Ivan Pace Jr.

Senior linebacker for Cincinnati. 2022: 121 tackles, 20.5 tackles for loss, 10 sacks.

LB · Cincinnati · Sr.

6′0″ · 235 lb · Cincinnati, OH

CFB Index 97 · #2 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceConsensus AACincinnati 2022 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for Cincinnati. 2022: 121 tackles, 20.5 tackles for loss, 10 sacks.

Named All-America (Consensus) in 2022.
Named AAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Cincinnati, 121 tackles, a Consensus All-American season (2022) — his college career is complete.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

2021

All-MAC

202213 games

All-AACfirst
AAC Defensive Player of the Yearwinner
All-Americafirst · 10 selectors

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Cincinnati

2022

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

15 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2022)

9 first-team selectors

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ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM

All-AAC 1st team (2022)

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Cincinnati9-4HC: Luke Fickell · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

97All-America level #2 of 548?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (100th percentile). Strength: tackles (100th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#3 / 2755 · 100th pct

20.5

Tackles#8 / 2755 · 100th pct

121

Sacks#10 / 2755 · 100th pct

10.0

QB hurries#51 / 2755 · 98th pct

Solo tackles#92 / 2755 · 97th pct

Passes defended#354 / 2755 · 85th 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	11.2	1.3	0.6	0.0
Road7g	7.7	1.8	0.9	0.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	9.1	2.1	1.0	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	9.5	1.0	0.5	0.5

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 · 2022

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

97 · #2 of 548 LBs

Selector Grid · 2022

AP—

FWAA1st

AFCA1st

WCFF1st

SN1st

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Cincinnati	121	49	20.5	10.0	4	--	--
Career		121	49	20.5	10.0	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022

W 63–10

vs Kennesaw State

1 TFL · 5 SOLO · 11 TOT

Dominant 53-point win at home against Kennesaw State.

With E. Prater — 92 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.5 · 44 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD · B. Bryant — 201 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 72.9 · -14 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 24-31@ Arkansas	12	6	3.5	1.0	—	0	3.5 TFL
Wk 2	W 63-10vs Kennesaw State	11	5	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 38-17@ Miami (OH)	8	5	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 45-24vs Indiana	15	7	4.5	2.5	—	0	Season-high 15 tackles
Wk 5	W 31-21@ Tulsa	10	7	2.5	1.5	—	1	2.5 TFL
Wk 6	W 28-24vs South Florida	7	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 29-27@ SMU	9	2	2.0	2.0	—	1	2 sacks
Wk 9	L 21-25@ UCF	11	7	1.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 20-10vs Navy	14	2	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 27-25vs East Carolina	7	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 23-3@ Temple	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 24-27vs Tulane	13	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 7-24@ Louisville	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Total		121	49	20.5	10.0	—	4

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