Jacob Redding is a safety at Baylor who has not played in Baylor's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Baylor lists 34 defensive backs this season.
Baylor is 5-3. Next: vs Iowa State, Sat Nov 7.
Redding moves between deep coverage and the slot. Second year in the Baylor secondary. On tape: 8 tackles against TCU, Week 8, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
53 tackles. 2 passes defended. 3 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-38vs Auburn | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-45@ No. 17 SMU | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-7vs Samford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-27vs Arizona State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-27@ Oklahoma State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-34vs Kansas State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 36-42@ TCU | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 20-41@ No. 21 Cincinnati | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 30-3vs UCF | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 28-55vs No. 15 Utah | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-41@ Arizona | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 39 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 |
Week 2 · 2025
W 48-45
at SMU
1 interception · 5 tackles · 5 solo tackles
Edged out SMU on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
53tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFL53 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 2 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
2 seasons under Dave Aranda — 13-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 5.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Aranda
Pass share
55.5%
510 pass / 409 run
Plays / game
76.6
12 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
565 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #121 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #10 of 40 Big 12 Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dave Aranda.
