Jacob Redding

Senior safety for Baylor. 2025: 3 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 53 tackles.

S · Baylor · Sr. · #8

6′1″ · 198 lb · New Braunfels, TX · New Braunfels HS

CFB Index 67 · #121 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Baylor for 2026

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The numbers

interceptions · 2025

2 PBU · 53 tackles · 0.5 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, 5 tackles, at SMU

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Baylor. 2025: 3 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 53 tackles.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Solo tackles: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

Jacob Redding

S · Baylor · Sr · #8

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Second year in the Baylor secondary, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 8 tackles against TCU, Week 8, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Dave Aranda — 13-12 over that span.

2024Baylor8-5HC: Dave Aranda · Run-leaning

2025Baylor5-7HC: Dave Aranda · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

67Quality starter #121 of 544?

Medium confidenceBreakout7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (91st percentile). Strength: interceptions (90th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#237 / 2975 · 91st pct

Interceptions#56 / 817 · 90th pct

Tackles#525 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Tackles for loss#2332 / 2975 · 18th 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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #121 of 544 safeties

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

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Baylor	53	39	0.5	2	3	--
2024	Baylor	11	5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		64	44	0.5	2	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 48–45

at SMU

5 SOLO · 5 TOT · 1 INT

Edged out SMU on the road in a shootout.

With S. Robertson — 440 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.9 · 20 rush yds (6 car) · J. Cameron — 9 rec · 151 yds · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 24-38vs Auburn	6	6	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 48-45@ SMU	5	5	0.0	1	0
Wk 3	W 42-7vs Samford	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 24-27vs Arizona State	2	2	0.0	—	2
Wk 5	W 45-27@ Oklahoma State	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 35-34vs Kansas State	6	5	0.0	1	0
Wk 8	L 36-42@ TCU	8	6	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 9	L 20-41@ Cincinnati	6	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 30-3vs UCF	4	3	0.0	1	0
Wk 12	L 28-55vs Utah	7	4	0.5	—	0
Wk 13	L 17-41@ Arizona	5	4	0.0	—	0
Total		53	39	0.5	3	2

How he plays

Play style

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

53Tackles

39Solo

0.5TFL

0Sacks

2Pass def.

3INT

53 tackles. 2 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.

Week 21 INT
Week 42 PD
Week 61 INT
Week 101 INT

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.

2026 Outlook

Baylor

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Safety · Baylor

Returning around him

2 Baylor players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -1 net (31 in / 32 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Baylor · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #43 · 2026 recruiting class #57

DNA match

Player DNA

Hybrid Nickel

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Carter Davis’s 2025 season.

Carter Davis

82%match

Boston College · 2025

Jaylen McClain

Ohio State · 2025

All-Big Ten

80%

Da'Quan Johnson

Duke · 2021

78%

Kevin Anderson

Texas State · 2020

77%

Kaj Sanders

Rutgers · 2025

77%

Matches Carter on

Class year

PD rate

Tackle volume

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Carter Davis's sophomore season at Boston College (2025).

Carter Davis

88%match

Boston College · 2025

Ike Rowell

UAB · 2023

85%

Jaylen McClain

Ohio State · 2025

All-Big Ten

84%

K.J. Kirkland

Florida State · 2024

83%

Kyland Reed

Baylor · 2025

83%

Matches Carter on

Class year

PD rate

Weight

Player DNA

Players who play like Jacob Redding

Carter Davis

Boston College · 2025

82%

Jaylen McClain

Ohio State · 2025

80%

Background

2025 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in 11 games with nine starts … Started the last nine games played in, missing the Houston season finale due to injury … Finished with 53 tackles, 0.5 TFLs, three interceptions – including one returned for a TD – with two PBUs … Was Baylor’s highest rated defender...

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The secondary · Baylor

#3Devyn BobbyS · Sr.77 tackles · 2025
#8Jacob ReddingS · Sr.53 tackles · 2025
#14Daniel CobbsS · Sr.39 tackles · 2025
#17Tyler TurnerS · Sr.30 tackles · 2025
#25Levar Thornton Jr.CB · Sr.27 tackles · 2025

26 more on the roster · Baylor team page

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