Player Dossier

2017-2021

Penn State

Jaquan Brisker

S • 6'1" • 212 lbs • Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jaquan Brisker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

66%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

85

Top-tier box-score impact for a safety

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Reliability

64

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

88

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Penn State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Player Story

Jaquan Brisker built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a safety from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 1, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Jaquan Brisker's career was his defensive production:...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2022
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 16
Overall
No. 48
NFL Team
Chicago Bears

Jaquan Brisker, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Penn State. Jaquan Brisker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
151
TFL
10
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
13
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2021 · Penn State · Player Highlight

Jaquan Brisker college highlights at Penn State.

Season
2021
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Jaquan Brisker quick answers

Latest team and position
Penn State · S
Career Tackles
151
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 34 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Penn State
Top game
Michigan State
NFL Draft
2022 · Round 2 · Pick 16 · Chicago Bears
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
63 tackles · S 62nd (top 13%) · Big Ten 43rd (top 7%) · National 366th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonPenn State00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonPenn State00-0--0-
2019 PostseasonPenn State135-0-1036.9
2019 Regular SeasonPenn State13261013036.9
2020 Regular SeasonPenn State9573024055
2021 Regular SeasonPenn State12636015064.2

Related Context

Jaquan Brisker played S for Penn State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jaquan Brisker recorded 151 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Penn State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Penn State paired 14 primary output with 33.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 33.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin

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

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2021 Regular Season · Penn State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

33.5

Usage

7.8

Consistency

58.5

Best Game by takeover score

Wisconsin

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 3. Ball State: 0.5. Auburn: 2. Villanova: 1. Indiana: 0.5. Iowa: 2.5. Illinois: 1.5. Ohio State: 0. Maryland: 1. Michigan: 1. Rutgers: 1. Michigan State: 0

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. Wisconsin: 4 by 46.7. Ball State: 2 by 13.3. Auburn: 6 by 45. Villanova: 0 by 10. Indiana: 4 by 21.7. Iowa: 9 by 62.5. Illinois: 8 by 48.3. Ohio State: 3 by 12.5. Maryland: 7 by 39.2. Michigan: 5 by 30.8. Rutgers: 7 by 39.2. Michigan State: 8 by 33.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.3 · Games = 7 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Wisconsin

Best efficiency game

62.5 vs Iowa

Result
Sat 11/27@ Michigan StateL 27-3083000
Sat 11/20vs RutgersW 28-072001
Sat 11/13vs MichiganL 17-2152100
Sat 11/6@ MarylandW 31-1476100
Sat 10/30@ Ohio StateL 24-3333000
Sat 10/23vs IllinoisL 18-20870.5001
Sat 10/9@ IowaSplash gameL 20-23970.50011
Sat 10/2vs IndianaW 24-0400.5000
Sat 9/25vs VillanovaW 38-1700000
Sat 9/18vs AuburnSplash gameW 28-2063101
Sat 9/11vs Ball StateW 44-13210.5000
Sat 9/4@ WisconsinSplash gameW 16-10441011

Player Story

Jaquan Brisker story

Jaquan Brisker built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a safety from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 1, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Jaquan Brisker's career was his defensive production: 151 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 5 interceptions, and 13 passes defended across 34 career games in the available record. That gives Jaquan Brisker's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Penn State

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720182019201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonPenn State0
2018 Regular SeasonPenn State00
2019 PostseasonPenn State816.12.88
2019 Regular SeasonPenn State816.12.80
2020 Regular SeasonPenn State1037.57.12
2021 Regular SeasonPenn State1433.57.84

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Michigan State

Week 15 · W 39-24 · Conference game

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5

Havoc Plays

94.2 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.2 takeover score.

#2

@ Wisconsin

Week 1 · W 16-10 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Iowa

Week 6 · L 20-23 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

78.3 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.3 takeover score.

#4

vs Auburn

Week 3 · W 28-20

2

Havoc Plays

67.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.

#5

@ Michigan State

Week 9 · W 28-7 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

57.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Penn State

14 primary output · 33.5 efficiency · 7.8 usage

64.2

#2

2020 Regular Season · Penn State

55

10 primary · 37.5 efficiency · 7.1 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · Penn State

36.9

8 primary · 16.1 efficiency · 2.8 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games