Jacob Huff: DB · Minnesota · #2.
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Jacob Huff
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Played for two head coaches at Minnesota: Tracy Claeys and P.J. Fleck. On tape: 10 tackles against Northwestern, Week 12, 2018.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
83 tackles. 6 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 0.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-10vs New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 21-14vs Fresno State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 26-3vs Miami (OH) | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-42@ Maryland | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-48vs Iowa | 11 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 14-30@ No. 3 Ohio State | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 28-53@ Nebraska | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-31vs Indiana | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-55@ Illinois | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 41-10vs Purdue | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-24vs No. 24 Northwestern | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 34-10vs Georgia Tech | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 83 | 54 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
83tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFL83 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 6 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Pass share
40.2%
346 pass / 515 run
Plays / game
66.2
13 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
389 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
83 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Minnesota, 154 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 30 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jerry Kill, Tracy Claeys, and P.J. Fleck. Multi-era developmental context.
