Jaylen Stinson
Jaylen Stinson
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Jaylen Stinson has been at Duke through four head coaches in four seasons. The receipt on tape: 8 tackles, 1 TFL against Virginia Tech, Week 13, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Duke, 258 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: David Cutcliffe, Mike Elko, Trooper Taylor, and Manny Diaz. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Manny Diaz
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2024
W 31–28
vs Virginia Tech
8 TOT · 1 SOLO · 0 SACKS
Edged out Virginia Tech at home in a shootout.
How he plays
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Rover
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Jarron Morris’s 2020 season.
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jonathan McGill's graduate season at SMU (2024).
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