Jacob Roberts: LB · Wake Forest · #40.
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Jacob Roberts
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Came to Wake Forest by way of North Carolina A&T. The first one came in 2023: ACC Linebacker Player of the Week. On tape: 13 tackles and 4 tackles for loss against Old Dominion, Week 3, 2023.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
82 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 10 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Wake Forest | 82 | 39 | 10.0 | 6.0 | 1 |
| Career | 82 | 39 | 10.0 | 6.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-17vs Elon | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 36-20vs Vanderbilt | 11 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-24@ Old Dominion | 13 | 4 | 4.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 16-30vs Georgia Tech | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 12-17@ Clemson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-30@ Virginia Tech | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-17vs Pittsburgh | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-41vs No. 4 Florida State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-24@ Duke | 5 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 6-26vs NC State | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-45@ No. 20 Notre Dame | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-35@ Syracuse | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 82 | 39 | 10.0 | 6.0 | — | 1 |
Week 3 · 2023
W 27-24
at Old Dominion
3 sacks · 4 tackles for loss · 13 tackles
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
82tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%10 TFLSack rate
7%6 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups82 tackles · 10 for loss · 6 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 7.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 6.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.7 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Clawson
Pass share
41.0%
321 pass / 461 run
Plays / game
65.2
12 games
Team sack rate
12.8%
367 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
82 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #48 at the position.
How it ended
One season at Wake Forest, 82 tackles — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
The role got bigger.
