#27

Jacob Dobbs

Former linebacker at James Madison. 2024: 69 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

LB · James Madison · Sr. · #27

6′0″ · 233 lb · Macomb, MI

CFB Index 58 · #213 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceJames Madison 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

2★

OLB recruit

No. 3521 nationally · Signed with Holy Cross

Statement game17 tacklesat Georgia Southern (FBS) · L 14-28

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

Fuck Dobbs is hurtr/CFB game thread · ▲ 3His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at James Madison. 2024: 69 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Holy Cross in 2019.
Transferred from Holy Cross to James Madison in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at James Madison, 69 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2019

Signed with Holy Cross2-star out of De La Salle Collegiate

20249 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-Sun Beltsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3521 national

CFB

College

James Madison

2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM

All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2024)

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024James Madison9-4HC: Bob Chesney · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

58Quality starter #213 of 571?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (91st percentile). Strength: sacks (88th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#259 / 2892 · 91st pct

Sacks#309 / 2892 · 88th pct

3.0

Solo tackles#613 / 2892 · 78th pct

QB hurries#585 / 2892 · 74th pct

Tackles for loss#900 / 2892 · 66th pct

3.5

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th 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

2024 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	7.0	0.4	0.4	0.0
Road4g	8.5	0.4	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.0	0.2	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+2g	13.5	1.0	1.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Billy Napier

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

58 · #213 of 571 LBs

Two-star recruit. Now #213 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	James Madison	69	28	3.5	3.0	--	--	--
Career		69	28	3.5	3.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024

W 70–50

at North Carolina

6 TOT · 5 SOLO · 2 QB HUR

Edged out North Carolina on the road in a shootout.

With A. Barnett — 388 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.5 · 99 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · C. Ross — 10 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 30-7@ Charlotte	5	3	1.5	1.0	—
Wk 2	W 13-6vs Gardner-Webb	10	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 70-50@ North Carolina	6	5	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 63-7vs Ball State	5	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 19-21@ UL Monroe	6	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 39-7vs Coastal Carolina	9	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 14-28@ Georgia Southern	17	8	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 17 tackles
Wk 9	W 32-15vs Southern Miss	10	4	2.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Bowl	W 27-17vs Western Kentucky	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		69	28	3.5	3.0	—

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