Senior linebacker for Ball State. 2025: 17 tackles.
6′2″ · 228 lb · Vernon Hills, IL
How he plays
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage.
Passes defended: 67th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
tackles · 2025
2 PBU
Best game: 3 tackles, vs New Hampshire
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Ball State. 2025: 17 tackles.
Jackson Wiegold
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Jackson Wiegold has been at Ball State through two head coaches in three seasons. The receipt: 5 tackles against Northern Illinois — Week 9, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Neu → Mike Uremovich. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th 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 · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Uremovich
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ball State | 17 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Ball State | 24 | 13 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Ball State | 4 | -- | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 45 | 24 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 34–29
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-31@ Purdue | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-29vs New Hampshire | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | L 25-31@ UConn | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 20-14vs Ohio | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 0-42@ Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-21@ Northern Illinois | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 9-24vs Eastern Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Ball State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Ball State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Ball State · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #113 · 2026 recruiting class #113
Player DNA
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tyler Martinez’s 2025 season.
Matches Tyler on
Differs from Tyler on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kaulana Makaula's junior season at Hawai'i (2022).
Matches Kaulana on
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Player DNA