Player Dossier

2022-2025

UNLV

Jake Pope

DB • 6'1" • 200 lbs • Buford, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jake Pope shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

78%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

44

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

42

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · UNLV

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Alabama • Georgia • UNLV
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Player Story

Jake Pope built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Buford, GA wearing No. 7, spending time with Alabama, Georgia, and UNLV. The clearest part of Jake Pope's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8926

Buford · Buford, GA

Committed To
Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Jake Pope, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · UNLV. Jake Pope shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
80
TFL
2.5
Sacks
1.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Jake Pope quick answers

Latest team and position
UNLV · DB
Career Tackles
80
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 14 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · UNLV
Top game
Utah State
Recruit profile
4-star · Buford · Alabama
High school pipeline
Buford · 99 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 7 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
80 tackles · DB 19th (top 2%) · Mountain West 14th (top 3%) · National 150th (top 3%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonAlabama00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonAlabama00-0--0-
2024 Regular SeasonGeorgia00-0--0-
2025 PostseasonUNLV142-0-1048.4
2025 Regular SeasonUNLV14782.51.512048.4

Related Context

Jake Pope played DB for Alabama, Georgia, and UNLV. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jake Pope recorded 80 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UNLV.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

UNLV paired 9 primary output with 30.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 30.2 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 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Alabama, Georgia, UNLV.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Win with 3 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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2025 Postseason · UNLV

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

30.2

Usage

6.2

Consistency

11.9

Best Game by takeover score

Utah State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ohio: 1. Sam Houston: 0. Idaho State: 0. UCLA: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Wyoming: 2. Air Force: 0. Boise State: 0. New Mexico: 0. Colorado State: 0. Utah State: 3. Hawai'i: 2. Nevada: 1. Boise 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. Ohio: 2 by 18.3. Sam Houston: 1 by 4.2. Idaho State: 10 by 41.7. UCLA: 11 by 45.8. Miami (OH): 3 by 12.5. Wyoming: 6 by 45. Air Force: 11 by 45.8. Boise State: 3 by 12.5. New Mexico: 5 by 20.8. Colorado State: 6 by 25. Utah State: 9 by 67.5. Hawai'i: 1 by 24.2. Nevada: 6 by 35. Boise State: 6 by 25

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 10 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.6 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

Utah State

Best efficiency game

67.5 vs Utah State

Result
Wed 12/24@ OhioL 10-1721001
Sat 12/6@ Boise StateL 21-3864000
Sun 11/30@ NevadaW 42-1764001
Sat 11/22vs Hawai'iSplash gameW 38-10110010
Sun 11/16vs Utah StateSplash gameW 29-26941.501.500
Sun 11/9@ Colorado StateW 42-1061000
Sat 11/1vs New MexicoL 35-4051000
Sat 10/18@ Boise StateL 31-5633000
Sat 10/11vs Air Force10+ tacklesW 51-48115000
Sat 10/4@ WyomingSplash gameW 31-1765101
Sat 9/20@ Miami (OH)W 41-3832000
Sun 9/7vs UCLA10+ tacklesW 30-23111000
Sat 8/30@ Sam HoustonW 38-2110000
Sat 8/23vs Idaho State10+ tacklesW 38-31106000

Player Story

Jake Pope story

Jake Pope built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Buford, GA wearing No. 7, spending time with Alabama, Georgia, and UNLV. The clearest part of Jake Pope's career was his defensive production: 80 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 14 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with UNLV. 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 Jake Pope's production has multiple signals. With 14 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Alabama, Georgia, and UNLV.

The arc is straightforward: Jake Pope 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. 1

    Alabama

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Georgia

    2024

    Transition stop

  3. 3

    UNLV

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonAlabama0
2023 Regular SeasonAlabama00
2024 Regular SeasonGeorgia00
2025 PostseasonUNLV930.26.29
2025 Regular SeasonUNLV930.26.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 79 Utah State

Week 12 · W 29-26 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

89.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 110 Wyoming

Week 6 · W 31-17 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

70.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 68 Hawai'i

Week 13 · W 38-10 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

55.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.9 takeover score.

#4

vs Idaho State

Week 1 · W 38-31

0

Havoc Plays

35.6 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 35.6 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 116 Nevada

Week 14 · W 42-17 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

35.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 35.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · UNLV

9 primary output · 30.2 efficiency · 6.2 usage

48.4

#2

2025 Regular Season · UNLV

48.4

9 primary · 30.2 efficiency · 6.2 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Alabama

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

3

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games