Player Dossier

2023-2025

Jacksonville 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 10.4 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.9

Efficiency

10.4

Consistency

8.3

Season Value

10.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Georgia Tech • Jacksonville State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Scouting Read

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Jacob Cruz, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Georgia Tech. Jacob Cruz shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.4 disruption score.

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: 2023 Regular Season

Georgia Tech paired 0 primary output with 2.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 10.4 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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · Jacksonville State

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

10.4

Usage

2.9

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Troy

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Troy: 0. Liberty: 0. Unknown: 0. Sam Houston: 0. UTEP: 0. Kennesaw State: 0. 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. Unknown: 2 by 8.3. Sam Houston: 1 by 4.2. UTEP: 2 by 8.3. Kennesaw State: 1 by 4.2. 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 · Games = 5 · -1.3 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 2 · +1.3 vs Wins
First Half0 · Games = 4 · -0.6 vs Second Half
Second Half0.6 · Games = 4 · +0.6 vs First Half

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 12/17vs TroyW 17-1320000
Sat 12/6vs Kennesaw StateL 15-1911100
Sat 11/22@ Florida InternationalL 21-27320.50010
Sun 11/16vs Kennesaw StateW 35-2610000
Sat 11/8@ UTEPW 30-2721000
Fri 10/10@ Sam HoustonW 29-2711000
Sat 9/20vs Unknown22000
Sat 9/6vs LibertyW 34-2422000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Georgia Tech

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Jacksonville State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech02.10.4
2024 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech00
2025 PostseasonJacksonville State2.510.42.92.5
2025 Regular SeasonJacksonville State2.510.42.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Florida International

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5

Primary metric

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 46.6 takeover score.

#2

Kennesaw State

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 28.1 takeover score.

#3

Troy

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

#4

UTEP

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

#5

Unknown

0

Primary metric

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

0 primary output · 2.1 efficiency · 0.4 usage

34.2

#2

2025 Postseason · Jacksonville State

10.2

2.5 primary · 10.4 efficiency · 2.9 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Jacksonville State

10.2

2.5 primary · 10.4 efficiency · 2.9 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8664

North Cobb Christian School · Kennesaw, GA

Committed To
Georgia Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

2

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

15

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 10 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.