#10

Jacob Fields

Senior defensive back for TCU. 2025: 3 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 90 tackles.

DB · TCU · Sr. · #10

5′11″ · 185 lb · Melissa, TX · Melissa

CFB Index 86 · #20 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamTransferred Louisiana Tech → TCU for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 8 pm ETvs Arkansas StateAmon G. Carter StadiumTCU by 20

How he plays

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

Solo tackles: 97th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

5 PBU · 90 tackles · 2.5 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, 14 tackles, vs Liberty

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for TCU. 2025: 3 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 90 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Louisiana Tech in 2023.
Transferred from Louisiana Tech to TCU in 2026.
Former TCU safety charged with assault (Sep 2) Reported

The full story, with sources

Jacob Fields

DB · TCU · Sr · #10

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Jacob Fields arrived at TCU from Louisiana Tech. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Conference USA. One game to point at: 11 tackles against Western Kentucky — Week 9, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Sonny Cumbie — 16-22 over that span.

2023Louisiana Tech3-9HC: Sonny Cumbie · Balanced

2024Louisiana Tech5-8HC: Sonny Cumbie · Run-leaning

2025Louisiana Tech8-5HC: Sonny Cumbie · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

86All-Conference level #20 of 544?

Medium confidenceSustained Ascent7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (97th percentile). Strength: tackles (97th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#77 / 2975 · 97th pct

Tackles#86 / 2975 · 97th pct

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct

Interceptions#56 / 817 · 90th pct

Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct

2.5

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	7.2	0.2	0.0	0.3
Road6g	7.8	0.2	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.2	0.3	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	8.8	0.1	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

86 · #20 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #20 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Louisiana Tech	90	50	2.5	0.0	5	3	--
2024	Louisiana Tech	54	34	5.5	0.0	4	2	--
2023	Louisiana Tech	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		144	84	8.0	0.0	9	5	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 24-0vs SE Louisiana	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 7-23@ LSU	9	5	1.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 49-14vs New Mexico State	3	2	0.0	—	2
Wk 4	W 30-20vs Southern Miss	4	0	0.5	—	0
Wk 5	W 30-11@ UTEP	8	5	0.5	—	0
Wk 7	L 7-35@ Kennesaw State	9	6	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 27-28vs Western Kentucky	11	7	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 55-14vs Sam Houston	7	4	0.0	1	0
Wk 11	L 24-25@ Delaware	8	5	0.0	1	0
Wk 12	L 3-28@ Washington State	7	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 34-28vs Liberty	14	7	0.5	1	0	Season-high 14 tackles
Wk 14	W 42-30@ Missouri State	6	2	0.0	—	1
Total		90	50	2.5	3	5

How he plays

Play style

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

90Tackles

50Solo

2.5TFL

0Sacks

5Pass def.

3INT

90 tackles. 5 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.

Week 21 PD
Week 32 PD
Week 101 INT
Week 111 INT
Week 121 PD
Week 131 INT
Week 141 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.

DNA match

Player DNA

Rover

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Greg Grate Jr’s 2021 season.

Greg Grate Jr

84%match

Middle Tennessee · 2021

Tywan Francis

Colorado State · 2021

84%

Hunter Reynolds

Utah State · 2022

All-Mountain West

76%

Marquel Broughton

Army · 2022

75%

Andre Sam

LSU · 2023

75%

Matches Greg on

Interceptions

PD rate

Class year

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jaylen Lewis's junior season at Western Kentucky (2025).

Jaylen Lewis

75%match

Western Kentucky · 2025

All-Conference USA

Ayden Jackson

Georgia Southern · 2025

74%

Dillon Thieneman

Oregon · 2025

All-Big TenNFL Rd 1 · Pk 25

71%

Hunter Reynolds

Utah State · 2022

All-Mountain West

70%

Malik Shorts

Southern Miss · 2022

All-Sun Belt

69%

Matches Jaylen on

Class year

Weight

PD rate

Differs from Jaylen on

Tackle volume (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Jacob Fields

Kerry Brown

Minnesota · 2025

76%

Naeten Mitchell

New Mexico State · 2025

71%

Ian Foster

Marshall · 2024

69%

Background

AT LOUISIANA TECH 2025 | JUNIOR (12/12) Played and started in every regular season game … wrapped the season with a total of 92 tackles, the most on the team by 24 … also had 2.5 TFLs … added three interceptions and five PBUs, with two pick sixes … posted double-digit tackles on three different o...

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The secondary · TCU

#2Jamel JohnsonS · Sr.96 tackles · 2025
#10Jacob FieldsS · Sr.90 tackles · 2025
#12Kalen CarrollCB · Sr.49 tackles · 2025
#1Vernon GloverCB · Sr.41 tackles · 2025
#6Kylin JacksonS · Sr.26 tackles · 2025

17 more on the roster · TCU team page

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

Jacob Fields

What fans are saying

One fan believes a player assaulted a teammate due to practice frustrations

One fan believes Jacob Fields physically harmed a teammate

20239 games

202512 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Rover

Players who play like Jacob Fields

Background

The secondary · TCU