Senior safety on North Texas's 2025 roster.
5′11″ · 197 lb · San Bruno, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 2078 nationally · Signed with Washington State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on North Texas's 2025 roster.
Jackson Lataimua
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 3 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Rice — Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Seth Littrell, Eric Morris, and Drew Svoboda. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #461 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | North Texas | 9 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Washington State | 32 | 20 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Washington State | 32 | 19 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Washington State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 77 | 45 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025
W 49–47
3 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 TFL
Edged out San Diego State on the road in a shootout.
With D. Mestemaker — 250 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 70.3 · 18 rush yds (2 car) · C. Hawkins — 198 rush yds (31 car) · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | W 36-22vs South Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 36-63vs South Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 54-20@ Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-24@ Rice | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Bowl | W 49-47@ San Diego State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 9 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
North Texas
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · North Texas
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
North Texas · Last season: 12-2 (AP #23) · Talent rank #95 · 2026 recruiting class #135
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Greg Johnson’s 2021 season.
Matches Greg on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Louis Moore's junior season at Ole Miss (2024).
Matches Louis on
Player DNA