Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Northwestern
Jared McGee
S • 6'1" • 226 lbs • Mansfield, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jared McGee shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
65
Solid production for a safety
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Reliability
56
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
77
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Akron
Player Story
Jared McGee built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a safety from Mansfield, TX wearing No. 41, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Jared McGee's career was his defensive production: 113...
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- Committed To
- Northwestern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Jared McGee, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Northwestern. Jared McGee shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 113
- TFL
- 5.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Jared McGee quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · S
- Career Tackles
- 113
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Northwestern
- Top game
- Akron
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Mansfield Legacy · Northwestern
- High school pipeline
- Mansfield Legacy · 24 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 41 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 50 tackles · S 99th (top 22%) · Big Ten 73rd (top 12%) · National 640th (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Northwestern | 12 | 1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 52.8 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Northwestern | 12 | 35 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 52.8 |
| 2017 Postseason | Northwestern | 11 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 10.8 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northwestern | 11 | 25 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 10.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northwestern | 10 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48.5 |
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Jared McGee played S for Northwestern. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jared McGee recorded 113 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Northwestern paired 7.5 primary output with 19.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Akron
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Northwestern
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
27.8
Usage
7.1
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Akron
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Purdue: 1. Duke: 0. Akron: 3. Michigan: 0. Michigan State: 2. Nebraska: 0. Rutgers: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Notre Dame: 0. Ohio State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Purdue: 5 by 30.8. Duke: 6 by 25. Akron: 8 by 63.3. Michigan: 8 by 33.3. Michigan State: 5 by 40.8. Nebraska: 6 by 25. Rutgers: 4 by 16.7. Wisconsin: 6 by 25. Notre Dame: 1 by 4.2. Ohio State: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
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10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Akron
Best efficiency game
63.3 vs Akron
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/2 | @ Ohio State | L 24-45 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | vs Notre Dame | L 21-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Wisconsin | W 31-17 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | @ Rutgers | W 18-15 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | vs Nebraska | W 34-31 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | @ Michigan StateSplash game | W 29-19 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Michigan | L 17-20 | 8 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs AkronSplash game | L 34-39 | 8 | 6 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Duke | L 7-21 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/31 | @ Purdue | W 31-27 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Jared McGee story
Jared McGee built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a safety from Mansfield, TX wearing No. 41, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Jared McGee's career was his defensive production: 113 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 4 interceptions, and 5 passes defended across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Northwestern. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Jared McGee's production has multiple signals. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northwestern.
The arc is straightforward: Jared McGee moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Northwestern
2014-2018
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Season Value Progression
2014201520162016201720172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | Northwestern | 7.5 | 19.6 | 4.6 | 7.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Northwestern | 7.5 | 19.6 | 4.6 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Northwestern | 1 | 11.1 | 1.9 | -6.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northwestern | 1 | 11.1 | 1.9 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northwestern | 7 | 27.8 | 7.1 | 6 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Akron
Week 3 · L 34-39
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Michigan State
Week 6 · W 29-19 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
69.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Pittsburgh
Week 1 · W 31-24 · Postseason
2
Havoc Plays
66.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Nebraska
Week 4 · L 13-24 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
50.8 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 50.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Duke
Week 3 · W 24-13
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Havoc Plays
50.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Northwestern
7.5 primary output · 19.6 efficiency · 4.6 usage
52.8
#2
2016 Regular Season · Northwestern
52.8
7.5 primary · 19.6 efficiency · 4.6 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Northwestern
48.5
7 primary · 27.8 efficiency · 7.1 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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