Player Dossier

2019-2022

Iowa

Jack Campbell

LB • 6'5" • 246 lbs • Cedar Falls, IA, USA

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Jack Campbell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

82%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

98

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

80

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Iowa

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Iowa
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Player Story

Jack Campbell built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a linebacker from Cedar Falls, IA wearing No. 31, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Jack Campbell's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8767

Brother Rice · Oak Lawn, IL

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2023
Selection
Round 1 · Pick 18
Overall
No. 18
NFL Team
Detroit Lions

Jack Campbell, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Iowa. Jack Campbell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
290
TFL
10.5
Sacks
3
QB hurries
10
Passes defended
9
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Jack Campbell quick answers

Latest team and position
Iowa · LB
Career Tackles
290
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 34 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Iowa
Top game
Purdue
Recruit profile
3-star · Brother Rice
High school pipeline
Brother Rice · 15 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
NFL Draft
2023 · Round 1 · Pick 18 · Detroit Lions
Latest roster
No. 31 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
116 tackles · LB 14th (top 2%) · Big Ten 2nd (top 1%) · National 14th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonIowa25-0--041.9
2020 Regular SeasonIowa5293.51-3053
2021 PostseasonIowa1414-0--077.5
2021 Regular SeasonIowa141263.5165277.5
2022 PostseasonIowa13111--066.4
2022 Regular SeasonIowa131152.5041066.4

Related Context

Jack Campbell played LB for Iowa. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jack Campbell recorded 290 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Iowa.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Iowa paired 17.5 primary output with 49.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 49.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Postseason · Iowa

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

49.1

Usage

11.7

Consistency

63.2

Best Game by takeover score

Purdue

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 0. Indiana: 0. Iowa State: 1. Kent State: 1.5. Colorado State: 2. Maryland: 1. Penn State: 1. Purdue: 3. Wisconsin: 1. Northwestern: 1. Minnesota: 0. Illinois: 2. Nebraska: 2. Michigan: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kentucky: 14 by 50. Indiana: 6 by 25. Iowa State: 8 by 43.3. Kent State: 11 by 60.8. Colorado State: 18 by 70. Maryland: 3 by 22.5. Penn State: 9 by 47.5. Purdue: 9 by 67.5. Wisconsin: 9 by 47.5. Northwestern: 7 by 39.2. Minnesota: 17 by 50. Illinois: 8 by 53.3. Nebraska: 16 by 70. Michigan: 5 by 40.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.1 · Games = 10 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 4 · +0.4 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

Purdue

Best efficiency game

70 vs Nebraska

Result
Sat 1/1@ Kentucky10+ tacklesL 17-20144000
Sun 12/5vs MichiganSplash gameL 3-42520010
Fri 11/26@ Nebraska10+ tackles · Splash gameW 28-21162100
Sat 11/20vs IllinoisSplash gameW 33-23840010
Sat 11/13vs Minnesota10+ tacklesW 27-22176000
Sat 11/6@ NorthwesternW 17-1276001
Sat 10/30@ WisconsinL 7-2794001
Sat 10/16vs PurdueSplash gameL 7-2493100
Sat 10/9vs Penn StateW 23-2097000
Sat 10/2@ MarylandW 51-1430001
Sat 9/25vs Colorado State10+ tackles · Splash gameW 24-14187002
Sat 9/18vs Kent State10+ tacklesW 30-711310.500
Sat 9/11@ Iowa StateW 27-17860.500.500
Sat 9/4vs IndianaW 34-663000

Player Story

Jack Campbell story

Jack Campbell built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a linebacker from Cedar Falls, IA wearing No. 31, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Jack Campbell's career was his defensive production: 290 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 5 interceptions across 34 career games in the available record. That gives Jack Campbell's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Iowa

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonIowa010.51.9
2020 Regular SeasonIowa8.541.28.78.5
2021 PostseasonIowa17.549.111.79
2021 Regular SeasonIowa17.549.111.70
2022 PostseasonIowa11.545.713.5-6
2022 Regular SeasonIowa11.545.713.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Purdue

Week 7 · L 7-24 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

89.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Wisconsin

Week 15 · W 28-7 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#3

@ Minnesota

Week 12 · W 13-10 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

87.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Nevada

Week 3 · W 27-0

2

Havoc Plays

87 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 87 takeover score.

#5

@ Nebraska

Week 13 · W 28-21 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Iowa

17.5 primary output · 49.1 efficiency · 11.7 usage

77.5

#2

2021 Regular Season · Iowa

77.5

17.5 primary · 49.1 efficiency · 11.7 usage

#3

2022 Postseason · Iowa

66.4

11.5 primary · 45.7 efficiency · 13.5 usage

Milestones

14

Impact games

10

Splash games

11

10+ tackle games