Bradley Jennings Jr.

Senior linebacker for Indiana. 2022: 56 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Indiana · Sr. · #5

6′1″ · 209 lb · Jacksonville, FL

CFB Index 50 · #274 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceIndiana 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 690 nationally · Signed with Miami

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Indiana. 2022: 56 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Miami in 2017.
Transferred from Miami to Indiana in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Indiana, 124 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20174 games

Signed with Miami3-star out of Sandalwood

202210 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#690 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2022

1 coach

2017–2018

Tom Allen

Indiana

2020–2022

Tom Allen

Indiana

Played his entire career under Tom Allen.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Miami10-3HC: Mark Richt · Balanced

2018Miami7-6HC: Mark Richt · Run-leaning

2020Miami8-3HC: Manny Diaz · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Miami7-5HC: Jess Simpson · Balanced

2022Indiana4-8HC: Tom Allen · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

50Rotational starter #274 of 548?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (89th percentile). Strength: tackles (84th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#240 / 2755 · 89th pct

Tackles#427 / 2755 · 84th pct

Tackles for loss#667 / 2755 · 74th pct

4.5

Solo tackles#853 / 2755 · 68th pct

Sacks#845 / 2755 · 61st pct

1.0

QB hurries#823 / 2755 · 59th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.7	0.6	0.2	0.3
Road4g	5.5	0.2	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.1	0.6	0.1	0.3
Weeks 8+3g	6.7	0.0	0.0	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

50 · #274 of 548 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #274 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Indiana	56	23	4.5	1.0	5	--	--
2021	Miami	14	6	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Miami	39	21	7.5	3.0	1	--	--
2018	Miami	8	1	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2017	Miami	7	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		124	52	13.5	4.0	6	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 23–20

vs Illinois

1 TFL · 1 SACKS · 1 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With C. Bazelak — 330 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.6 · -3 rush yds (5 car) · J. Evans — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 23-20vs Illinois	6	1	1.5	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 35-22vs Idaho	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 33-30vs Western Kentucky	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 24-45@ Cincinnati	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 21-35@ Nebraska	5	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 10-31vs Michigan	13	6	1.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 13 tackles
Wk 7	L 33-38vs Maryland	6	5	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 17-24@ Rutgers	11	2	0.0	0.0	—	3
Wk 10	L 14-45vs Penn State	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 14-56@ Ohio State	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		56	23	4.5	1.0	—	5

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology