JL Skinner

Former safety at Boise State. 2022: 4 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 58 tackles.

S · Boise State · Sr.

6′4″ · 220 lb · San Diego, CA

CFB Index 78 · #46 of 493 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamDenver — drafted 2023, Rd 6, Pick 6, #183 overall

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 724 nationally · Signed with Point Loma

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former safety at Boise State. 2022: 4 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 58 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Point Loma in 2019.
Drafted round 6 by the Denver in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Boise State, 201 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #183 overall by Denver.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20198 games

Recruited3-star out of Point Loma

202112 games

All-Mountain Westsecond

202211 games

All-Mountain Westfirst

2023

Drafted by Denverround 6, pick 183

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#724 national

CFB

College

Boise State

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #183

Denver · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM

All-Mountain West 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

2 coaches

2019–2020

Bryan Harsin

Boise State

2021–2022

Andy Avalos

Boise State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bryan Harsin → Andy Avalos. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DenverEntering 4th NFL season

#183Rd 6 · Pick 6

DenverEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Boise State12-2HC: Bryan Harsin · Balanced

2020Boise State5-2HC: Bryan Harsin · Balanced, slow tempo

2021Boise State7-5HC: Andy Avalos · Balanced

2022Boise State10-4HC: Andy Avalos · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

78All-Conference level #46 of 493?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (96th percentile). Strength: tackles (85th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#22 / 811 · 96th pct

Tackles#397 / 2755 · 85th pct

Solo tackles#409 / 2755 · 84th pct

Passes defended#492 / 2755 · 78th pct

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2143 / 2755 · 18th pct

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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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.3
Road5g	7.2	0.1	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	7.4	0.1	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Spencer Danielson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

78 · #46 of 493 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #46 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Boise State	58	33	0.5	3	4	--
2021	Boise State	92	66	7.0	3	2	1
2020	Boise State	37	24	1.5	1	1	--
2019	Boise State	14	7	0.5	3	--	--
Career		201	130	9.5	10	7	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2022

W 19–14

at Air Force

3 TOT · 2 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 on the road.

With T. Green — 207 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.7 · 16 rush yds (5 car) · A. Jeanty — 53 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 17-34@ Oregon State	12	6	0.0	1	0
Wk 3	W 30-7vs UT Martin	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 10-27@ UTEP	13	2	0.5	—	0	Season-high 13 tackles
Wk 5	W 35-13vs San Diego State	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 40-20vs Fresno State	7	5	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 19-14@ Air Force	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 49-10vs Colorado State	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 28-31vs BYU	6	4	0.0	1	0
Wk 11	W 41-3@ Nevada	3	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 20-17@ Wyoming	5	3	0.0	2	0
Wk 13	W 42-23vs Utah State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Total		58	33	0.5	4	3

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

JL Skinner

20198 games

202112 games

202211 games

2023

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

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