Jacob Ferguson

Senior defensive lineman on Georgia Southern's 2025 roster.

DL · Georgia Southern · Sr. · #7

6′3″ · 240 lb · Troy, MO

CFB Index 49 · #171 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Georgia Southern for 2026

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

QB hurries: 88th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

6.5 TFL · 48 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 3 TFL, 3 tackles, vs Coastal Carolina

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman on Georgia Southern's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Old Dominion in 2025.

His career, year by year

Jacob Ferguson

DL · Georgia Southern · Sr · #7

Wins his gap play after play. Third year in the Georgia Southern defensive front, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 7 tackles, 1 TFL against Georgia State, Week 8, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Clay Helton — 21-18 over that span.

2023Georgia Southern6-7HC: Clay Helton · Pass-leaning

2024Georgia Southern8-5HC: Clay Helton · Balanced

2025Georgia Southern7-6HC: Clay Helton · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

49Rotational starter #171 of 330?

Low confidenceAscending6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (88th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (87th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Tackles for loss#340 / 2975 · 87th pct

6.5

Tackles#649 / 2975 · 78th pct

Solo tackles#902 / 2975 · 69th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

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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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.7	0.8	0.0	0.2
Road5g	4.0	0.3	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.3	0.3	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+4g	4.5	1.1	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clay Helton

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

49 · #171 of 330 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #171 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #23 of 48 Sun Belt DLs

How the All-Sun Belt 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.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Georgia Southern	48	22	6.5	0.0	1	--	--
2024	Georgia Southern	19	6	3.5	1.0	--	1	--
2023	Georgia Southern	11	4	2.5	1.0	--	--	--
Career		78	32	12.5	2.0	1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025

W 45–17

vs Maine

5 TOT · 2 SOLO · 0 TFL

Dominant 28-point win at home against Maine.

With J. French — 253 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 35.4 · 42 rush yds (6 car) · D. Cobb — 44 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · 8 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 14-42@ Fresno State	4	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 20-59@ USC	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 41-34vs Jacksonville State	4	1	0.5	—	1
Wk 4	W 45-17vs Maine	5	2	0.5	—	0
Wk 5	L 10-35@ James Madison	6	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 35-38vs Southern Miss	7	2	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 8	W 41-24vs Georgia State	7	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 24-34@ Arkansas State	6	4	0.5	—	0
Wk 12	W 45-40vs Coastal Carolina	3	3	3.0	—	0	3.0 TFL
Wk 13	L 10-45vs Old Dominion	2	2	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 29-10@ App State	3	1	0.0	—	0
Total		48	22	6.5	—	1

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

48Tackles

22Solo

6.5TFL

0Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

48 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 TFL.

Week 31 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

Georgia Southern

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Georgia Southern

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -1 net (17 in / 18 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Georgia Southern · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #78 · 2026 recruiting class #89

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jamar Rucks’s 2025 season.

Jamar Rucks

84%match

Kennesaw State · 2025

Blaine Spires

Bowling Green · 2021

83%

Stephens Sings V

Liberty · 2021

82%

Donavan King

New Mexico State · 2022

81%

Braden Mullen

Charlotte · 2025

80%

Matches Jamar on

Class year

Height

Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Ivan Davis's junior season at Northern Illinois (2024).

Ivan Davis

85%match

Northern Illinois · 2024

Moses Walker

Rutgers · 2025

85%

Solomon Deshields

Pittsburgh · 2023

84%

Aaron Casey

Indiana · 2022

All-Big Ten

84%

Hayden Hatcher

Kansas · 2022

84%

Matches Ivan on

Class year

Height

Weight

Player DNA

Players who play like Jacob Ferguson

Jamar Rucks

Kennesaw State · 2025

84%

Davion Rhodes

Georgia Southern · 2025

76%

Nuer Gatkuoth

Colorado State · 2024

69%

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

Jacob Ferguson

20234 games

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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