Jacob Lacey: DL · Oklahoma · #54.
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Jacob Lacey
Wins the gap play after play. Played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 4 tackles and 1 sack against Texas — Week 6, 2023.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth Nov 3
On3 Oct 29
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Oklahoma | 15 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Notre Dame | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | Notre Dame | 12 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Notre Dame | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2019 | Notre Dame | 14 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- |
| Career | 50 | 25 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 66-17@ Tulsa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 20-6@ Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 50-20vs Iowa State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-30vs No. 3 Texas | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 31-29vs UCF | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 33-38@ Kansas | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-27@ Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 59-20vs West Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-24@ BYU | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
 Bowl | L 24-38vs No. 14 Arizona | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 6 · 2023
W 34-30
vs Texas · neutral site
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 4 tackles
Edged out Texas at a neutral site in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
13%2 TFLSack rate
7%1 sackHurry rate
0%0 hurries15 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Venables
Pass share
47.2%
453 pass / 506 run
Plays / game
73.8
13 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
436 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #168 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Notre Dame and Oklahoma, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 31 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Brian Kelly, Marcus Freeman and Brent Venables.
