Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Troy
Jacob Free
QB • 6'5" • 217 lbs • Brantley, AL, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Jacob Free is a balanced quarterback profile with 14.6 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
23
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
46
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Troy
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Vanderbilt • Troy
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Player Story
Jacob Free built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a quarterback from Brantley, AL wearing No. 12, spending time with Troy and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Jacob Free's career was his passing role:...
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- Committed To
- Vanderbilt
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Jacob Free, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Troy. Jacob Free is a balanced quarterback profile with 14.6 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 993
- Passing yards
- 1,051
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Jacob Free quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Troy · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 993
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Troy
- Top game
- Arkansas State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Brantley · Vanderbilt
- High school pipeline
- Brantley · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Junior
- 2020 Total offense rank
- 993 total offense · QB 106th (top 33%) · Sun Belt 14th (top 13%) · National 121st (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Troy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2019 Regular Season | Troy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Troy | 6 | 993 | 1,051 | -58 | 7 | 58.8 |
Related Context
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Jacob Free played QB for Vanderbilt and Troy. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jacob Free recorded 1,051 passing yards, -58 rushing yards, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Troy.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Troy paired 993 primary output with 53.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 53.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Vanderbilt, Troy.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Win with 393 yards of offense and 62.7 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Troy
Games
6
Primary Metric / G
165.5
Efficiency
53.7
Usage
14.6
Consistency
49.2
Best Game by takeover score
Arkansas State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Middle Tennessee: 8. BYU: 0. Georgia State: 306. Arkansas State: 393. Georgia Southern: 194. Coastal Carolina: 92
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Middle Tennessee: 1 by 88.9. BYU: 3 by 33.3. Georgia State: 41 by 53.6. Arkansas State: 51 by 62.7. Georgia Southern: 49 by 40.8. Coastal Carolina: 21 by 42.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins200.5 · Games = 2 · +52.5 vs Losses
Losses148 · Games = 4 · -52.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Arkansas State
Best efficiency game
88.9 vs Middle Tennessee
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/12 | vs Coastal Carolina | L 38-42 | 9 | 18 | 94 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 42.8 | 3 | -2 | -0.70 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 11/7 | @ Georgia Southern | L 13-20 | 21 | 47 | 201 | 44.7 | 0 | 2 | 40.8 | 2 | -7 | -3.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/31 | @ Arkansas State300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 38-10 | 33 | 45 | 419 | 73.3 | 2 | 0 | 62.7 | 6 | -26 | -4.30 | 1 | 6 |
| Sat 10/24 | vs Georgia State300-yard game | L 34-36 | 24 | 38 | 329 | 63.2 | 2 | 2 | 53.6 | 3 | -23 | -7.70 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun 9/27 | @ BYU | L 7-48 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/19 | @ Middle Tennessee | W 47-14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 88.9 | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Jacob Free story
Jacob Free built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a quarterback from Brantley, AL wearing No. 12, spending time with Troy and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Jacob Free's career was his passing role: 1,051 passing yards, 6 touchdown passes, and 152 attempts across 6 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with Troy. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. With 6 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Troy and Vanderbilt.
The arc is straightforward: Jacob Free 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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- 1
Vanderbilt
2017
Opening stop
- 2
Troy
2018-2020
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2017201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Troy | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Troy | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Troy | 993 | 53.7 | 14.6 | 993 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Arkansas State
Week 9 · W 38-10 · Conference game
Win with 393 yards of offense and 62.7 efficiency.
393
Total Offense
66.6 takeover
393 total offense with 62.7 efficiency.
#2
vs Georgia State
Week 8 · L 34-36 · Conference game
306
Total Offense
55.5 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
306 total offense with 53.6 efficiency.
#3
@ Middle Tennessee
Week 3 · W 47-14
8
Total Offense
45.5 takeover
Win with 8 yards of offense and 88.9 efficiency.
8 total offense with 88.9 efficiency.
#4
@ Georgia Southern
Week 10 · L 13-20 · Conference game
194
Total Offense
40.7 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
194 total offense with 40.8 efficiency.
#5
vs Coastal Carolina
Week 15 · L 38-42 · Conference game
92
Total Offense
30.6 takeover
Loss with 92 yards of offense and 42.8 efficiency.
92 total offense with 42.8 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Troy
993 primary output · 53.7 efficiency · 14.6 usage
58.8
#2
2017 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Troy
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
250+ passing yards
2
300+ total offense
1
3+ TD games
2
Above avg efficiency
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