Jaylin Reese
Air Force Falcons
71
Average

Jaylin Reese

Air Force FalconsRebuilding
DEDefenseAverage
Projected Starter

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Jaylin Reese is the projected starter at DE for Air Force Falcons.

Junior · #45 · 5'11", 235 lbs

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Depth at DE · Air Force Falcons

  1. 14571Jaylin ReeseStarter
  2. 24857Antonio Menard
  3. 35057Grady Forsythe

Air Force Starting Lineup

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Up next for Air Force

Air Force plays Army away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 2-star recruit out of East Ridge, ranked #2,678 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 10 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 2% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 71 overall (Average tier).

Recruit2★ · #2,678 Natl2-Yr Total11 tackles · 2 sacksTeam Share2%
Woodbury, MN
Jersey
#45
Class
JR
Height
5'11"
Weight
235 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20251011
2024111

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★☆☆☆2-star
Composite
0.7900
National Rank
#2678
High School
East Ridge
Hometown
Saint Paul, MN

Why this rating?

On a 74-rated defense; 60th-percentile production (×0.87 for competition level) put them -3 vs unit starters → 71.

Team defense (SP+)
74
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 60% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 75% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.87)
Depth-chart adjustment
-3 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 31WCONNTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 35-26

Oct 24LWYOTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-14

Oct 17WUNLVTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
1
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-31

Oct 10WNIUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 28-7

Oct 3WNAVYTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 14-9

Sep 27WNEVTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
4
SACK
1.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 36-33 2OT

Sep 13LNDSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-32

Sep 5WDUQTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-0

Jaylin Reese's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Average
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Team Role

10 tkl · 1 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement15%
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