#85

Ja'Boree Poole

Defensive lineman for Southern Miss. 2016: 7 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.

DL · Southern Miss · #85

6′2″ · Brookhaven, MS

Southern Miss 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

WDE recruit

No. 2521 nationally · Signed with Southern Miss

Statement game9 tackles · 3 TFL · 3 sacksvs Louisiana (FBS) · W 28-21

Top 1% sacks game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 defensive lineman for Southern Miss. 2016: 7 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Southern Miss in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Southern Miss, 7 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2013

Signed with Southern Miss2-star out of Brookhaven

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2521 national

CFB

College

Southern Miss

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Southern Miss7-6HC: Jay Hopson · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (97th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (95th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#65 / 2668 · 97th pct

7.0

QB hurries#109 / 2668 · 95th pct

Tackles for loss#188 / 2668 · 93rd pct

9.5

Passes defended#754 / 2668 · 65th pct

Solo tackles#1293 / 2668 · 50th pct

Tackles#1616 / 2668 · 38th 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

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.2	0.9	0.5	0.3
Road6g	2.0	0.7	0.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.0	1.2	0.9	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Southern Miss	25	18	9.5	7.0	2	--	--
Career		25	18	9.5	7.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2016

W 39–24

vs Louisiana Tech

1 PD

With N. Mullens — 342 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.1 · -9 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · I. Smith — 127 rush yds (24 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week