Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-15vs Boston College | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 62-10vs Western Carolina | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Total | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Jacob Finley
Senior cornerback on Cincinnati's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 190 lb · Birmingham, AL · Hoover
CFB Index 35 · #258 of 364 cornersLow confidenceTransferred Northern Illinois → Cincinnati for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he projects
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
Grades highest in speed and play recognition.
The full scouting readRecruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 1989 nationally · Signed with Northern Illinois
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 cornerback on Cincinnati's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northern Illinois in 2022.
- Transferred from Northern Illinois to Cincinnati in 2026.
Jacob Finley
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Jacob Finley has played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles against Western Carolina, Week 2, 2026.
10 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
4 programs, one constant: he played.
2022
- Signed with Northern Illinois3-star out of Hoover
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
2 coaches2022
Cincinnati
Coaching transition mid-career: Luke Fickell → Scott Satterfield. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Cincinnati
2025Northern Illinois
2026Cincinnati
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2022Northern Illinois3-9HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning
2023Northern Illinois7-6HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning
2024Northern Illinois8-5HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning
2025Northern Illinois3-9HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2026Cincinnati2-0HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Low confidence
Concern: tackles (10th percentile).
Box-score production (7)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 5.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Cincinnati | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Northern Illinois | 57 | 34 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 7 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Northern Illinois | 36 | 27 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 8 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Northern Illinois | 33 | 24 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 140 | 93 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 19 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 62–10
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Cover Corner
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CB
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Sheridan Jones’s 2023 season.
94%match
Matches Sheridan on
Tackle volume
Weight
PD rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to AJ Brathwaite's graduate season at Western Kentucky (2022).
98%match
Matches AJ on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Jacob Finley
The secondary · Cincinnati
- #30D'Angelo Hutchinson84 tackles · 2025
- #18Jasper Beeler74 tackles · 2025
- #2Mark Cannon Jr.57 tackles · 2025
- Jacob Finley57 tackles · 2025
- #7Ty Goodwill35 tackles · 2025
12 more on the roster · Cincinnati team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology