Player Dossier

2017-2021

Northwestern

Jeffery Pooler Jr.

DL • 6'2" • 250 lbs • Dayton, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jeffery Pooler Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

43%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

62

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

42

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

76

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · West Virginia

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
West Virginia • Northwestern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kansas

Player Story

Jeffery Pooler Jr. built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Dayton, OH wearing No. 5, spending time with Northwestern and West Virginia. The clearest part of Jeffery Pooler Jr.'s...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.7964

Dunbar · Dayton, OH

Committed To
West Virginia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Jeffery Pooler Jr., DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · West Virginia. Jeffery Pooler Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
73
TFL
15.5
Sacks
9.5
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Jeffery Pooler Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Northwestern · DL
Career Tackles
73
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 29 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · West Virginia
Top game
Kansas
Recruit profile
2-star · Dunbar · West Virginia
High school pipeline
Dunbar · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
25 tackles · DL 235th (top 25%) · Big Ten 175th (top 28%) · National 1,670th (top 28%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonWest Virginia11-0--036.7
2018 Regular SeasonWest Virginia2211--033.1
2019 Regular SeasonWest Virginia8235213056.2
2020 PostseasonWest Virginia81-0--053.2
2020 Regular SeasonWest Virginia8215311053.2
2021 Regular SeasonNorthwestern10254.53.52-051.4

Related Context

Jeffery Pooler Jr. played DL for West Virginia and Northwestern. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jeffery Pooler Jr. recorded 73 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Northwestern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

West Virginia paired 11 primary output with 25.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across West Virginia, Northwestern.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ohio

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

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2021 Regular Season · Northwestern

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20.4

Usage

6.3

Consistency

41.7

Best Game by takeover score

Ohio

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Indiana State: 1. Duke: 2. Ohio: 3. Rutgers: 0.5. Michigan: 0. Minnesota: 0. Iowa: 2. Wisconsin: 0. Purdue: 1.5. Illinois: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Indiana State: 2 by 18.3. Duke: 5 by 40.8. Ohio: 4 by 46.7. Rutgers: 1 by 9.2. Michigan: 4 by 16.7. Minnesota: 1 by 4.2. Iowa: 3 by 32.5. Wisconsin: 2 by 8.3. Purdue: 2 by 23.3. Illinois: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.5 · Games = 3 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 7 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ohio

Best efficiency game

46.7 vs Ohio

Result
Sat 11/27@ IllinoisL 14-4711000
Sat 11/20vs PurdueL 14-32200.5000
Sat 11/13@ WisconsinL 7-3520000
Sat 11/6vs IowaSplash gameL 12-1733110
Sat 10/30vs MinnesotaL 14-4110000
Sat 10/23@ MichiganL 7-3340000
Sat 10/16vs RutgersW 21-7100.5000
Sat 9/25vs OhioSplash gameW 35-642110
Sat 9/18@ DukeSplash gameL 23-3052110
Sat 9/11vs Indiana StateW 24-6200.500.500

Player Story

Jeffery Pooler Jr. story

Jeffery Pooler Jr. built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Dayton, OH wearing No. 5, spending time with Northwestern and West Virginia. The clearest part of Jeffery Pooler Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 73 tackles, 15.5 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Jeffery Pooler Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    West Virginia

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Northwestern

    2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201720182019202020202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonWest Virginia04.20.7
2018 Regular SeasonWest Virginia214.262
2019 Regular SeasonWest Virginia1125.77.89
2020 PostseasonWest Virginia10246.1-1
2020 Regular SeasonWest Virginia10246.10
2021 Regular SeasonNorthwestern1020.46.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Kansas

Week 7 · W 38-17 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4.5

Havoc Plays

90 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.

#2

@ Kansas State

Week 12 · W 24-20 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

82.8 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Ohio

Week 4 · W 35-6

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Oklahoma State

Week 13 · L 13-20 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

76.7 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Kansas State

Week 4 · W 35-6 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

72.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · West Virginia

11 primary output · 25.7 efficiency · 7.8 usage

56.2

#2

2020 Postseason · West Virginia

53.2

10 primary · 24 efficiency · 6.1 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · West Virginia

53.2

10 primary · 24 efficiency · 6.1 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

8

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games