Jason Verrett in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Sgt. 1st Class John Brown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Cornerback, TCU, 2011–⁠13

Jason Verrett

Number
No. 2
Height
5′10″
Hometown
Fairfield, CA
Born
Jun 18, 1991, in Fairfield, California

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Jason Verrett played cornerback at TCU (2011–⁠13). The San Diego Chargers took Verrett in the first round, No. 25 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2013
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and First-team All-Big 12
Drafted
No. 25
Overall, 2014 NFL Draft (San Diego Chargers)

Honors

Team titles: Mountain West champions, 2011

All-America: Walter Camp 2013; Walter Camp second team 2012; AP third team 2012; College Football News first team 2012; Sports Illustrated 2012

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2011TCU1
2012TCU6
2013TCU2
Career9

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFF
2011134018581.50140
201213461763506160
2013N11318393.512141
On file117431601019341

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, 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
2011TCU2CB
2012TCU2CB
2013TCU2CB5′10″

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

2013 TCU 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 12vs.KansasW 27–⁠171
Oct 26vs.TexasL 7–⁠301
2012 TCU 5 games with an interception on file, 6 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 29atSMUW 24–⁠162
Oct 6vs.Iowa StateL 23–⁠371
Oct 13atBaylorW 49–⁠211
Nov 3atWest VirginiaW 39–⁠381
Nov 22atTexasW 20–⁠131
2011 TCU 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 8atSan Diego StateW 27–⁠141

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2014Combine or pro day 2014
Height5′9½″
Weight189 lb
Arm length30⅝″
Hand size9¼″
40-yard dash4.38 s
10-yard split1.50 s
Vertical jump39″
Broad jump10′8″
Bench press19 reps
3-cone drill6.69 s
20-yard shuttle4.00 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

7 seasons, 40 games with a stat; latest team: San Francisco 49ers.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2014San Diego Chargers61701
2015San Diego Chargers144103
2016San Diego Chargers41201
2017Los Angeles Chargers1100
2019San Francisco 49ers1–00
2020San Francisco 49ers135702
2021San Francisco 49ers1500
NFL career4013307

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.

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