Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Oregon
Jestin Jacobs
LB • 6'4" • 235 lbs • Englewood, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jestin Jacobs shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
42
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
34
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
61
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Iowa
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Iowa • Oregon
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Washington State
Player Story
Jestin Jacobs built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Englewood, OH wearing No. 4, spending time with Iowa and Oregon. The clearest part of Jestin Jacobs' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Iowa
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Jestin Jacobs, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Iowa. Jestin Jacobs shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 122
- TFL
- 6
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Jestin Jacobs quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oregon · LB
- Career Tackles
- 122
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Iowa
- Top game
- Washington State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Northmont · Iowa
- High school pipeline
- Northmont · 14 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 27 tackles · LB 484th (top 40%) · Big Ten 210th (top 26%) · National 1,578th (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Iowa | 3 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.1 |
| 2021 Postseason | Iowa | 14 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 34.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Iowa | 14 | 49 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 34.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 48 |
| 2023 Postseason | Oregon | 8 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 28.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oregon | 8 | 31 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 28.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oregon | 12 | 27 | 3.5 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 44.7 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Jestin Jacobs played LB for Iowa and Oregon. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jestin Jacobs recorded 122 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Iowa.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Iowa paired 2 primary output with 22.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 14.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Iowa, Oregon.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Washington
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Oregon
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
14.4
Usage
3.7
Consistency
33.3
Best Game by takeover score
Washington
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Idaho: 0.5. Boise State: 0. Oregon State: 0. UCLA: 1. Michigan State: 0. Ohio State: 0. Purdue: 0. Illinois: 0.5. Michigan: 1. Maryland: 1. Wisconsin: 0. Washington: 2
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. Idaho: 1 by 9.2. Boise State: 2 by 8.3. Oregon State: 4 by 16.7. UCLA: 4 by 26.7. Michigan State: 3 by 12.5. Ohio State: 3 by 12.5. Purdue: 2 by 8.3. Illinois: 3 by 17.5. Michigan: 2 by 18.3. Maryland: 1 by 14.2. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2. Washington: 1 by 24.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0.3 · Games = 6 · -0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.8 · Games = 6 · +0.5 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
Washington
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs UCLA
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/1 | vs WashingtonSplash game | W 49-21 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/17 | @ Wisconsin | W 16-13 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | vs Maryland | W 39-18 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ Michigan | W 38-17 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Illinois | W 38-9 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Purdue | W 35-0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Ohio State | W 32-31 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Michigan State | W 31-10 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/29 | @ UCLA | W 34-13 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Oregon State | W 49-14 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/8 | vs Boise State | W 37-34 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Idaho | W 24-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jestin Jacobs story
Jestin Jacobs built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Englewood, OH wearing No. 4, spending time with Iowa and Oregon. The clearest part of Jestin Jacobs' career was his defensive production: 122 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 39 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Iowa. 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 Jestin Jacobs' production has multiple signals. With 39 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Iowa and Oregon.
The arc is straightforward: Jestin Jacobs 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
Iowa
2019-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Oregon
2023-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202120212022202320232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | 5.6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | Iowa | 4.5 | 19 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Iowa | 4.5 | 19 | 3.9 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa | 2 | 22.5 | 4.4 | -2.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Oregon | 3 | 20.4 | 4.1 | 1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oregon | 3 | 20.4 | 4.1 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oregon | 6 | 14.4 | 3.7 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Washington State
Week 8 · W 38-24 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Illinois
Week 12 · W 33-23 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
72.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Penn State
Week 6 · W 23-20 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
#4
vs South Dakota State
Week 1 · W 7-3
1
Havoc Plays
55.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Washington
Week 14 · W 49-21 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
53.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Iowa
2 primary output · 22.5 efficiency · 4.4 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · Oregon
44.7
6 primary · 14.4 efficiency · 3.7 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Iowa
38.1
0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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