Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Jacksonville State
Jacob Cruz
LB • 6'4" • 245 lbs • Acworth, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jacob Cruz shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
21
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Jacksonville State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Georgia Tech • Jacksonville State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida International
Player Story
Jacob Cruz built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Acworth, GA wearing No. 13, spending time with Georgia Tech and Jacksonville State. The clearest part of Jacob Cruz's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Georgia Tech
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Jacob Cruz, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Jacksonville State. Jacob Cruz shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 15
- TFL
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Jacob Cruz quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Jacksonville State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 15
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Jacksonville State
- Top game
- Florida International
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · North Cobb Christian School · Georgia Tech
- High school pipeline
- North Cobb Christian School · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 13 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 14 tackles · LB 666th (top 53%) · Conference USA 231st (top 42%) · National 2,521st (top 41%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2025 Postseason | Jacksonville State | 8 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Jacksonville State | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 37.7 |
Related Context
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Jacob Cruz played LB for Georgia Tech and Jacksonville State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jacob Cruz recorded 15 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Jacksonville State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Jacksonville State paired 3.5 primary output with 11.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 11.7 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 Georgia Tech, Jacksonville State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Postseason · Jacksonville State
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
11.7
Usage
3.2
Consistency
12.5
Best Game by takeover score
Florida International
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Troy: 0. Liberty: 0. Murray State: 0. Sam Houston: 0. UTEP: 0. Kennesaw State: 1. Florida International: 1.5. Kennesaw State: 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. Troy: 2 by 8.3. Liberty: 2 by 8.3. Murray State: 2 by 8.3. Sam Houston: 1 by 4.2. UTEP: 2 by 8.3. Kennesaw State: 1 by 14.2. Florida International: 3 by 27.5. Kennesaw State: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.2 · Games = 6 · -1.1 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 2 · +1.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Florida International
Best efficiency game
27.5 vs Florida International
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/17 | vs Troy | W 17-13 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/6 | vs Kennesaw State | L 15-19 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Florida International | L 21-27 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | vs Kennesaw State | W 35-26 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ UTEP | W 30-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/10 | @ Sam Houston | W 29-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Murray State | W 45-10 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Liberty | W 34-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jacob Cruz story
Jacob Cruz built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Acworth, GA wearing No. 13, spending time with Georgia Tech and Jacksonville State. The clearest part of Jacob Cruz's career was his defensive production: 15 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and 1 interception across 10 career games in the available record. That gives Jacob Cruz'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.
- 1
Georgia Tech
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Jacksonville State
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 0 | 2.1 | 0.4 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Jacksonville State | 3.5 | 11.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Jacksonville State | 3.5 | 11.7 | 3.2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 107 Florida International
Week 13 · L 21-27 · Conference game
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
66.1 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 89 Kennesaw State
Week 12 · W 35-26 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
45.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.9 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 89 Kennesaw State
Week 15 · L 15-19 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
36.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.1 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 129 UTEP
Week 11 · W 30-27 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
7.5 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.5 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 87 Troy
Week 1 · W 17-13 · Postseason
0
Havoc Plays
6.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Jacksonville State
3.5 primary output · 11.7 efficiency · 3.2 usage
37.7
#2
2025 Regular Season · Jacksonville State
37.7
3.5 primary · 11.7 efficiency · 3.2 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Georgia Tech
35
0 primary · 2.1 efficiency · 0.4 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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