Cornerback, Virginia Tech, 2009–11
Jayron Hosley
- Number
- No. 20
- Height
- 5′10″
- Hometown
- Delray Beach, FL
- Born
- Sep 18, 1990
Jayron Hosley played cornerback at Virginia Tech (2009–11). The New York Giants took Hosley in round 3, No. 94 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.
Career highs
3interceptions, career highat NC State, 2010All-America: Walter Camp first team 2010; AP second team 2010; Scout.com first team 2010
Team titles: ACC champions, 2010
Returns
| Season | Team | KR | Yds | TD | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Virginia Tech | – | – | – | 47 | 348 | 1 |
| 2010 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 190 | 0 | 40 | 239 | 1 |
| 2011 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 29 | 0 | 26 | 228 | 0 |
| Career | 10 | 219 | 0 | 113 | 815 | 2 | |
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Virginia Tech | 9 |
| 2011 | Virginia Tech | 3 |
| Career | 12 | |
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
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 13 | 34 | 5 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| 2011 | 13 | 33 | 26 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| On file | 73 | 36 | 109 | 3.5 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 2 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Virginia Tech | 20 | CB | |
| 2010 | Virginia Tech | 20 | CB | |
| 2011 | Virginia Tech | 20 | CB | 5′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
2011 Virginia Tech 9 games, 27 returns, 257 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | KR | Yds | PR | Yds | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. App State | W 66–13 | – | – | 4 | 97 | – |
| Sep 10 | at East Carolina | W 17–10 | – | – | 4 | −8 | – |
| Sep 17 | vs. Arkansas State | W 26–7 | – | – | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| Sep 24 | at Marshall | W 30–10 | – | – | 4 | 24 | – |
| Oct 1 | vs. Clemson | L 3–23 | – | – | 4 | 27 | 1 |
| Oct 8 | vs. Miami | W 38–35 | – | – | 1 | 17 | – |
| Nov 17 | vs. North Carolina | W 24–21 | – | – | 1 | −1 | – |
| Nov 26 | at Virginia | W 38–0 | – | – | 2 | 38 | – |
| Jan 3 ✦ | vs. Michigan | L 20–23 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 24 | – |
2010 Virginia Tech 13 games, 49 returns, 429 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | KR | Yds | PR | Yds | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6 | vs. Boise State | L 30–33 | – | – | 1 | 0 | – |
| Sep 11 | vs. James Madison | L 16–21 | – | – | 3 | −4 | – |
| Sep 25 | at Boston College | W 19–0 | – | – | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Oct 2 | at NC State | W 41–30 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Oct 9 | vs. Central Michigan | W 45–21 | – | – | 5 | 98 | – |
| Oct 16 | vs. Wake Forest | W 52–21 | – | – | 7 | 55 | – |
| Oct 23 | vs. Duke | W 44–7 | – | – | 3 | 61 | 1 |
| Nov 4 | vs. Georgia Tech | W 28–21 | – | – | 3 | 6 | – |
| Nov 13 | atNorth Carolina | W 26–10 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 20 | atMiami | W 31–17 | – | – | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 27 | vs.Virginia | W 37–7 | 1 | 50 | 4 | 5 | – |
| Dec 4 | vs. Florida State | W 44–33 | 3 | 69 | 2 | 10 | – |
| Jan 3 ✦ | vs. Stanford | L 12–40 | 3 | 35 | – | – | 1 |
2009 Virginia Tech 13 games, 47 returns, 348 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | KR | Yds | PR | Yds | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. Alabama | L 24–34 | – | – | 2 | 11 | – |
| Sep 12 | vs.Marshall | W 52–10 | – | – | 6 | 88 | – |
| Sep 19 | vs. Nebraska | W 16–15 | – | – | 2 | 6 | – |
| Sep 26 | vs.Miami | W 31–7 | – | – | 3 | −2 | – |
| Oct 3 | atDuke | W 34–26 | – | – | 4 | 7 | – |
| Oct 10 | vs.Boston College | W 48–14 | – | – | 5 | −8 | – |
| Oct 17 | atGeorgia Tech | L 23–28 | – | – | 2 | −3 | – |
| Oct 29 | vs.North Carolina | L 17–20 | – | – | 5 | 31 | – |
| Nov 5 | atEast Carolina | W 16–3 | – | – | 5 | 55 | – |
| Nov 14 | at Maryland | W 36–9 | – | – | 7 | 86 | – |
| Nov 21 | vs.NC State | W 38–10 | – | – | 1 | 11 | – |
| Nov 28 | atVirginia | W 42–13 | – | – | 1 | 24 | – |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Tennessee | W 37–14 | – | – | 4 | 42 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2012 | Combine or pro day 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′10″ | |
| Weight | 178 lb | |
| Arm length | 30⅞″ | |
| Hand size | 8⅞″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.47 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.57 s | |
| Vertical jump | 34½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′1″ | |
| Bench press | 11 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.08 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.31 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
4 seasons, 31 games with a stat; latest team: New York Giants.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | New York Giants | 12 | 33 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | New York Giants | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | New York Giants | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | New York Giants | 11 | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| NFL career | 31 | 78 | 0 | 2 | |
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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