Player Dossier

2018-2023

USC

Jack Sullivan

DL • 6'5" • 275 lbs • Plainfield, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jack Sullivan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

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Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

0

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

12

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Purdue

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Purdue • USC
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska

Player Story

Jack Sullivan built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Plainfield, IL wearing No. 99, spending time with Purdue and USC. The clearest part of Jack Sullivan's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8444

Plainfield East · Plainfield, IL

Committed To
Purdue
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Jack Sullivan, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Purdue. Jack Sullivan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
90
TFL
16
Sacks
10.5
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
7

Quick Answers

Jack Sullivan quick answers

Latest team and position
USC · DL
Career Tackles
90
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 42 games
Best season
2022 Postseason · Purdue
Top game
Nebraska
Recruit profile
3-star · Plainfield East · Purdue
High school pipeline
Plainfield East · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 99 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
8 tackles · DL 632nd (top 64%) · Pac-12 276th (top 51%) · National 3,002nd (top 51%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonPurdue11-0--037.5
2019 Regular SeasonPurdue913-0-5016.5
2020 Regular SeasonPurdue41221--027.9
2021 PostseasonPurdue1141.51--052.7
2021 Regular SeasonPurdue11193.5231052.7
2022 PostseasonPurdue130-0--059
2022 Regular SeasonPurdue133375.511059
2023 PostseasonUSC43-0--035.7
2023 Regular SeasonUSC4521--035.7

Related Context

Jack Sullivan played DL for Purdue and USC. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jack Sullivan recorded 5 rushing yards and 90 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Purdue.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason

Purdue paired 14.5 primary output with 21.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 21.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 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 Purdue, USC.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2022 Postseason · Purdue

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

21.7

Usage

8

Consistency

47.8

Best Game by takeover score

Northwestern

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. LSU: 0. Penn State: 0. Indiana State: 2. Syracuse: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0. Minnesota: 1.5. Maryland: 0. Nebraska: 2. Wisconsin: 2. Iowa: 3. Illinois: 0. Northwestern: 3. Indiana: 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. Penn State: 3 by 12.5. Indiana State: 2 by 28.3. Syracuse: 4 by 16.7. Florida Atlantic: 2 by 8.3. Minnesota: 2 by 23.3. Maryland: 3 by 12.5. Nebraska: 4 by 36.7. Wisconsin: 1 by 24.2. Iowa: 3 by 42.5. Illinois: 3 by 12.5. Northwestern: 3 by 42.5. Indiana: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.2 · Games = 8 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Northwestern

Best efficiency game

42.5 vs Northwestern

Result
Mon 1/2vs LSUL 7-63
Sat 11/26@ IndianaW 30-16310.500.500
Sat 11/19vs NorthwesternSplash gameW 17-932110
Sat 11/12@ IllinoisW 31-2430000
Sat 11/5vs IowaSplash gameL 3-2433210
Sat 10/22@ WisconsinSplash gameL 24-3511110
Sat 10/15vs NebraskaSplash gameW 43-3742110
Sat 10/8@ MarylandW 31-2933000
Sat 10/1@ MinnesotaW 20-10200.5001
Sat 9/24vs Florida AtlanticW 28-2622000
Sat 9/17@ SyracuseL 29-3242000
Sat 9/10vs Indiana StateSplash gameW 56-022110
Fri 9/2vs Penn StateL 31-3533000

Player Story

Jack Sullivan story

Jack Sullivan built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Plainfield, IL wearing No. 99, spending time with Purdue and USC. The clearest part of Jack Sullivan's career was his defensive production: 90 tackles, 16 tackles for loss, 10.5 sacks, and 7 passes defended across 42 career games in the available record. His career also includes 5 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jack Sullivan's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Purdue

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    USC

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020202120212022202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonPurdue04.21
2019 Regular SeasonPurdue511.61.15
2020 Regular SeasonPurdue3207.5-2
2021 PostseasonPurdue1219.66.49
2021 Regular SeasonPurdue1219.66.40
2022 PostseasonPurdue14.521.782.5
2022 Regular SeasonPurdue14.521.780
2023 PostseasonUSC315.88.1-11.5
2023 Regular SeasonUSC315.88.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Nebraska

Week 14 · L 27-37 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Northwestern

Week 12 · W 17-9 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Iowa

Week 10 · L 3-24 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#4

@ Northwestern

Week 12 · W 32-14 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

76.7 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Tennessee

Week 1 · W 48-45 · Postseason

2.5

Havoc Plays

75 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Postseason · Purdue

14.5 primary output · 21.7 efficiency · 8 usage

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#2

2022 Regular Season · Purdue

59

14.5 primary · 21.7 efficiency · 8 usage

#3

2021 Postseason · Purdue

52.7

12 primary · 19.6 efficiency · 6.4 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

11

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games