#58

Jackson Adams

Senior linebacker for Air Force. 2025: 17 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

LB · Air Force · Sr. · #58

6′4″ · 240 lb · Centennial, CO

CFB Index 47 · #320 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Air Force for 2026

How he plays

Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.

Sacks: 89th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

4 TFL · 3 sacks · 2 PBU

Best game: 4 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sacks, at Utah State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Air Force. 2025: 17 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

His career, year by year

Jackson Adams

LB · Air Force · Sr · #58

Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. He has spent three seasons in the Air Force linebacker corps. The receipt: 4 tackles, 1 sacks against Utah State — Week 3, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Troy Calhoun — 18-19 over that span.

2023Air Force9-4HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Air Force5-7HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy

2025Air Force4-8HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

47Rotational starter #320 of 583?

High confidenceBreakout6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (89th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (82nd percentile). Concern: solo tackles (17th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#291 / 2975 · 89th pct

3.0

QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Tackles for loss#736 / 2975 · 73rd pct

4.0

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Tackles#2235 / 2975 · 24th pct

Solo tackles#2397 / 2975 · 17th 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

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.0
Road5g	2.4	0.4	0.4	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	1.8	0.8	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.7	0.2	0.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Troy Calhoun

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Backup

Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

47 · #320 of 583 LBs

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Mountain West

Based on 2025: #18 of 45 Mountain West LBs

How the All-Mountain West estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Air Force	17	7	4.0	3.0	2	--	--
2024	Air Force	8	5	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Air Force	2	2	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		27	14	6.0	3.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 49–13

vs Bucknell

1 TFL · 1 SACKS · 1 SOLO

Dominant 36-point win at home against Bucknell.

With C. Harris — 66 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD · J. Johnson — 112 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.1 · 5 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 49-13vs Bucknell	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 30-49@ Utah State	4	2	1.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 5	L 35-44vs Hawai'i	1	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 48-51@ UNLV	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 24-21vs Wyoming	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 17-20vs Army	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 26-16@ San José State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 16-26@ UConn	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 3-20vs New Mexico	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 42-21@ Colorado State	3	1	1.0	1.0	—	1
Total		17	7	4.0	3.0	—	2

How he plays

Play style

Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

17Tackles

7Solo

4TFL

3Sacks

2Pass def.

0INT

17 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 TFL.

Week 11 sack
Week 31 sack
Week 121 PD
Week 141 sack · 1 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Air Force

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Air Force

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -4 net (0 in / 4 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Air Force · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #137 · 2026 recruiting class #136

DNA match

Player DNA

Thumper

Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jeremiah Peters’s 2025 season.

Jeremiah Peters

57%match

Toledo · 2025

Noah Taylor

North Carolina · 2022

47%

Byron Vaughns

Utah State · 2021

47%

Robert Beal Jr.

Georgia · 2021

NFL Rd 5

47%

Brandon Berger

Ball State · 2024

All-MAC

46%

Matches Jeremiah on

Tackle volume

Differs from Jeremiah on

PD rate (higher)

Weight (higher)

Hurry rate (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Ben Smiley III's junior season at Virginia (2023).

Ben Smiley III

72%match

Virginia · 2023

Ibrahim Kante

Buffalo · 2022

71%

Rondell Bothroyd

Wake Forest · 2022

70%

Wesley Bailey

Rutgers · 2023

69%

Zach Morton

Akron · 2022

69%

Matches Ben on

Tackle volume

Weight

Differs from Ben on

Hurry rate (higher)

Sack rate (higher)

PD rate (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Jackson Adams

Jeremiah Peters

Toledo · 2025

57%

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