Usage / Role
68%
Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Houston
Jesus Machado
LB • 6'1" • 220 lbs • Miami, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jesus Machado shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
72
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
85
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
75
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Tulane
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Tulane • Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nicholls
Player Story
Jesus Machado built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Miami, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Houston and Tulane. The clearest part of Jesus Machado's career was his defensive...
Read the storyJesus Machado, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Tulane. Jesus Machado shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 148
- TFL
- 5.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Jesus Machado quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Houston · LB
- Career Tackles
- 148
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Tulane
- Top game
- Nicholls
- High school pipeline
- Midtown · 0 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 5 tackles · LB 927th (top 73%) · Big 12 432nd (top 59%) · National 3,648th (top 59%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Tulane | 2 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 20.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Tulane | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 11.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Tulane | 11 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Tulane | 13 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 63.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Tulane | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Houston | 2 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.5 |
Related Context
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Jesus Machado played LB for Tulane and Houston. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jesus Machado recorded 148 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Tulane.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Tulane paired 6 primary output with 36 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 36 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 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 Tulane, Houston.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nicholls
Win with 1 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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2023 Regular Season · Tulane
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
36
Usage
8
Consistency
51.5
Best Game by takeover score
Nicholls
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Alabama: 1. Ole Miss: 0.5. Southern Miss: 0. Nicholls: 1. UAB: 0. Memphis: 1. North Texas: 1. Rice: 0. East Carolina: 0. Tulsa: 0.5. Florida Atlantic: 1. UTSA: 0. SMU: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Alabama: 8 by 43.3. Ole Miss: 8 by 38.3. Southern Miss: 7 by 29.2. Nicholls: 10 by 51.7. UAB: 9 by 37.5. Memphis: 4 by 26.7. North Texas: 5 by 30.8. Rice: 12 by 50. East Carolina: 8 by 33.3. Tulsa: 6 by 30. Florida Atlantic: 5 by 30.8. UTSA: 10 by 41.7. SMU: 6 by 25
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.5 · Games = 11 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 2 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Nicholls
Best efficiency game
51.7 vs Nicholls
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/2 | vs SMU | L 14-26 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/24 | vs UTSA10+ tackles | W 29-16 | 10 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Florida Atlantic | W 24-8 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Tulsa | W 24-22 | 6 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ East Carolina | W 13-10 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Rice10+ tackles | W 30-28 | 12 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs North Texas | W 35-28 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 10/13 | @ Memphis | W 31-21 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs UAB | W 35-23 | 9 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Nicholls10+ tackles | W 36-7 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Southern Miss | W 21-3 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Ole Miss | L 20-37 | 8 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/3 | vs South Alabama | W 37-17 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jesus Machado story
Jesus Machado built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Miami, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Houston and Tulane. The clearest part of Jesus Machado's career was his defensive production: 148 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 2 passes defended across 34 career games in the available record. That gives Jesus Machado's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Tulane
2020-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Houston
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Tulane | 0.5 | 8.8 | 1.9 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Tulane | 1 | 8.6 | 1.7 | 0.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Tulane | 3 | 14.8 | 3.7 | 2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Tulane | 6 | 36 | 8 | 3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Tulane | 0 | — | — | -6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | 10.5 | 2.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Nicholls
Week 4 · W 36-7
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#2
vs South Alabama
Week 1 · W 37-17
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Havoc Plays
76.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.
#3
@ Cincinnati
Week 13 · W 27-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
73.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Massachusetts
Week 1 · W 42-10
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Havoc Plays
69.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Memphis
Week 7 · W 31-21 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
67 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 67 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Tulane
6 primary output · 36 efficiency · 8 usage
63.6
#2
2025 Regular Season · Houston
42.5
0 primary · 10.5 efficiency · 2.1 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Tulane
26.2
3 primary · 14.8 efficiency · 3.7 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
0
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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