#44

Jacob Ellis

Senior linebacker for Colorado State. 2025: 41 tackles, 3 tackles for loss.

LB · Colorado State · Sr. · #44

6′1″ · 225 lb · Roseville, CA

CFB Index 31 · #450 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Colorado State for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7:30 pm ETvs BYUCanvas StadiumBYU by 17.5

The numbers

tackles · 2025

3 TFL · 2 PBU

Best game: 8 tackles, 2 TFL, vs Northern Colorado

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Colorado State. 2025: 41 tackles, 3 tackles for loss.

Signed with Iowa State in 2022.
Transferred from Iowa State to Colorado State in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Carries tight ends down the field in coverage.

Tackles: 70th percentile.

The full scouting read

Jacob Ellis

LB · Colorado State · Sr · #44

Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Jacob Ellis has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. The receipt: 10 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Air Force — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Iowa State7-6HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced, slow tempo

2024Iowa State11-3HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

2025Colorado State2-10HC: Tyson Summers · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

31Below cohort / limited sample #450 of 583?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#872 / 2975 · 70th pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct

3.0

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Solo tackles#1520 / 2975 · 47th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

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
Home6g	5.2	0.5	0.0	0.3
Road4g	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	4.5	0.5	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jim Mora

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

31 · #450 of 583 LBs

Unranked recruit. Now #450 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Pac-12

Based on 2025: #33 of 45 Mountain West LBs — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026

How the All-Pac-12 estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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. The base rate was measured on players who stayed in the same conference; this estimate is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Colorado State	41	14	3.0	0.0	2	--	--
2024	Iowa State	41	17	4.5	1.0	--	--	--
2023	Iowa State	15	4	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		97	35	7.5	1.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 21–17

vs Northern Colorado

8 TOT · 2 TFL · 4 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With B. Fowler-Nicolosi — 132 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 40.1 · 22 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · B. Hansen — 57 AVG · 58 LONG · 2 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 21-38@ Washington	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 21-17vs Northern Colorado	8	4	2.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 16-17vs UTSA	7	1	0.0	—	2
Wk 5	L 3-20vs Washington State	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 19-31vs Hawai'i	2	1	0.5	—	0
Wk 9	L 0-28@ Wyoming	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 10-42vs UNLV	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 17-20@ New Mexico	3	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 21-49@ Boise State	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 21-42vs Air Force	10	2	0.5	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Total		41	14	3.0	—	2

How he plays

Play style

Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

41Tackles

14Solo

3TFL

0Sacks

2Pass def.

0INT

41 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 TFL.

Week 42 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

Colorado State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Colorado State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -6 net (32 in / 38 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Colorado State · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #75 · 2026 recruiting class #73

DNA match

Player DNA

Coverage 'Backer

Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jadon Pearson’s 2024 season.

Jadon Pearson

84%match

Utah State · 2024

Kerion Martin

Marshall · 2022

81%

Solon Page III

Tennessee · 2021

81%

Ronald Nunnery

Texas State · 2024

78%

Keye Thompson

Pittsburgh · 2024

78%

Matches Jadon on

TFL rate

Tackle volume

Solo tackle rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Brock Horne's junior season at Bowling Green (2022).

Brock Horne

83%match

Bowling Green · 2022

Kyle Pugh

Northern Illinois · 2022

All-MAC

81%

Eteva Mauga-Clements

Nebraska · 2022

81%

Trenilyas Tatum

Georgia Tech · 2023

80%

Prince Bemah

Charlotte · 2023

79%

Matches Brock on

Tackle volume

Weight

Hurry rate

Differs from Brock on

PD rate (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Jacob Ellis

Jayland Parker

Marshall · 2025

82%

Oscar McWood

Miami (OH) · 2024

78%

Luke Fisher

Air Force · 2025

75%

Seth Naotala

Old Dominion · 2024

71%

The linebacker corps · Colorado State

#2Oumar DiomandeLB · R-Jr.116 tackles · 2025
#44Jacob EllisLB · Sr.41 tackles · 2025
#23Jaseim MitchellLB · Gr.29 tackles · 2025
#56Kenyon AgursLB · R-Jr.28 tackles · 2025
#28Marc PrettoLB · R-Sr.27 tackles · 2025

17 more on the roster · Colorado State team page

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

2022

202510 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Coverage 'Backer

Players who play like Jacob Ellis

The linebacker corps · Colorado State