Curtis Jacobs: LB · Penn State · #23.
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Curtis Jacobs
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at Penn State. A game that shows it: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against West Virginia — Week 1, 2023.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Penn State | 50 | 31 | 9.0 | 2.5 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Penn State | 49 | 27 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | Penn State | 61 | 39 | 7.0 | 3.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2020 | Penn State | 9 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 169 | 103 | 24.0 | 9.5 | 3 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-15vs West Virginia | 10 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 63-7vs Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-13@ Illinois | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-0vs No. 24 Iowa | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-13@ Northwestern | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 63-0vs Massachusetts | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 12-20@ No. 3 Ohio State | 9 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 33-24vs Indiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 51-15@ Maryland | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 15-24vs No. 2 Michigan | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 27-6vs Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-0vs Michigan State | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 25-38vs No. 11 Ole Miss | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 31 | 9.0 | 2.5 | — | 0 |
Week 1 · 2023
W 38-15
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 10 tackles
Dominant 23-point win at home against West Virginia.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
50tackles this seasonTFL rate
18%9 TFLSack rate
5%2 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups50 tackles · 9 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
4 seasons under James Franklin — 32-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
44.6%
412 pass / 512 run
Plays / game
71.1
13 games
Team sack rate
3.1%
425 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #202 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Penn State, 169 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 40 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under James Franklin.
