Jaylen Mbakwe
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
51
Depth

Jaylen Mbakwe

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Projected Starter

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Jaylen Mbakwe is the projected starter at RCB for Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

Junior · #3 · 6'0", 195 lbs

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Depth at RCB · Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

  1. 1351Jaylen MbakweStarter
  2. 21250Jon Mitchell
  3. 32143Jaedyn Terry

Georgia Tech Starting Lineup

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Up next for Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech plays Louisville at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

A Five-Star Talent

A 5-star recruit out of Clay-Chalkville, ranked #12 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 1 tackles, 0 INT, 0 PBU. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 51 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit5★ · #12 NatlTeam Share0%
Clay, AL
Jersey
#3
Class
JR/TR
Height
6'0"
Weight
195 lbs

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—100

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★★5-star
Composite
0.9943
National Rank
#12
High School
Clay-Chalkville
Hometown
Pinson, AL

Why this rating?

On a 66-rated defense; 0th-percentile production (×0.98 for competition level) put them -15 vs unit starters → 51.

Team defense (SP+)
66
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 0% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.98)
Depth-chart adjustment
-15 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31LPITTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-11

Oct 24LBCTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 49-27

Oct 17LVTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-24

Oct 10WDUKETKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 28-25

Sep 12LTENNTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 45-24

Sep 4LCOLOTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 14-13

Jaylen Mbakwe's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

1 tkl · 0 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement0%
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