Player Dossier

2021-2025

Texas Tech

Jacob Rodriguez

LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Wichita Falls, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jacob Rodriguez shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 50.5 disruption score.

Usage Score

11.4

Efficiency

50.5

Consistency

51.5

Season Value

52.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Texas Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
8
Program Path
Virginia • Texas Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Jacob Rodriguez, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Texas Tech. Jacob Rodriguez shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 50.5 disruption score.

Jacob Rodriguez played LB for Virginia and Texas Tech. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jacob Rodriguez recorded 59 rushing yards, 80 receiving yards, and 292 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Texas Tech paired 22 primary output with 50.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 50.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 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 Virginia, Texas Tech.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Houston

Win with 5 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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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · Texas Tech

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

1.6

Efficiency

50.5

Usage

11.4

Consistency

51.5

Best Game by takeover score

Houston

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oregon: 0. Arkansas-Pine Bluff: 1. Kent State: 1. Oregon State: 0.5. Utah: 1.5. Houston: 5. Kansas: 2.5. Arizona State: 2. Oklahoma State: 1. Kansas State: 2. BYU: 2. UCF: 2. West Virginia: 0.5. BYU: 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. Oregon: 11 by 45.8. Arkansas-Pine Bluff: 3 by 22.5. Kent State: 4 by 26.7. Oregon State: 7 by 34.2. Utah: 11 by 60.8. Houston: 5 by 70.8. Kansas: 14 by 75. Arizona State: 12 by 70. Oklahoma State: 10 by 51.7. Kansas State: 5 by 40.8. BYU: 14 by 70. UCF: 9 by 57.5. West Virginia: 4 by 21.7. BYU: 13 by 60

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.7 · Games = 12 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Houston

Best efficiency game

75 vs Kansas

Result
Thu 1/1vs Oregon10+ tacklesL 0-23112000
Sat 12/6vs BYU10+ tacklesW 34-7134100
Sat 11/29@ West VirginiaW 49-0420.5000
Sat 11/15vs UCFSplash gameW 48-9960011
Sat 11/8vs BYU10+ tackles · Splash gameW 29-71491010
Sat 11/1@ Kansas StateSplash gameW 43-2055101
Sat 10/25vs Oklahoma State10+ tacklesW 42-0106100
Sat 10/18@ Arizona State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 22-26127101
Sat 10/11vs Kansas10+ tackles · Splash gameW 42-171461.5010
Sat 10/4@ HoustonSplash gameW 35-11542012
Sat 9/20@ Utah10+ tacklesW 34-101150.50010
Sat 9/13vs Oregon StateW 45-14720.5000
Sat 9/6vs Kent StateW 62-1441000
Sat 8/30vs Arkansas-Pine BluffW 67-733001

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Virginia

    2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Texas Tech

    2022-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20212022202320232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonVirginia00.70.1
2022 Regular SeasonTexas Tech515.83.85
2023 PostseasonTexas Tech5357.90
2023 Regular SeasonTexas Tech5357.90
2024 PostseasonTexas Tech22.551.316.917.5
2024 Regular SeasonTexas Tech22.551.316.90
2025 PostseasonTexas Tech2250.511.4-0.5
2025 Regular SeasonTexas Tech2250.511.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Colorado

Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5

Primary metric

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 74.1 takeover score.

#2

Iowa State

4.5

Primary metric

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 74.1 takeover score.

#3

Houston

5

Primary metric

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 63.8 takeover score.

#4

UCF

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.6 takeover score.

#5

California

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 50.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Texas Tech

22 primary output · 50.5 efficiency · 11.4 usage

52.8

#2

2025 Regular Season · Texas Tech

52.8

22 primary · 50.5 efficiency · 11.4 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Texas Tech

52.2

22.5 primary · 51.3 efficiency · 16.9 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

14

Splash games

14

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2021 · Rating 0.889

Rider · Wichita Falls, TX

Committed To
Virginia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Career Facts

2

Career teams

8

Seasons tracked

292

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 8 tracked seasons, 48 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.