Player Dossier

2019-2023

Michigan State

Jacoby Windmon

LB • 6'2" • 250 lbs • New Orleans, LA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jacoby Windmon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

82

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · UNLV

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
UNLV • Michigan State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State

Player Story

Jacoby Windmon built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 4, spending time with Michigan State and UNLV. The clearest part of Jacoby Windmon's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.8156

John Ehret · Marrero, LA

Committed To
UNLV
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Jacoby Windmon, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · UNLV. Jacoby Windmon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
233
TFL
31
Sacks
18.5
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Jacoby Windmon quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan State · LB
Career Tackles
233
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 38 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · UNLV
Top game
San Diego State
Recruit profile
3-star · John Ehret · UNLV
High school pipeline
John Ehret · 31 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 4 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
15 tackles · LB 644th (top 53%) · Big Ten 242nd (top 40%) · National 2,355th (top 40%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonUNLV9120.50.5-108.5
2020 Regular SeasonUNLV6396.55-2064.2
2021 Regular SeasonUNLV1211811.56.5-1072
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan State84910.55.5-2068.9
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan State31521--039.8

Related Context

Jacoby Windmon played LB for UNLV and Michigan State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jacoby Windmon recorded 233 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with UNLV.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

UNLV paired 19 primary output with 53.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 53.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from 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 UNLV, Michigan State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · UNLV

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.6

Efficiency

53.2

Usage

16

Consistency

34.9

Best Game by takeover score

San Diego State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Eastern Washington: 3. Arizona State: 1. Iowa State: 0. Fresno State: 1. UTSA: 0. Utah State: 4. San José State: 0. Nevada: 0. New Mexico: 2. Hawai'i: 2. San Diego State: 6. Air Force: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Washington: 10 by 71.7. Arizona State: 9 by 47.5. Iowa State: 7 by 29.2. Fresno State: 8 by 43.3. UTSA: 7 by 29.2. Utah State: 16 by 90. San José State: 9 by 37.5. Nevada: 6 by 25. New Mexico: 12 by 70. Hawai'i: 6 by 45. San Diego State: 12 by 100. Air Force: 16 by 50

Split Comparison

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

Wins2 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 10 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

San Diego State

Best efficiency game

100 vs San Diego State

Result
Fri 11/26@ Air Force10+ tacklesL 14-481612000
Sat 11/20vs San Diego State10+ tackles · 2+ sacksL 20-28126330
Sat 11/13vs Hawai'iSplash gameW 27-1363110
Sat 11/6@ New Mexico10+ tackles · Splash gameW 31-17129110
Sat 10/30@ NevadaL 20-5164000
Fri 10/22vs San José StateL 20-2796000
Sat 10/16vs Utah State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 24-28167400
Sat 10/2@ UTSAL 17-2472000
Sat 9/25@ Fresno StateL 30-3887100
Sun 9/19vs Iowa StateL 3-4873000
Sun 9/12@ Arizona StateL 10-37960.500.500
Fri 9/3vs Eastern Washington10+ tackles · Splash gameL 33-35107111

Player Story

Jacoby Windmon story

Jacoby Windmon built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 4, spending time with Michigan State and UNLV. The clearest part of Jacoby Windmon's career was his defensive production: 233 tackles, 31 tackles for loss, 18.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with UNLV. 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 Jacoby Windmon's production has multiple signals. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Michigan State and UNLV.

The arc is straightforward: Jacoby Windmon 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

    UNLV

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Michigan State

    2022-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonUNLV27.81.4
2020 Regular SeasonUNLV13.546.218.111.5
2021 Regular SeasonUNLV1953.2165.5
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan State1945.512.20
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan State330.86.1-16

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs San Diego State

Week 12 · L 20-28 · Conference game

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

6

Havoc Plays

100 takeover

6 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.

#2

vs Fresno State

Week 10 · L 27-40 · Conference game

7

Havoc Plays

95.8 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

7 disruption/tackle impact with 95.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Western Michigan

Week 1 · W 35-13

8

Havoc Plays

93.1 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

8 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Utah State

Week 7 · L 24-28 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Central Michigan

Week 1 · W 31-7

2

Havoc Plays

82.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · UNLV

19 primary output · 53.2 efficiency · 16 usage

72

#2

2022 Regular Season · Michigan State

68.9

19 primary · 45.5 efficiency · 12.2 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · UNLV

64.2

13.5 primary · 46.2 efficiency · 18.1 usage

Milestones

11

Impact games

13

Splash games

7

10+ tackle games