Jay Tufele

DT · JAX/CIN/NYJ · 2021–2025

Born July 25, 1999 · College USC · Drafted 2021, round 4, pick 106 (JAX) · 6-3, 305 lb

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
2021	JAX	2	2	0.0	0	0	0
2022	CIN	6	16	0.0	2	2	0
2022 playoffs	CIN	1	2	0.0	0	0	0
2023	CIN	7	11	0.0	0	0	0
2024	CIN	9	15	0.5	2	1	1
2025	NYJ	8	12	0.0	0	0	0
Career	NYJ	32	56	0.5	4	3	1

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2021	JAX	4	–	–	54	21.9
2022	CIN	7	–	–	133	30.3
2022 playoffs	CIN	1	–	–	5	7.2
2023	CIN	10	–	–	94	15.3
2024	CIN	13	–	–	237	28.3
2025	NYJ	12	–	–	218	28.5

Game logs

2025 game log (8 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2025-09-07	vs PIT	L 32–34	3
5	2025-10-05	vs DAL	L 22–37	2
6	2025-10-12	vs DEN	L 11–13	1
10	2025-11-09	vs CLE	W 27–20	1
11	2025-11-13	@ NE	L 14–27	2
12	2025-11-23	@ BAL	L 10–23	1
15	2025-12-14	@ JAX	L 20–48	1
16	2025-12-21	@ NO	L 6–29	1

2024 game log (9 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2024-09-08	vs NE	L 10–16	4	0.0	0
2	2024-09-15	@ KC	L 25–26	2	0.0	0
3	2024-09-23	vs WAS	L 33–38	2	0.5	0
4	2024-09-29	@ CAR	W 34–24	2	0.0	0
11	2024-11-17	@ LAC	L 27–34	1	0.0	1
13	2024-12-01	vs PIT	L 38–44	1	0.0	0
15	2024-12-15	@ TEN	W 37–27	1	0.0	0
16	2024-12-22	vs CLE	W 24–6	1	0.0	0
18	2025-01-04	@ PIT	W 19–17	1	0.0	0

2023 game log (7 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	@ CLE	L 3–24	1
4	2023-10-01	@ TEN	L 3–27	2
8	2023-10-29	@ SF	W 31–17	1
10	2023-11-12	vs HOU	L 27–30	1
16	2023-12-23	@ PIT	L 11–34	1
17	2023-12-31	@ KC	L 17–25	3
18	2024-01-07	vs CLE	W 31–14	2

2022 game log (7 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
6	2022-10-16	@ NO	W 30–26	6
7	2022-10-23	vs ATL	W 35–17	6
9	2022-11-06	vs CAR	W 42–21	2
11	2022-11-20	@ PIT	W 37–30	2
12	2022-11-27	@ TEN	W 20–16	0
15	2022-12-18	@ TB	W 34–23	0
P19	2023-01-15	vs BAL	W 24–17	2

2021 game log (2 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
13	2021-12-05	@ LA	L 7–37	1	0.0	0	0
18	2022-01-09	vs IND	W 26–11	1	0.0	0	0