Jacob Girgle: S · New Mexico · #16.
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Jacob Girgle
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Second year in the New Mexico secondary. One game to point at: 13 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Air Force — Week 5, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
68 tackles. 6 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 1 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | New Mexico | 68 | 33 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 |
| 2016 | New Mexico | 18 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 86 | 44 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-14vs Abilene Christian | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 28-30vs New Mexico State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-28@ Boise State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 16-13@ Tulsa | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 56-38vs Air Force | 13 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 24-27vs Colorado State | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 3-42@ Wyoming | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-24vs Utah State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-55@ Texas A&M | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 35-38vs UNLV | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-35@ San Diego State | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 68 | 33 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 |
Week 1 · 2017
W 38-14
1 interception · 7 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Dominant 24-point win at home against Abilene Christian.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
68tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%1 TFL68 tackles · 1 for loss · 6 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
2 seasons under Bob Davie, all run-heavy offenses — 12-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 7.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 7.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bob Davie
Pass share
30.9%
241 pass / 539 run
Plays / game
65.0
12 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
267 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
68 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at New Mexico, 86 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bob Davie.
