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Jaylen Key

Alabama · Safety · 2023

TKL
60
INT
1
PD
1

Career totals · 1 season with stats

Scouting Report

In 2023, Key recorded 60 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and 1 interception.

Key was the No. 257 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 67 overall, the 27th-highest safety rating at Alabama since 1990 and No. 173 among all safeties of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2024
    • No. 257 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Jaylen Key season-by-season statistics at Alabama
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
2023601.511

Seasons with tracked stats at Alabama. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Alabama Teammates

  1. 97DeVonta Smith2017-20WR
  2. 95Bryce Young2020-22QB
  3. 93Will Anderson Jr.2020-22EDGE
  4. 91Mac Jones2018-20QB
  5. 90Najee Harris2017-20RB
  6. 90Patrick Surtain II2018-20CB
  7. 88Terrion Arnold2022-23CB
  8. 88Jameson Williams2021WR
  9. 86Dallas Turner2021-23LB
  10. 80Malachi Moore2020-24S

Full Alabama all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 91Xavier WattsNotre Dame · 2021-24S
  2. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  3. 90Chris Smith IIGeorgia · 2018-22S
  4. 90Dillon ThienemanPurdue · 2023-24S
  5. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  6. 88Jason Taylor IIOklahoma State · 2019-22S
  7. 88Verone McKinley IIIOregon · 2018-21S
  8. 88Kyle HamiltonNotre Dame · 2019-21S

Best college safeties since 1990Best SEC players

Sources: Wikipedia and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.