#20

Carter Jacobs

Safety for Cincinnati. 2017: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 80 tackles.

S · Cincinnati · #20

6′1″ · 199 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL

Cincinnati 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 safety for Cincinnati. 2017: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 80 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Cincinnati in 2014.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

S recruit

No. 2418 nationally · Signed with Cincinnati

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Two seasons at Cincinnati, 122 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2014

Signed with Cincinnati2-star out of American Heritage

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2418 national

CFB

College

Cincinnati

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2017

2 coaches

2016

Tommy Tuberville

Cincinnati

2017

Luke Fickell

Cincinnati

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tommy Tuberville → Luke Fickell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Cincinnati4-8HC: Tommy Tuberville · Balanced

2017Cincinnati4-8HC: Luke Fickell · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (98th percentile). Strength: tackles (93rd percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (8th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#57 / 2682 · 98th pct

Tackles#193 / 2682 · 93rd pct

Passes defended#483 / 2682 · 77th pct

Interceptions#309 / 795 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

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Tackles for loss#2274 / 2682 · 8th pct

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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

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	8.7	0.0	0.0	0.5
Road6g	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	7.6	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Satterfield

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Cincinnati	80	59	0.0	3	1	--
2016	Cincinnati	42	22	0.5	1	--	--
Career		122	81	0.5	4	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017

W 26–14

vs Austin Peay

4 TOT · 2 SOLO

With J. Smith — 42 AVG · 64 LONG · 6 NO · H. Moore — 151 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.0 · 9 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 26-14vs Austin Peay	4	2	—	0
Wk 2	L 14-36@ Michigan	4	3	—	0
Wk 3	W 21-17@ Miami (OH)	2	1	—	0
Wk 4	L 32-42@ Navy	13	9	—	0	Season-high 13 tackles
Wk 5	L 21-38vs Marshall	9	6	—	2
Wk 6	L 23-51vs UCF	8	5	—	0
Wk 7	L 3-33@ South Florida	2	2	—	0
Wk 8	L 28-31vs SMU	11	8	—	0
Wk 10	W 17-16@ Tulane	1	1	—	0
Wk 11	L 24-35vs Temple	7	5	—	0
Wk 12	L 20-48@ East Carolina	6	5	—	0
Wk 13	W 22-21vs UConn	13	12	1	1
Total		80	59	1	3

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

2014

2017 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays