Jacob Huff

Senior defensive back for Minnesota. 2018: 2 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 83 tackles.

DB · Minnesota · Sr. · #2

5′11″ · 210 lb · Bolingbrook, IL

Minnesota 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 1691 nationally · Signed with Minnesota

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Minnesota. 2018: 2 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 83 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Minnesota in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Minnesota, 154 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Minnesota3-star out of Bolingbrook

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1691 national

CFB

College

Minnesota

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

2 coaches

2016

Tracy Claeys

Minnesota

2017–2018

P.J. Fleck

Minnesota

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tracy Claeys → P.J. Fleck. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Minnesota9-4HC: Tracy Claeys · Run-heavy

2017Minnesota5-7HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2018Minnesota7-6HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (97th percentile). Strength: tackles (94th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#87 / 2662 · 97th pct

Tackles#147 / 2662 · 94th pct

Passes defended#176 / 2662 · 92nd pct

Interceptions#130 / 805 · 72nd pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2101 / 2662 · 19th pct

0.5

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

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	6.7	0.1	0.0	0.6
Road5g	7.2	0.0	0.0	0.4

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

2026 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Minnesota	83	54	0.5	6	2	--
2017	Minnesota	65	47	3.5	4	3	--
2016	Minnesota	6	2	0.5	--	--	--
Career		154	103	4.5	10	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2018

W 21–14

vs Fresno State

6 TOT · 5 SOLO · 1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With J. Herbers — 38 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG · Z. Annexstad — 175 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 5 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 48-10vs New Mexico State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 21-14vs Fresno State	6	5	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 26-3vs Miami (OH)	6	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 13-42@ Maryland	8	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 31-48vs Iowa	11	8	0.5	1	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 7	L 14-30@ Ohio State	8	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	L 28-53@ Nebraska	9	5	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	W 38-31vs Indiana	7	5	0.0	1	1
Wk 10	L 31-55@ Illinois	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 41-10vs Purdue	6	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 14-24vs Northwestern	10	7	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 34-10@ Georgia Tech	8	6	0.0	—	0
Total		83	54	0.5	2	6

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

2015

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays