Junior cornerback on Vanderbilt's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 195 lb · Atlanta, GA · South Gwinnett
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 757 nationally · Signed with Vanderbilt
Last played in 2025.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Junior cornerback on Vanderbilt's 2026 roster.
How he projects
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
Grades highest in speed and play recognition.
The full scouting readJaylin Lackey
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Second year in the Vanderbilt secondary, same address the whole way. The receipt: 3 tackles against Texas — Week 10, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 14 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 25 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 44-20@ Virginia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-7@ South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-30@ Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-24vs LSU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 17-10vs Missouri | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-34@ Texas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 45-17vs Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 27-34vs Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Clark Lea — 17-9 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (6th percentile).
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.
Defender profile · Production by role
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
11tackles this season11 tackles.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Pass share
48.4%
90 pass / 96 run
Plays / game
62.0
3 games
Team sack rate
2.1%
95 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
11 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Alex Graham’s 2025 season.
Matches Alex on
Differs from Alex on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Joe Perkins's sophomore season at Florida International (2022).
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Player DNA
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