Player Dossier

2013-2017

Toledo

Jack Linch

LB • 6'0" • 225 lbs • Toledo, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jack Linch shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

93%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

96

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

70

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Toledo

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Toledo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Player Story

Jack Linch built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from Toledo, OH wearing No. 29, spending time with Toledo. The clearest part of Jack Linch's career was his defensive production: 98 tackles,...

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Jack Linch, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Toledo. Jack Linch shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
98
TFL
7.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Jack Linch quick answers

Latest team and position
Toledo · LB
Career Tackles
98
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 24 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Toledo
Top game
Tulsa
Latest roster
No. 29 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
75 tackles · LB 155th (top 15%) · Mid-American 24th (top 5%) · National 260th (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonToledo00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonToledo00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonToledo00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonToledo102311--014.2
2017 PostseasonToledo14810--057.3
2017 Regular SeasonToledo14675.501-057.3

Related Context

Jack Linch played LB for Toledo. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jack Linch recorded 98 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Toledo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Toledo paired 8.5 primary output with 28.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 28.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Postseason · Toledo

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

28.4

Usage

8.5

Consistency

30.4

Best Game by takeover score

Tulsa

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. App State: 1. Elon: 0. Nevada: 0. Tulsa: 2. Miami: 1. Eastern Michigan: 1. Central Michigan: 2. Akron: 0. Ball State: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Ohio: 1. Bowling Green: 0. Western Michigan: 0.5. Akron: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. App State: 8 by 43.3. Elon: 6 by 25. Nevada: 2 by 8.3. Tulsa: 8 by 53.3. Miami: 4 by 26.7. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 14.2. Central Michigan: 4 by 36.7. Akron: 6 by 25. Ball State: 7 by 29.2. Northern Illinois: 8 by 33.3. Ohio: 7 by 39.2. Bowling Green: 2 by 8.3. Western Michigan: 7 by 34.2. Akron: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 11 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 3 · +0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tulsa

Best efficiency game

53.3 vs Tulsa

Result
Sun 12/24vs App StateL 0-3484100
Sat 12/2vs AkronW 45-2850000
Fri 11/24vs Western MichiganW 37-10700.5000
Thu 11/16@ Bowling GreenW 66-3722000
Thu 11/9@ OhioL 10-3873100
Thu 11/2vs Northern IllinoisW 27-1781000
Thu 10/26@ Ball StateW 58-1772000
Sat 10/21vs AkronW 48-2161000
Sat 10/14@ Central MichiganSplash gameW 30-10431010
Sat 10/7vs Eastern MichiganW 20-1511000
Sat 9/23@ MiamiL 30-5242100
Sat 9/16vs TulsaSplash gameW 54-5185200
Sat 9/9@ NevadaW 37-2422000
Thu 8/31vs ElonW 47-1364000

Player Story

Jack Linch story

Jack Linch built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from Toledo, OH wearing No. 29, spending time with Toledo. The clearest part of Jack Linch's career was his defensive production: 98 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 24 career games in the available record. His career also includes 24 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jack Linch's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Toledo

    2013-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonToledo0
2014 Regular SeasonToledo00
2015 Regular SeasonToledo00
2016 Regular SeasonToledo211.62.22
2017 PostseasonToledo8.528.48.56.5
2017 Regular SeasonToledo8.528.48.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Tulsa

Week 3 · W 54-51

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

84.4 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Central Michigan

Week 7 · W 30-10 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Fresno State

Week 3 · W 52-17

2

Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

#4

vs App State

Week 1 · L 0-34 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

64.4 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.

#5

@ Ohio

Week 11 · L 10-38 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

63.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Toledo

8.5 primary output · 28.4 efficiency · 8.5 usage

57.3

#2

2017 Regular Season · Toledo

57.3

8.5 primary · 28.4 efficiency · 8.5 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Toledo

14.2

2 primary · 11.6 efficiency · 2.2 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games