Jacob Ferguson is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Georgia Southern.
Ferguson wins the gap play after play. Third year in the Georgia Southern defensive front. On tape: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Georgia State, Week 8, 2025.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
48 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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 | 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-42@ Fresno State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-59@ USC | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-34vs Jacksonville State | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-17vs Maine | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-35@ James Madison | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 35-38vs Southern Miss | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 41-24vs Georgia State | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-34@ Arkansas State | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 45-40vs Coastal Carolina | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 13 | L 10-45vs Old Dominion | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 29-10vs App State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 48 | 22 | 6.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Week 12 · 2025
W 45-40
3 tackles for loss · 3 tackles · 3 solo tackles
Edged out Coastal Carolina at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
14%6 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
8%4 hurries48 tackles · 6.5 for loss.
3 seasons under Clay Helton — 21-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 4.2 | 0.4 | 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
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Pass share
48.9%
429 pass / 448 run
Plays / game
67.5
13 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
449 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
48 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
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
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%).
A stat line in 23 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Clay Helton.
