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Jalen Pitre Houston Texans · #5

Safety · 6' 0", 200 lbs · Stafford, TX · Age 27

Jalen Pitre is a Safety for the Houston Texans, drafted 37th overall, 2022. In 2026 he recorded 21 tackles.

SafetyDrafted 37th overall5-yr veteran
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Jalen Pitre
Season avg21 tkl · 0 sacks · 0 int
Career avg391 tkl · 1 sacks · 10 int
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
21tkl
0sacks
0int
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Scouting report

Jalen Pitre — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

B-
Safety · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Jalen Pitre is a Safety for the Houston Texans, drafted 37th overall, 2022. In 2026 he recorded 21 tackles.
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Coverage
C
Ball skills
B-
Run support
A-
Coverage
Excellent · defense
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C
Ball skills
Solid · defense
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A-
Tackling
Excellent · defense
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C
Splash plays
Solid · defense
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C+
Blitz
Solid · defense
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Act II

Where Jalen Pitre stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #385 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
201Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Jalen Pitre — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Tackling
21 TKL
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C+
Pass rush
0.0 SACK
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A+
Coverage
3 PD
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C
Splash
0 FF
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The engine

How the model sees Jalen Pitre

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2027  modeled
7
pd
3–10
2
int
0–3
46
tackles
25–67
0
ff
0–1
9
games
5–13
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 5-season history below.
What moves the pd line vs last season
Last season 3 → projected 7 pd
Baseline (recency-weighted)
+3.8
Age curve
+0.0
Net vs last season+3.8 pd
Everything it reads
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5 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
+dev
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Position aging curve
age 27 — applied to the projection
curve
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
+ctx
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Availability signal
games last 3: 12 / 14 / 4
health
The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Jalen Pitre career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGTklPDINTFFSack
2022171478501
202315845010
202412658110
2025147412400
2026 in progress · 4 games4213000
Career62391361021.0
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the Houston Texans built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

12–5proj record
83off index
99def index
+48net
95%playoff odds
65roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades B+ (83), defense A+ (99) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 73, pass rush 99, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 12–5 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Jalen Pitre

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1999-06-03

The beginning

Jalen Pitre is a Safety for the Houston Texans, in his 5th NFL season.

Houston Texans

Turning pro

Drafted 37th overall, 2022 as a Safety.

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Jalen Pitre is a Houston Texans safety, drafted 37th overall, 2022.

Chapter

Across 5 seasons (2022–2026) he has recorded 391 tackles, 1 sack and 10 interceptions.

Chapter

Most recently he posted 21 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions in 2026.

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Pitre's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 0"
Weight
200 lbs
Draft
37th overall, 2022
Born
Stafford, TX
Age
27
Jersey
#5
Background

Jalen Pitre is from Stafford, TX and is 27 years old. He was drafted 37th overall, 2022 and plays safety at 6' 0", 200 lbs.

Over 5 seasons (2022–2026) he has recorded 391 tackles, 1 sacks and 10 interceptions. Pitre is currently on the Houston Texans roster.

The person

Jalen Pitre is a rotational starter in the secondary who has recorded 391 tackles with 10 interceptions and 36 passes defensed across 5 seasons (2022–2026).

Coverage production10 career interceptions and 36 passes defensed.
Tackling391 career tackles from the secondary.
Playmaking2 forced fumbles and 1 sacks on the blitz.
Draft pedigree37th overall, 2022.
Durability62 career games played.
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FAQ

Jalen Pitre — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Jalen Pitre, answered.

What position does Jalen Pitre play?
Jalen Pitre is a Safety for the Houston Texans.
When was Jalen Pitre drafted?
Jalen Pitre was drafted 37th overall, 2022.
How many seasons has Jalen Pitre played?
5 (2022–2026).
What are Jalen Pitre's career stats?
He has recorded 391 tackles, 1 sack and 10 interceptions.
Jalen Pitre career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Target share
0%
WOPR 0.00

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
5
since 2023
Games missed
6
listed Out
Lower-body
1
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
1
head, reported
Most recent reports
2025 Wk13 · Concussion2025 Wk12 · Concussion (Out)2025 Wk11 · Concussion (Out)2025 Wk10 · Concussion (Out)2025 Wk9 · Foot2025 Wk3 · Rib

Home surface: astroturf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 3 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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