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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2021Wisconsin
Jack Sanborn
LB • 6'2" • 235 lbs • Deer Park, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jack Sanborn shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
90
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Wisconsin
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Wisconsin
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest
Player Story
Jack Sanborn built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Deer Park, IL wearing No. 57, spending time with Wisconsin. The clearest part of Jack Sanborn's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Wisconsin
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Jack Sanborn, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Wisconsin. Jack Sanborn shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 216
- TFL
- 29
- Sacks
- 11.5
- QB hurries
- 11
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Jack Sanborn quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Wisconsin · LB
- Career Tackles
- 216
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Wisconsin
- Top game
- Wake Forest
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Lake Zurich · Wisconsin
- High school pipeline
- Lake Zurich · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 57 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 77 tackles · LB 142nd (top 12%) · Big Ten 24th (top 4%) · National 203rd (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 4 | 7 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2019 Postseason | Wisconsin | 14 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 69.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 14 | 72 | 9 | 5.5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 69.5 |
| 2020 Postseason | Wisconsin | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 64.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 7 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 5 | - | 0 | 64.4 |
| 2021 Postseason | Wisconsin | 12 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 79.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 12 | 74 | 14.5 | 3.5 | 4 | - | 0 | 79.3 |
Related Context
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Jack Sanborn played LB for Wisconsin. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jack Sanborn recorded 8 rushing yards and 216 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Wisconsin.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
Wisconsin paired 25 primary output with 47.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 45.5 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: Wake Forest
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Postseason · Wisconsin
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
45.5
Usage
16.4
Consistency
68.2
Best Game by takeover score
Wake Forest
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wake Forest: 3. Illinois: 2. Michigan: 0. Northwestern: 2. Indiana: 2. Iowa: 0. Minnesota: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wake Forest: 11 by 75.8. Illinois: 3 by 32.5. Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Northwestern: 14 by 70. Indiana: 9 by 57.5. Iowa: 7 by 29.2. Minnesota: 5 by 40.8
Split Comparison
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Wins1.8 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 3 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Wake Forest
Best efficiency game
75.8 vs Wake Forest
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/30 | vs Wake Forest10+ tackles · Splash game | W 42-28 | 11 | 6 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/19 | vs MinnesotaSplash game | W 20-17 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/12 | @ Iowa | L 7-28 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/5 | vs IndianaSplash game | L 6-14 | 9 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/21 | @ Northwestern10+ tackles · Splash game | L 7-17 | 14 | 10 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/15 | @ Michigan | W 49-11 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | vs IllinoisSplash game | W 45-7 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jack Sanborn story
Jack Sanborn built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Deer Park, IL wearing No. 57, spending time with Wisconsin. The clearest part of Jack Sanborn's career was his defensive production: 216 tackles, 29 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Wisconsin. 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 Jack Sanborn's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 8 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Wisconsin.
The arc is straightforward: Jack Sanborn 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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Wisconsin
2018-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 1 | 9.8 | 1.7 | — |
| 2019 Postseason | Wisconsin | 22.5 | 39.6 | 11.2 | 21.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 22.5 | 39.6 | 11.2 | 0 |
| 2020 Postseason | Wisconsin | 11 | 45.5 | 16.4 | -11.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 11 | 45.5 | 16.4 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | Wisconsin | 25 | 47.6 | 13.8 | 14 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 25 | 47.6 | 13.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Wake Forest
Week 1 · W 42-28 · Postseason
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
91.9 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 91.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Notre Dame
Week 4 · L 13-41
4
Havoc Plays
86.9 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Kent State
Week 6 · W 48-0
4
Havoc Plays
82.8 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.
#4
@ Minnesota
Week 14 · W 38-17 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
82.5 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Northwestern
Week 11 · W 35-7 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · Wisconsin
25 primary output · 47.6 efficiency · 13.8 usage
79.3
#2
2021 Regular Season · Wisconsin
79.3
25 primary · 47.6 efficiency · 13.8 usage
#3
2019 Postseason · Wisconsin
69.5
22.5 primary · 39.6 efficiency · 11.2 usage
Milestones
19
Impact games
20
Splash games
5
10+ tackle games
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