Jireh Wilson

Senior defensive back on UCF's 2023 roster.

DB · UCF · Sr. · #9

6′3″ · 219 lb · Jacksonville, NC

CFB Index 36 · #392 of 538 safetiesLow confidenceUCF 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 2142 nationally · Signed with East Carolina

Statement game12 tackles · 4 TFLat Temple (FBS) · W 49-46

Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on UCF's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to East Carolina in 2018.
Transferred from East Carolina to UCF in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at UCF, 227 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with East Carolina3-star out of Northside

202310 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2142 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019–2020

Josh Heupel

UCF

2021–2023

Gus Malzahn

UCF

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Josh Heupel → Gus Malzahn. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019East Carolina4-8HC: Mike Houston · Balanced

2020East Carolina3-6HC: Mike Houston · Run-leaning

2021East Carolina7-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced, fast tempo

2022East Carolina8-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced

2023UCF6-7HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

36Below cohort / limited sample #392 of 538?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#662 / 2842 · 76th pct

Tackles#865 / 2842 · 69th pct

Passes defended#744 / 2842 · 67th pct

QB hurries#902 / 2842 · 58th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2235 / 2842 · 18th 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

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.0	0.1	0.0	0.2
Road5g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.8	0.1	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Frost

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

36 · #392 of 538 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #392 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	UCF	40	27	0.5	0.0	2	--	--
2022	East Carolina	46	23	4.5	0.0	2	2	--
2021	East Carolina	44	18	4.0	2.5	4	1	--
2020	East Carolina	69	41	6.5	3.5	3	--	--
2019	East Carolina	28	16	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		227	125	16.5	6.0	11	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2023

W 48–14

vs Villanova

2 TOT · 2 SOLO

Dominant 34-point win at home against Villanova.

With T. McClain — 321 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.7 · 44 rush yds (9 car) · M. McCarthy — 48 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 3	W 48-14vs Villanova	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 31-44@ Kansas State	2	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 35-36vs Baylor	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 22-51@ Kansas	7	5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 8	L 29-31@ Oklahoma	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 28-41vs West Virginia	6	6	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 28-26@ Cincinnati	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 45-3vs Oklahoma State	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 23-24@ Texas Tech	2	2	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 17-30vs Georgia Tech	5	3	0.5	—	0
Total		40	27	0.5	—	2

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