Jacob Ellis is a linebacker at Colorado State who has not played in Colorado State's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Colorado State lists 23 linebackers this season.
Colorado State is 3-5. Next: vs Boise State, Sat Nov 7.
Ellis carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 10 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Air Force — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 TFL.
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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-38@ Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 21-17vs Northern Colorado | 8 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 16-17vs UTSA | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | L 3-20vs Washington State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 19-31vs Hawai'i | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-28@ Wyoming | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-42vs UNLV | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-20@ New Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-49@ Boise State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 21-42vs Air Force | 10 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Total | 41 | 14 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Week 2 · 2025
W 21-17
2 tackles for loss · 8 tackles · 4 solo tackles
A close one, won by 4 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
41tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%3 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
5%2 pass breakups41 tackles · 3 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
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
Head Coach
Tyson Summers
Pass share
52.1%
393 pass / 362 run
Plays / game
62.9
12 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
442 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
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
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%). It was measured on players who stayed in the same conference and is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.
A stat line in 27 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Matt Campbell, Jay Norvell, Tyson Summers and Jim Mora.
