Jabrill Peppers: LB · Michigan · #5.
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Jabrill Peppers
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for two head coaches in three seasons at Michigan. All-Big Ten in 2016 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against UCF — Week 2, 2016.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
72 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 13.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-3vs Hawai'i | 8 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 51-14vs UCF | 11 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 45-28vs Colorado | 9 | 6 | 3.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.5 TFL |
| Wk 4 | W 49-10vs Penn State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 14-7vs No. 8 Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 78-0@ Rutgers | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-8vs Illinois | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 32-23@ Michigan State | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 59-3vs Maryland | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-14@ Iowa | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 20-10vs Indiana | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-30@ No. 2 Ohio State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 72 | 47 | 13.5 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
72tackles this seasonTFL rate
19%14 TFLSack rate
6%4 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups72 tackles · 13.5 for loss · 4 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 6.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 5.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jim Harbaugh
Pass share
39.7%
370 pass / 563 run
Plays / game
71.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
393 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
A finalist for the position's national player-of-the-year award.
How it ended
Three seasons at Michigan, 72 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2015) — drafted at #25 overall by the Cleveland Browns.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2016)
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brady Hoke → Jim Harbaugh. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Cleveland BrownsEntering 10th NFL season
Cleveland BrownsEntering 10th NFL season
