Linebacker, Tennessee, 2013–⁠16

Jalen Reeves-Maybin

Number
No. 21
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Clarksville, TN
Born
Jan 31, 1995, in Clarksville, Tennessee

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Jalen Reeves-Maybin played linebacker at Tennessee (2013–⁠16). The Detroit Lions took Reeves-Maybin in round 4, No. 124 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2015
Second-team All-SEC
Drafted
No. 124
Round 4, 2017 NFL Draft (Detroit Lions)

Career highs

13tackles, career highvs. Virginia Tech, 2016

Honors

Defense

SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2014Tennessee––––1––
2016Tennessee201220000
Career201220100

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.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTkl
2013118614

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Tennessee21LB
2014Tennessee21LB
2015Tennessee21LB
2016Tennessee21LB6′0″

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

2016 Tennessee 4 games, 20 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 1vs.App StateW 20–⁠13220000
Sep 10vs.Virginia TechW 45–⁠241381.5000
Sep 17vs.OhioW 28–⁠19310.5000
Sep 24vs.FloridaW 38–⁠28210000
2014 Tennessee 1 game, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Oct 4vs.FloridaL 9–⁠10––––1–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017Combine or pro day 2017
Height6′0⅜″
Weight230 lb
Arm length32¼″
Hand size9⅝″
Wingspan78¼″W
40-yard dash4.68 s
10-yard split1.64 sW
Vertical jump35½″
Broad jump9′9″
3-cone drill7.35 s
20-yard shuttle4.38 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

9 seasons, 85 games with a stat; latest team: Chicago Bears.

Pro Bowl: 2023 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2023

All-Pro teams: AP second team 2023.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2017Detroit Lions11300.50
2018Detroit Lions71300
2019Detroit Lions143500
2020Detroit Lions8900
2021Detroit Lions157600
2022Houston Texans71300
2023Detroit Lions131810
2024Detroit Lions91300
2025Chicago Bears1200
NFL career852091.50

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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