Jalen Mayo
Houston Cougars
83
Good

Jalen Mayo

Houston CougarsContender
RCBDefenseGood
Projected Starter

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Jalen Mayo is the projected starter at RCB for Houston Cougars.

Redshirt senior · #2 · 6'2", 190 lbs

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Depth at RCB · Houston Cougars

  1. 1283Jalen MayoStarter
  2. 22468Keany Parks

Houston Starting Lineup

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Top defensive backs in the Big 12

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The Story

Making His Case

This season: 9 tackles, 4 INT, 0 PBU. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 83 overall (Good tier).

Team Share1%
Hampton, VA
Jersey
#2
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
190 lbs

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—940

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Why this rating?

On a 87-rated defense; 67th-percentile production (×0.60 for competition level) put them -4 vs unit starters → 83.

Team defense (SP+)
87
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 67% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.60)
Depth-chart adjustment
-4 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10WKSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 35-16

Oct 3WUCFTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 27-17

Sep 26WGASOTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 42-28

Sep 19LTTUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
0

Final L 28-26

Sep 12WSOUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 77-6

Sep 5WORSTTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 33-20

Jalen Mayo's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

9 tkl · 0 PD · 4 INT
Usage / Involvement13%
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