Career
7 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | INT | PD | Havoc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Virginia#34 · 4-3 | 2 | 2% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 |  Buffalo#109 · 5-7 | 12 | 75% | 50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2024 | Buffalo#86 · 9-4 | 13 | 78% | 53 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 2023 | Buffalo#116 · 3-9 | 1 | 9% | — | — | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | Buffalo#91 · 7-6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 2021 * | Buffalo#98 · 4-8 | 1 | 4% | 1 | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 2020 * | Buffalo#16 · 6-1 | 1 | 1% | 1 | — | — | 0 | — | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Jalen McNair's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded. * Defense rebuilt from the play-by-play (ESPN's box scores that season are missing it); about 10% below official totals.
Game Log
Jalen McNair's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Defense | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD |
| 1 |  NC State | W 34–8 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 2 |  Norfolk State | W 59–3 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 3 | vs West Virginia | L 27–38 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 4 |  Delaware | W 42–3 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 5 | @ Florida State | L 7–38 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 6 |  Syracuse | W 28–25 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 7 | @ SMU | L 13–23 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 2026 · 2 games | 3.3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 2 | 3770th / 5416 |
| Solo | 1 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Opp. plays | Est. snaps | Plays made | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · NC State | 51 | ~7 (0–22) | 1 | 14% |
| Wk 4 · Delaware | 57 | ~4 (0–12) | 1 | 7% |
| Season | 457 | 11 (0–19) | 2 | 2% |
Position Room
23 DBs on the Virginia roster, ordered by tkl
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Jacobie Henderson | CB | SR | 38 | 0.5 | 0 | — | 5 |
| 30 | Ethan Minter | S | JR | 29 | 0.5 | 0 | — | 2 |
| Montino Williams | S | 24 | 0.5 | 0 | — | 1 | ||
| 6 | Brandyn Hillman | S | SR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | Christian Ellis | S | SR | 17 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 17 | Justin Ross | CB | JR | 15 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 2 | Donavon Platt | DB | SR | 12 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 |
| 20 | Omillio Agard | CB | JR | 10 | 0.5 | 0 | — | 2 |
| 4 | Corey Costner | S | SO | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Keke Adams | S | JR | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Jam Jackson | CB | SR | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 |
| 7 | Josiah Persinger | CB | SO | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Jaylen Jones | S | SR | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 |
| 31 | Patrick Campbell | DB | SR | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 34 | Kevin Chadwick Jr. | S | SR | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 0 | Ja'Maric Morris | DB | SR | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 15 | Lukas Sanker | DB | SR | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 18 | Jalen McNair | S | SR | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 3 | Kevon Gray | CB | JR | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 22 | Isaiah Harris | CB | FR | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 27 | Alex Dunn | DB | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Jayden Covil | CB | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | Armstrong Jones | S | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes —+ plays per team game. Virginia depth chart →