Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2024James Madison
Jacob Dobbs
LB • 6'0" • 233 lbs • Macomb, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jacob Dobbs shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
15
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · James Madison
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- James Madison
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
Player Story
Jacob Dobbs built his college career in 2024 as a linebacker from Macomb, MI wearing No. 27, spending time with James Madison. The clearest part of Jacob Dobbs' career was his defensive production: 69 tackles, 3.5...
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- Committed To
- Holy Cross
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Jacob Dobbs, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · James Madison. Jacob Dobbs shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 69
- TFL
- 3.5
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
Jacob Dobbs quick answers
- Latest team and position
- James Madison · LB
- Career Tackles
- 69
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · James Madison
- Top game
- Southern Miss
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · De La Salle Collegiate · Holy Cross
- High school pipeline
- De La Salle Collegiate · 20 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 27 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 69 tackles · LB 160th (top 14%) · Sun Belt 25th (top 4%) · National 262nd (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | James Madison | 9 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 54.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | James Madison | 9 | 68 | 3.5 | 3 | 2 | - | 0 | 54.3 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Unlisted to James Madison | Unlisted to G5/FCS | 80.5 | Nov 20, 2023 |
Jacob Dobbs played LB for James Madison. Across 1 tracked season, Jacob Dobbs recorded 69 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with James Madison.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
James Madison paired 8.5 primary output with 39.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 39.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · James Madison
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
39.1
Usage
8
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Southern Miss
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Kentucky: 0. Charlotte: 2.5. Gardner-Webb: 0. North Carolina: 2. Ball State: 0. UL Monroe: 0. Coastal Carolina: 0. Georgia Southern: 0. Southern Miss: 4
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. Western Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Charlotte: 5 by 45.8. Gardner-Webb: 10 by 41.7. North Carolina: 6 by 45. Ball State: 5 by 20.8. UL Monroe: 6 by 25. Coastal Carolina: 9 by 37.5. Georgia Southern: 17 by 50. Southern Miss: 10 by 81.7
Split Comparison
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Wins1.2 · Games = 7 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -1.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Southern Miss
Best efficiency game
81.7 vs Southern Miss
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/18 | vs Western Kentucky | W 27-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Southern Miss10+ tackles · 2+ sacks | W 32-15 | 10 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Georgia Southern10+ tackles | L 14-28 | 17 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/10 | vs Coastal Carolina | W 39-7 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ UL Monroe | L 19-21 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Ball State | W 63-7 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ North CarolinaSplash game | W 70-50 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Gardner-Webb10+ tackles | W 13-6 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/1 | @ CharlotteSplash game | W 30-7 | 5 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jacob Dobbs story
Jacob Dobbs built his college career in 2024 as a linebacker from Macomb, MI wearing No. 27, spending time with James Madison. The clearest part of Jacob Dobbs' career was his defensive production: 69 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, and 3 sacks across 14 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with James Madison. 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 Dobbs' production has multiple signals. With 14 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across James Madison.
The arc is straightforward: Jacob Dobbs 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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James Madison
2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20242024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | James Madison | 8.5 | 39.1 | 8 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | James Madison | 8.5 | 39.1 | 8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Southern Miss
Week 9 · W 32-15 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4
Havoc Plays
93.9 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 93.9 takeover score.
#2
@ UConn
Week 1
3
Havoc Plays
87.9 takeover
Game with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Buffalo
Week 2
1.5
Havoc Plays
80.4 takeover
Game with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.4 takeover score.
#4
@ Boston College
Week 2
1
Havoc Plays
80 takeover
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.
#5
@ Charlotte
Week 1 · W 30-7
2.5
Havoc Plays
69.4 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · James Madison
8.5 primary output · 39.1 efficiency · 8 usage
54.3
#2
2024 Regular Season · James Madison
54.3
8.5 primary · 39.1 efficiency · 8 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
4
Splash games
7
10+ tackle games
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