Jaylon McClain-Sapp

Senior defensive back on Marshall's 2020 roster.

DB · Marshall · Sr. · #7

5′11″ · 181 lb · Jacksonville, FL

Marshall 2020 alumnus

The story

4 defensive back on Marshall's roster.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Marshall in 2016.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 2671 nationally · Signed with Marshall

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at Marshall, 67 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20163 games

Signed with Marshall2-star out of First Coast

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2671 national

CFB

College

Marshall

2016–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2020

1 coach

2016–2020

Doc Holliday

Marshall

Played his entire career under Doc Holliday.

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Doc Holliday — 35-26 over that span.

2016Marshall3-9HC: Doc Holliday · Balanced

2017Marshall8-5HC: Doc Holliday · Balanced

2018Marshall9-4HC: Doc Holliday · Balanced

2019Marshall8-5HC: Doc Holliday · Run-leaning

2020Marshall7-3HC: Doc Holliday · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (96th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (21st percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#68 / 2211 · 96th pct

Solo tackles#517 / 2211 · 75th pct

Tackles#745 / 2211 · 66th pct

QB hurries#917 / 2211 · 29th pct

Sacks#1032 / 2211 · 27th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#1682 / 2211 · 21st pct

0.5

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.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.3	0.1	0.0	0.4
Road2g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.8
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	0.1	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Gibson

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Marshall	31	23	0.5	6	--	--
2019	Marshall	8	3	0.5	3	1	--
2018	Marshall	11	8	1.0	2	1	--
2017	Marshall	13	7	0.5	3	--	--
2016	Marshall	4	3	0.0	2	--	--
Career		67	44	2.5	16	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2020

W 17–7

vs App State

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 2 PD

With R. LeFevre — 38 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 46 LONG · G. Wells — 163 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · 43 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 59-0vs Eastern Kentucky	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 17-7vs App State	3	2	0.0	—	2
Wk 6	W 38-14@ Western Kentucky	3	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 35-17@ Louisiana Tech	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 20-9vs Florida Atlantic	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 51-10vs Massachusetts	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 42-14vs Middle Tennessee	6	4	0.5	—	1	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 14	L 0-20vs Rice	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 16	L 13-22vs UAB	4	2	0.0	—	0
Total		29	21	0.5	—	4

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology