Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-49@ Nevada | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-70@ Georgia | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-38@ Indiana | 11 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Total | 24 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#7
Jaylen Lewis
Redshirt senior defensive back on Western Kentucky's 2026 roster.
5′11″ · 187 lb · Brownsville, TN · Haywood HS
CFB Index 77 · #59 of 544 safetiesLow confidence
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 562 nationally · Signed with Arkansas
Last played in 2026.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Redshirt senior defensive back on Western Kentucky's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arkansas in 2022.
How he projects
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.
Grades highest in zone coverage and speed.
The full scouting readJaylen Lewis
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Three head coaches in four seasons, at three different programs. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Conference USA. The receipt on tape: 11 tackles against Indiana, Week 3, 2026.
24 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
2022
- Signed with Arkansas3-star out of Haywood
202513 games
- All-Conference USAhonorable_mention
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coach2023–2026
Western Kentucky
Played his entire career under Tyson Helton.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Western Kentucky | 24 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Western Kentucky | 74 | 48 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 5 | 3 | -- |
| 2024 | Temple | 43 | 31 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Arkansas | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 143 | 94 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 | -- |
Game log
Game by game
Jaylen Lewis's 2026 production
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
2026 snapshot
Since week 2: +11 tackles.
Season context · Team result + system
2023Arkansas4-8HC: Sam Pittman · Run-leaning
2024Temple3-9HC: Everett Withers · Balanced
2025Western Kentucky9-4HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced
2026Western Kentucky0-3HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Elite: solo tackles (95th percentile). Strength: tackles (92nd percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (16th 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.
Defensive profile
Defender profile · Production by role
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
24tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL24 tackles.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road3g | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Pass share
50.0%
138 pass / 138 run
Plays / game
92.0
3 games
Team sack rate
6.0%
117 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-Conference USA
Based on 2025: #6 of 43 Conference USA DBs
How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed
35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
How he plays
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Box Safety
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
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His 2026 production profile sits closest to J.J. Roberts’s 2023 season.
87%match
Matches J.J. on
PD rate
Weight
TFL rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Cedric Woods's senior season at Louisiana Tech (2023).
Matches Cedric on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Jaylen Lewis
Background
AWARDS/HONORS 2027 Shriners Children's 1000 Watchlist 2026 CUSA Preseason Watch List 2026 Athlon Sports Preseason All Conference USA First Team (S) 2026 Phil Steele Preseason CUSA All-Conference Second Team (S) 2025 Phil Steele CUSA All-Conference Fourth Team (S) 2025 All-Conference USA…
The secondary · Western Kentucky
- #7Jaylen Lewis74 tackles · 2025
- #5Dave Herard58 tackles · 2025
- #11Kent Robinson29 tackles · 2025
- #2Al-Ma'Hi Ali28 tackles · 2025
- #12Jaavan Mack26 tackles · 2025
23 more on the roster · Western Kentucky team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology