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Jaylen Reed

Penn State · Safety · 2021-24

TKL
177
INT
5
PD
6

Career totals · 4 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2021 to 2024, Reed recorded 177 tackles and 13 tackles for loss. From 2023 to 2024, Reed also had 5 interceptions.

Reed was the No. 187 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 74 overall, the 6th-highest safety rating at Penn State since 1990 and No. 51 among all safeties of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2024
    • Second-team all-conference
  2. 2025
    • No. 187 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Jaylen Reed season-by-season statistics at Penn State
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
20216000
202230230
202346412
202495723
Total1771365

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

Penn State Teammates

  1. 90Tyler Warren2021-24TE
  2. 90Abdul Carter2022-24EDGE
  3. 83Ji'Ayir Brown2020-22S
  4. 80Joey Porter Jr.2019-22CB
  5. 80Jaquan Brisker2019-21S
  6. 77Kalen King2021-23CB
  7. 77Arnold Ebiketie2021EDGE
  8. 75Kaytron Allen2022-25RB
  9. 75Nicholas Singleton2022-25RB
  10. 74Zakee Wheatley2021-25S

Full Penn State 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 Big Ten players

Sources: Wikipedia (Jaylen Reed) 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.