Jalen McNair

SAF · #18 · Virginia · GR · 5'8" · 198 · White Plains, MD

Transferred from BUFF · FS depth chart, 2nd

51 2025 tackles
0 · 1 2025 sacks · TFL
6 2025 INT + PD
35 Career games (26 starts)

Career

SeasonTeamGPGSTackles Sacks TFL INT PD FF
2025 Buffalo121251 0 1 2 4 0
2024 Buffalo131252 0 1 1 1 0
2023 Buffalo113 0 0 0 0 0
2022 Buffalo812 0 0 0 0 0
2021 Buffalo10

2025 Percentile vs SAFs

Tackles per game 4.3 84
Havoc plays 1 53
INT + pass breakups 6 94
Forced fumbles 0 0

The situation

Virginia 2025 defense ›
Explosive rate allowed 9.6% 74
Line yards per carry allowed 2.3 68
Sack rate 6.8% 69

2025 Game log

with Buffalo
WkOpponentTkl Sacks TFL INT PD
W1 @ MINN4
W3 @ KENT4
W4 TROY2 1 1
W5 CONN5 1 2
W9 AKR4 1 1
W12 @ CMU5

Weeks with a recorded defensive stat.

Recruiting

2020 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2020 board
#2243 Evan Anderson OG · Jones FAU
#2243 Casey Case DUAL · Winter Park BUFF
#2243 Jalen McNair S · Our Lady of Good Counsel BUFF
#2243 MyJaden Horton DUAL · Lakota West AKR
#2243 VJ Johnson WR · Catholic
Ss in the class
#152 Brody Hughes Temecula Valley SDSU
#153 Tongiaki Mateialona Compton Dominguez NEV
#154 Jalen McNair Our Lady of Good Counsel BUFF
#155 Kerion Martin Capital MRSH
#156 CJ Brown Walled Lake Western NIU
2025 · 53th pctile of SAFs
Recruit · 34th pctile of class