Jack Campbell: LB · Iowa · #31.
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Jack Campbell
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at Iowa. All-America (Consensus) in 2022 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 13 tackles against Illinois — Week 6, 2022.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
116 tackles. 1 pass defended. 2 interceptions. 3.5 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.
KCCI Oct 28
FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul Oct 27Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 7-3vs South Dakota State | 11 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-10vs Iowa State | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-0vs Nevada | 10 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-10@ Rutgers | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-27vs No. 4 Michigan | 11 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 6-9@ Illinois | 13 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 10-54@ No. 2 Ohio State | 9 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 33-13vs Northwestern | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-3@ Purdue | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-10vs Wisconsin | 11 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 13-10@ Minnesota | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-24vs Nebraska | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 21-0vs Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 116 | 52 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
116tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%4 TFLSack rate
1%1 sackPD rate
1%1 pass breakups116 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 1 sack · 2 interceptions.
4 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 34-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 9.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 9.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 9.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Pass share
45.5%
348 pass / 417 run
Plays / game
58.8
13 games
Team sack rate
10.0%
391 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2022
First team on every major selector list.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Selector Grid · 2022
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
How it ended
Four seasons at Iowa, 290 tackles, the Butkus Award (2022) — drafted at #18 overall by the Detroit Lions.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · UNANIMOUS
Unanimous AA (2022)
Named to 9 first-team selectors
National awards
Butkus, Campbell
2022 season
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2022)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2022)
2 career weekly honors across 2 seasons
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kirk Ferentz.
Next stop · NFL
Detroit LionsEntering 4th NFL season
Detroit LionsEntering 4th NFL season
