Player Dossier

2017-2021

Memphis

Jacobi Francis

DB • 5'11" • 193 lbs • Covington, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jacobi Francis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

47%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

69

Solid production for a defensive back

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Reliability

52

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

78

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Memphis

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Memphis
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina

Player Story

Jacobi Francis built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive back from Covington, GA wearing No. 1, spending time with Memphis. The clearest part of Jacobi Francis' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.7859

Newton · Covington, GA

Committed To
Memphis
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Jacobi Francis, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Memphis. Jacobi Francis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
129
TFL
10.5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
29

Quick Answers

Jacobi Francis quick answers

Latest team and position
Memphis · DB
Career Tackles
129
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 54 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Memphis
Top game
East Carolina
Recruit profile
2-star · Newton · Memphis
High school pipeline
Newton · 27 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
36 tackles · DB 256th (top 28%) · American Athletic 98th (top 20%) · National 1,104th (top 19%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 PostseasonMemphis72-0--017.7
2017 Regular SeasonMemphis74-014017.7
2018 PostseasonMemphis131-0--028.1
2018 Regular SeasonMemphis132330-3028.1
2019 PostseasonMemphis141-0--027.6
2019 Regular SeasonMemphis1434-0-8027.6
2020 Regular SeasonMemphis82830-7050.7
2021 Regular SeasonMemphis12364.5017052.3

Related Context

Jacobi Francis played DB for Memphis. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jacobi Francis recorded 129 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Memphis.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Memphis paired 14.5 primary output with 24.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 24.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina

Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · Memphis

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

24.6

Usage

4.2

Consistency

49.8

Best Game by takeover score

East Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Nicholls: 1. Arkansas State: 1. Mississippi State: 0. UTSA: 2. Temple: 1. Tulsa: 1. Navy: 0. UCF: 0. SMU: 2. East Carolina: 4.5. Houston: 0. Tulane: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nicholls: 1 by 14.2. Arkansas State: 7 by 39.2. Mississippi State: 2 by 8.3. UTSA: 4 by 36.7. Temple: 4 by 26.7. Tulsa: 4 by 26.7. Navy: 1 by 4.2. UCF: 2 by 8.3. SMU: 2 by 28.3. East Carolina: 7 by 74.2. Houston: 2 by 8.3. Tulane: 0 by 20

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 6 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 6 · +0.4 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

East Carolina

Best efficiency game

74.2 vs East Carolina

Result
Sun 11/28vs TulaneSplash gameW 33-2800002
Sat 11/20@ HoustonL 13-3122000
Sat 11/13vs East CarolinaSplash gameL 29-30752.50020
Sat 11/6vs SMUSplash gameW 28-2522002
Fri 10/22@ UCFL 7-2421000
Thu 10/14vs NavyW 35-1711000
Sun 10/10@ TulsaL 29-3544001
Sat 10/2@ TempleL 31-3444100
Sat 9/25vs UTSASplash gameL 28-3143100
Sat 9/18vs Mississippi StateW 31-2921000
Sat 9/11@ Arkansas StateW 55-5076001
Sat 9/4vs NichollsW 42-1711001

Player Story

Jacobi Francis story

Jacobi Francis built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive back from Covington, GA wearing No. 1, spending time with Memphis. The clearest part of Jacobi Francis' career was his defensive production: 129 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 6 interceptions, and 29 passes defended across 54 career games in the available record. That gives Jacobi Francis' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Memphis

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20172017201820182019201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonMemphis510.71.3
2017 Regular SeasonMemphis510.71.30
2018 PostseasonMemphis713.14.32
2018 Regular SeasonMemphis713.14.30
2019 PostseasonMemphis916.822
2019 Regular SeasonMemphis916.820
2020 Regular SeasonMemphis1229.66.23
2021 Regular SeasonMemphis14.524.64.22.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs East Carolina

Week 11 · L 29-30 · Conference game

Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5

Havoc Plays

91.4 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.4 takeover score.

#2

@ SMU

Week 5 · L 27-30 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

83.3 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.

#3

@ Tulane

Week 14 · L 21-35 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

70.3 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.

#4

vs Cincinnati

Week 14 · W 34-24 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

60.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.6 takeover score.

#5

@ Missouri

Week 8 · L 33-65

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Havoc Plays

56.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Memphis

14.5 primary output · 24.6 efficiency · 4.2 usage

52.3

#2

2020 Regular Season · Memphis

50.7

12 primary · 29.6 efficiency · 6.2 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · Memphis

28.1

7 primary · 13.1 efficiency · 4.3 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

13

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games