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Jaylen McClain

Ohio State · Safety · 2024-25

TKL
68
INT
0
PD
4

Career totals · 2 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2024 to 2025, McClain recorded 68 tackles and 1 tackle for loss.

In 17-0 that career earns a 68 overall, the 23rd-highest safety rating at Ohio State since 1990 and No. 55 among all safeties of the 2025-Present era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2025
    • Third-team all-conference

Season by Season

Jaylen McClain season-by-season statistics at Ohio State
SeasonTklTFLPD
20241511
20255303
Total6814

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

Ohio State Teammates

  1. 91Caleb Downs2024-25S
  2. 91Jeremiah Smith2024-26WR
  3. 90Kayden McDonald2023-25EDGE
  4. 86Arvell Reese2023-25LB
  5. 86Julian Sayin2024-25QB
  6. 80Caden Curry2022-25EDGE
  7. 80Sonny Styles2022-25LB
  8. 80Carnell Tate2023-25WR
  9. 74Max Klare2025TE
  10. 72Davison Igbinosun2023-25CB

Full Ohio State all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2025-Present Era

  1. 90Ahmaad MosesSMU · 2022-25S
  2. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  3. 86Bishop FitzgeraldUSC · 2025S
  4. 83Michael TaaffeTexas · 2022-25S
  5. 83Jamel JohnsonTCU · 2023-25S
  6. 80Bray HubbardAlabama · 2023-25S
  7. 80Louis MooreIndiana · 2022-25S
  8. 80A.J. HaulcyLSU · 2025S

Best college safeties since 1990Best Big Ten players

Sources: Wikipedia (Jaylen McClain) 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.