Player Dossier

2017-2023

Miami

Jacob Lichtenstein

DL • 6'5" • 270 lbs • Weston, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jacob Lichtenstein shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

59

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

56

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

59

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · USC

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
7
Program Path
USC • Miami
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado

Player Story

Jacob Lichtenstein built his college career from 2017 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Weston, FL wearing No. 55, spending time with Miami and USC. The clearest part of Jacob Lichtenstein's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8697

Cypress Bay · Fort Lauderdale, FL

Committed To
USC
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Jacob Lichtenstein, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · USC. Jacob Lichtenstein shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
46
TFL
11.5
Sacks
6
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Jacob Lichtenstein quick answers

Latest team and position
Miami · DL
Career Tackles
46
Tracked sample
7 unique seasons · 7 entries · 23 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · USC
Top game
Colorado
Recruit profile
3-star · Cypress Bay · USC
High school pipeline
Cypress Bay · 20 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 55 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
5 tackles · DL 708th (top 71%) · ACC 344th (top 56%) · National 3,399th (top 57%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonUSC00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonUSC4910--016
2019 Regular SeasonUSC00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonUSC00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonUSC1228641-048.2
2022 Regular SeasonMiami3411--019.2
2023 Regular SeasonMiami453.51--046.4

Related Context

Jacob Lichtenstein played DL for USC and Miami. Across 7 tracked seasons, Jacob Lichtenstein recorded 46 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with USC.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

USC paired 11 primary output with 18.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 16.5 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across USC, Miami.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Bethune-Cookman

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Miami

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

16.5

Usage

6.8

Consistency

71.8

Best Game by takeover score

Bethune-Cookman

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Bethune-Cookman: 2. NC State: 1. Florida State: 0.5. Louisville: 1

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. Bethune-Cookman: 1 by 24.2. NC State: 1 by 14.2. Florida State: 1 by 9.2. Louisville: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins2 · Games = 1 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 3 · -1.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Bethune-Cookman

Best efficiency game

24.2 vs Bethune-Cookman

Result
Sat 11/18vs LouisvilleL 31-3821100
Sat 11/11@ Florida StateL 20-27100.5000
Sun 11/5@ NC StateL 6-2011100
Thu 9/14vs Bethune-CookmanSplash gameW 48-711110

Player Story

Jacob Lichtenstein story

Jacob Lichtenstein built his college career from 2017 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Weston, FL wearing No. 55, spending time with Miami and USC. The clearest part of Jacob Lichtenstein's career was his defensive production: 46 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, and 6 sacks across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with USC. 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 Jacob Lichtenstein's production has multiple signals. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Miami and USC.

The arc is straightforward: Jacob Lichtenstein 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    USC

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Miami

    2022-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonUSC0
2018 Regular SeasonUSC111.94.21
2019 Regular SeasonUSC0-1
2020 Regular SeasonUSC00
2021 Regular SeasonUSC1118.96.411
2022 Regular SeasonMiami212.24.2-9
2023 Regular SeasonMiami4.516.56.82.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Colorado

Week 5 · W 37-14 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#2

@ California

Week 14 · L 14-24 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

71.1 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Arizona State

Week 9 · L 35-38 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

#4

vs Southern Miss

Week 2 · W 30-7

2

Havoc Plays

69.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Bethune-Cookman

Week 3 · W 48-7

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Havoc Plays

61.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · USC

11 primary output · 18.9 efficiency · 6.4 usage

48.2

#2

2023 Regular Season · Miami

46.4

4.5 primary · 16.5 efficiency · 6.8 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Miami

19.2

2 primary · 12.2 efficiency · 4.2 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games