Player Dossier

2016-2019

Arizona

Jace Whittaker

CB • 5'11" • 185 lbs • Oceanside, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jace Whittaker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

69%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

79

High-end production for a corner

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Reliability

71

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

82

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Arizona

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Arizona
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Player Story

Jace Whittaker built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a cornerback from Oceanside, CA wearing No. 17, spending time with Arizona. The clearest part of Jace Whittaker's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8628

West Fargo · West Fargo, ND

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Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Jace Whittaker, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Arizona. Jace Whittaker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
136
TFL
5
Sacks
1
Passes defended
30
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Jace Whittaker quick answers

Latest team and position
Arizona · CB
Career Tackles
136
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 36 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Arizona
Top game
Purdue
Recruit profile
3-star · West Fargo
High school pipeline
West Fargo · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 17 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank
55 tackles · CB 20th (top 6%) · Pac-12 53rd (top 10%) · National 560th (top 10%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonArizona113510-11044
2017 PostseasonArizona13121.50-3052.6
2017 Regular SeasonArizona13340.50-10252.6
2018 Regular SeasonArizona00-0--0-
2019 Regular SeasonArizona125521-6053.7

Related Context

Jace Whittaker played CB for Arizona. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jace Whittaker recorded 136 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Arizona.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Arizona paired 12 primary output with 29.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 29.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · Arizona

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

29.1

Usage

7.3

Consistency

58.5

Best Game by takeover score

Hawai'i

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 3. Northern Arizona: 1. Texas Tech: 2. UCLA: 1. Colorado: 0. Washington: 1. USC: 1. Stanford: 0. Oregon State: 0. Oregon: 2. Utah: 1. Arizona State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Hawai'i: 5 by 50.8. Northern Arizona: 1 by 14.2. Texas Tech: 3 by 32.5. UCLA: 2 by 18.3. Colorado: 2 by 8.3. Washington: 4 by 26.7. USC: 6 by 35. Stanford: 9 by 37.5. Oregon State: 7 by 29.2. Oregon: 5 by 40.8. Utah: 7 by 39.2. Arizona State: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 8 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Hawai'i

Best efficiency game

50.8 vs Hawai'i

Result
Sun 12/1@ Arizona StateL 14-2442000
Sun 11/24vs UtahL 7-3575001
Sun 11/17@ OregonSplash gameL 6-3455110
Sat 11/2vs Oregon StateL 38-5677000
Sat 10/26@ StanfordL 31-4197000
Sun 10/20@ USCL 14-4164001
Sun 10/13vs WashingtonL 27-5144100
Sat 10/5@ ColoradoW 35-3022000
Sun 9/29vs UCLAW 20-1722001
Sun 9/15vs Texas TechSplash gameW 28-1433002
Sun 9/8vs Northern ArizonaW 65-41110010
Sun 8/25@ Hawai'iSplash gameL 38-45550021

Player Story

Jace Whittaker story

Jace Whittaker built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a cornerback from Oceanside, CA wearing No. 17, spending time with Arizona. The clearest part of Jace Whittaker's career was his defensive production: 136 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 7 interceptions across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Arizona. 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 Jace Whittaker's production has multiple signals. With 36 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arizona.

The arc is straightforward: Jace Whittaker 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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    Arizona

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162017201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonArizona1325.13.5
2017 PostseasonArizona1828.65.45
2017 Regular SeasonArizona1828.65.40
2018 Regular SeasonArizona0-18
2019 Regular SeasonArizona1229.17.312

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Purdue

Week 1 · L 35-38 · Postseason

Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5

Havoc Plays

98.3 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 98.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Hawai'i

Week 1 · L 38-45

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Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Oregon

Week 12 · L 6-34 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

69.2 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.

#4

@ UTEP

Week 3 · W 63-16

3.5

Havoc Plays

66.8 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 66.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Utah

Week 6 · L 23-36 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

63.9 takeover

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Arizona

12 primary output · 29.1 efficiency · 7.3 usage

53.7

#2

2017 Postseason · Arizona

52.6

18 primary · 28.6 efficiency · 5.4 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Arizona

52.6

18 primary · 28.6 efficiency · 5.4 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

11

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games