Defensive back on New Mexico State's 2017 roster.
6′0″ · 207 lb · Arlington, TX
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 2952 nationally · Signed with New Mexico State
Statement game19 tackles · 1.5 TFLvs Louisiana (FBS) · W 37-31
Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2017 defensive back on New Mexico State's roster.
Jacob Nwangwa
2 stars out of high school, three seasons of real snaps at New Mexico State since. The receipt on tape: 7 tackles against Arkansas, Week 5, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at New Mexico State, 104 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Doug Martin.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Doug Martin — 13-24 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (8th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2017 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Sanchez
Pass share
52.3%
101 pass / 92 run
Plays / game
64.3
3 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
107 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | New Mexico State | 16 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | New Mexico State | 88 | 33 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2015 | New Mexico State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- |
| Career | 104 | 43 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-37@ Arizona State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 30-28@ New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-14vs UTEP | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-42@ Arkansas | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 34-47@ Louisiana | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |