Denis Jaquez Jr. is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Syracuse.
Jaquez disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for three head coaches in four seasons at Syracuse. A game that shows it: 3 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Duke — Week 5, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 26-45vs No. 24 Tennessee | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 27-20vs UConn | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 66-24vs Colgate | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-21@ Clemson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 3-38vs Duke | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 18-31@ SMU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-41@ No. 7 Georgia Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 12-34vs Boston College | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 14 | 4.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
24%4 TFLSack rate
11%2 sacksHurry rate
11%2 hurries19 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Fran Brown
Pass share
48.6%
408 pass / 432 run
Plays / game
70.0
12 games
Team sack rate
7.8%
447 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #403 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #71 of 73 ACC DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 1,019 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the ACC as a senior.
A stat line in 24 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dino Babers → Fran Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
