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  • Sixth Year
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  • Richmond, Texas
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  • 5'9
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  • 185
    Weight
  • George Ranch HS
    High School
Jairon McVea 2021
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Jairon McVea
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Position
Sixth Year
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Richmond, Texas
Hometown

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Biography

CAREER HONORS
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (4x)

2021 (5th Year): Appeared in 13 games, and started each of the last four games of the season ... Second in Baylor history in career-games played (59) ... Tied for ninth on the team in tackles (25) in 2021 ... Finished third on the team a career-best two interceptions in 2021 ... Collected his second-career interception and a pass breakup against Texas State in the season opener (9/4) ... Had a solo tackle at Texas Southern (9/11) ... Tallied two solo tackles against Kansas in the Big 12 opener at Kansas (9/18) ... Played but did not record a stat against Iowa State (9/24), Oklahoma State (10/2) and BYU (10/16) ... Notched two tackles and a 0.5 tackles for loss against Texas (10/30) ... Had a solo tackle at TCU (11/6) ... Played against Oklahoma but did not record a stat (11/13) ... Collected three total tackles at Kansas State (11/20) ... Had seven tackles and a key forced fumble in Baylor's home finale against Texas Tech (11/27) ... Cemented his Baylor legacy with a tackle short of the goal line to preserve Baylor's third Big 12 Championship in the waning seconds of the Big 12 Title Game ... Tied a career-high with nine tackles, a pass breakup and his third-career interception against Oklahoma State (12/4) ...  Collected two tackles and a pass breakup in BU's win over Ole Miss in The Sugar Bowl.

2020 (Senior): Played in all nine games in 2020, including earning three starts ... Totaled 33 tackles on the year, including 1.5 tackles-for-loss and a pass breakup ... Earned his first start since 2017 in the opener against KU (9/26), tallied a career high seven tackles (two solo), one of which was a TFL ... Recorded three tackles at WVU (10/3) ... Started at Texas (10/24), had a career high nine tackles (six solo) and 0.5 tackles-for-loss ... Totaled six tackles (five solo) and a pass breakup against TCU (10/31) ... Played at Iowa State (11/7), did not record a stat ... Tallied three tackles at Texas Tech (11/14) ... Put together a four-tackle performance in the win against K-State (11/28) ... Had one tackle at OU (12/5) ... Saw time vs. Oklahoma State (12/12), did not record a stat.

2019 (Junior): Appeared in all 14 games on the season, on special teams and also in the Baylor secondary ... finished the year with 21 total tackles (15 solo) and 1.5 TFL ... made appearances in the Sugar Bowl vs. Georgia (1/1), Big 12 title game vs. OU (12/7), at Kansas (11/30), vs. Texas (11/23) but did not record a stat ... tallied 3 tackles (2 solo) vs. OU (11/16) ... made an appearance vs. TCU (11/9) but did not record a stat ... tallied 2 tackles (both solo) vs. WVU (10/31) ... had 2 tackles at OSU (10/19) ... collected 2 tackles vs. Texas Tech (11/12) ... tied his season high with 4 tackles at K-State (10/5) ... made an appearance vs. Iowa State (9/28) but did not record a stat ... had 2 tackles at Rice (9/21) ... set a season-high with 4 tackles (2 solo) vs. UTSA (9/7) ... had 2 tackles in the season opener vs. SFA (8/31). 

2018 (Sophomore): Appeared in all 13 games this season, appearing mostly on special teams, but also in the secondary ... Tallied 1 solo tackle vs. Vanderbilt (12/27) ... Had 1 tackle vs. TCU (11/17) ... Collected his first-career interception vs. K-State (10/6) ... Recorded his first tackle of the year vs. Kansas (9/22) ... Named team’s Most Outstanding Walk-On in at the conclusion of spring practice 2019. 

2017 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in 10 games with one start ... Had 14 tackles on season ... Primary coverage man on kickoff ... Made one tackle vs. Iowa State ... Posted three tackles at Kansas State ... Had one tackle vs. No. 3 Oklahoma ... Tallied two tackles at Duke ... Made one tackle vs. UTSA ... Made first career start vs. Liberty, had career-high six tackles.

2016 (Freshman): Redshirted to retain eligibility ... Participated on practice squad ... Selected to Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll spring 2017.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at George Ranch High School for head coach Ricky Tullous ... Helped GRHS to 16-0 state title season in 2015 ... Named team defensive MVP in 2015 ... Named first-team all-district in 2015 ... In 2015, posted 86 tackles (41 solo) with seven interceptions, five forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries.

Personal: Son of Danny and Rhonda McVea ... National Honor Society member ... studying geology in grad school.