Player Dossier

2015-2016

Northern Illinois

Jacob Ambrose

P • 5'10" • Newport Beach, CA, USA

Impact contributor

Jacob Ambrose shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Northern Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Northern Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Boise State

Player Story

Jacob Ambrose built his college career from 2015 through 2016 as a punter from Newport Beach, CA wearing No. 15, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Jacob Ambrose's career was his...

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Jacob Ambrose, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Northern Illinois. Jacob Ambrose shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Quick Answers

Jacob Ambrose quick answers

Latest team and position
Northern Illinois · P
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 26 games
Best season
2015 Postseason · Northern Illinois
Top game
Boise State
Latest roster
No. 15 · Class 2016

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2015 PostseasonNorthern Illinois1400100
2015 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1400100
2016 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1200100

Related Context

Jacob Ambrose played P for Northern Illinois. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jacob Ambrose recorded -8 rushing yards. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Northern Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Postseason

Northern Illinois paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

Win with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

Games

12

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Kent State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wyoming: 0. South Florida: 0. San Diego State: 0. Western Illinois: 0. Ball State: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Buffalo: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Toledo: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Kent State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Wins0 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 7 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Kent State

Best efficiency game

— vs Kent State

Result
Fri 11/25@ Kent StateW 31-21
Thu 11/17@ Eastern MichiganW 31-24
Thu 11/10vs ToledoL 24-31
Wed 11/2vs Bowling GreenW 45-20
Sat 10/22vs BuffaloW 44-7
Sat 10/15vs Central MichiganL 28-34
Sat 10/8@ Western MichiganL 30-45
Sat 10/1@ Ball StateW 31-24
Sat 9/24vs Western IllinoisL 23-28
Sat 9/17vs San Diego StateL 28-42
Sat 9/10@ South FloridaL 17-48
Sun 9/4@ WyomingL 34-40

Player Story

Jacob Ambrose story

Jacob Ambrose built his college career from 2015 through 2016 as a punter from Newport Beach, CA wearing No. 15, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Jacob Ambrose's career was his field-position work: 144 punts, 5,543 punting yards, and 2 punts inside the 20 across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with Northern Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northern Illinois.

The arc is straightforward: Jacob Ambrose 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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    Northern Illinois

    2015-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201520152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 PostseasonNorthern Illinois0
2015 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00
2016 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Boise State

Week 1 · L 7-55 · Postseason

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

vs Bowling Green

Week 14 · L 14-34 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Ohio

Week 13 · L 21-26 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

vs Western Michigan

Week 12 · W 27-19 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

@ Buffalo

Week 11 · W 41-30 · Conference game

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Postseason · Northern Illinois

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2015 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games