · 2023

Peyton Stevenson

Rice · 2025

92%

Sirad Bryant

UAB · 2024

92%

Trey Jones III

Central Michigan · 2023

91%

Shyheim Brown

Florida State · 2024

All-ACC

90%

Matches Giovanni on

Class year

PD rate

TFL rate