Safety, Baylor, 2017–21
Jairon McVea
- Number
- No. 42
- Height
- 5′9″
- Weight
- 185 lb
- Class (2021)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Richmond, TX
Jairon McVea played safety at Baylor (2017–21).
Career highs
9tackles, career hightwice; last vs. Oklahoma State, 2021Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2021
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Baylor | 42 | S | Yr 1 | ||
| 2018 | Baylor | 42 | S | Yr 2 | ||
| 2019 | Baylor | 42 | S | Yr 3 | ||
| 2020 | Baylor | 42 | S | Yr 4 | ||
| 2021 | Baylor | 42 | S | Sr. (Yr 5) | 5′9″ | 185 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2021 Baylor 9 games, 27 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | at Texas State | W 29–20 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Sep 11 | vs. Texas Southern | W 66–7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | at Kansas | W 45–7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 30 | vs. Texas | W 31–24 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 6 | at TCU | L 28–30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 20 | at Kansas State | W 20–10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 27 | vs. Texas Tech | W 27–24 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 4 | vs. Oklahoma State | W 21–16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Ole Miss | W 21–7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2020 Baylor 7 games, 33 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | vs.Kansas | W 47–14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | at West Virginia | L 21–27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 24 | atTexas | L 16–27 | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 31 | vs.TCU | L 23–33 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 14 | atTexas Tech | L 23–24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | vs.Kansas State | W 32–31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 5 | at Oklahoma | L 14–27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 Baylor 8 games, 21 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Stephen F. Austin | W 56–17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. UTSA | W 63–14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | at Rice | W 21–13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | atKansas State | W 31–12 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | vs.Texas Tech | W 33–30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | atOklahoma State | W 45–27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 31 | vs.West Virginia | W 17–14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | vs.Oklahoma | L 31–34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 Baylor 4 games, 4 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | vs.Kansas | W 26–7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | vs.Kansas State | W 37–34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | vs.TCU | L 9–16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Vanderbilt | W 45–38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 Baylor 6 games, 14 tackles
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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