Defensive back, Wisconsin, 2006–⁠10

Jay Valai

Number
No. 2
Height
5′9″
Hometown
Euless, TX

Jay Valai played defensive back at Wisconsin (2006–⁠10).

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2010

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2009Wisconsin1
2010Wisconsin1
On file (2009–⁠10)2

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

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
2007N1131410––––
2008N1235225741–13–
2009132823513.501400
2010122616422.501311
On file9262154111––––

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
2009Wisconsin2DB
2010Wisconsin2DB5′9″

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

2010 Wisconsin 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Nov 27vs.NorthwesternW 70–⁠231
2009 Wisconsin 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Dec 5atHawai’iW 51–⁠101

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

DrillPro day 2011
Height5′8¼″
Weight200 lb
40-yard dash4.73 s
10-yard split1.62 s
Vertical jump34″
Broad jump10′0″
Bench press21 reps
3-cone drill7.00 s
20-yard shuttle4.21 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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