Player Dossier

2022-2022

UCLA

Jacob Sykes

DL • 6'3" • 277 lbs • Kansas City, MO, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jacob Sykes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.7 disruption score.

Usage Score

3.3

Efficiency

10.7

Consistency

5.6

Season Value

6.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · UCLA

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
1
Program Path
UCLA
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Jacob Sykes, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · UCLA. Jacob Sykes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.7 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

UCLA paired 2 primary output with 10.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 10.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Utah

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2022 Regular Season · UCLA

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

10.7

Usage

3.3

Consistency

5.6

Best Game by takeover score

California

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Bowling Green: 0. Unknown: 0. South Alabama: 0. Colorado: 0. Washington: 0. Utah: 1. Oregon: 0. Stanford: 0. Arizona State: 0. Arizona: 0. USC: 1. California: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Bowling Green: 1 by 4.2. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. South Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Colorado: 3 by 12.5. Washington: 2 by 8.3. Utah: 4 by 26.7. Oregon: 1 by 4.2. Stanford: 2 by 8.3. Arizona State: 2 by 8.3. Arizona: 5 by 20.8. USC: 3 by 22.5. California: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins0.1 · n=8 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · n=3 · +0.2 vs Wins
First Half0.2 · n=6 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0.2 · n=6 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Utah

Best efficiency game

26.7 vs Utah

Result
Fri 11/25@ CaliforniaW 35-2811000
Sun 11/20vs USCL 45-48310.500.500
Sun 11/13vs ArizonaL 28-3453000
Sun 11/6@ Arizona StateW 50-3621000
Sun 10/30vs StanfordW 38-1320000
Sat 10/22@ OregonL 30-4510000
Sat 10/8vs UtahW 42-32410.500.500
Sat 10/1vs WashingtonW 40-3222000
Sat 9/24@ ColoradoW 45-1732000
Sat 9/17vs South AlabamaW 32-3110000
Sat 9/10vs Unknown11000
Sat 9/3vs Bowling GreenW 45-1711000

Career Arc

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

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    UCLA

    2022

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonUCLA210.73.3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Utah

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.

#2

USC

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.8 takeover score.

#3

Arizona

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.2 takeover score.

#4

Colorado

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.9 takeover score.

#5

Stanford

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2022 Regular Season · UCLA

2 primary output · 10.7 efficiency · 3.3 usage

6.8

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8376

Rockhurst · Kansas City, MO

Committed To
Harvard
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Career Facts

1

Career teams

1

Seasons tracked

26

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 1 tracked seasons, 12 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Jacob Sykes quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
1
Career tackles
26