Senior defensive tackle for Michigan State. 2022: 0.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.
6′4″ · 315 lb · Lewis Center, OH
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
SDE recruit
No. 1127 nationally · Signed with Michigan State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive tackle for Michigan State. 2022: 0.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.
Jacob Slade
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Five seasons at Michigan State, two different head coaches: Mark Dantonio and Mel Tucker. 2021 brought the first one: All-Big Ten. One game to point at: 5 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Penn State — Week 13, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Michigan State, 87 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mark Dantonio → Mel Tucker. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (85th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (16th 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
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #241 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Michigan State | 20 | 7 | 3.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Michigan State | 40 | 16 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Michigan State | 13 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Michigan State | 13 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Michigan State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 87 | 31 | 11.5 | 4.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2022
W 23–15
at Illinois
2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 0 TFL
With B. Baringer — 49 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 68 LONG · P. Thorne — 182 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 69.6 · 10 rush yds (6 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-13vs Western Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 52-0vs Akron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-28vs Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-29@ Michigan | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 23-15@ Illinois | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-21vs Rutgers | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 31-39vs Indiana | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 16-35@ Penn State | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 20 | 7 | 3.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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.
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Keivie Rose’s 2021 season.
Matches Keivie on
Differs from Keivie on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Domonique Orange's graduate season at Iowa State (2024).
Matches Domonique on
Player DNA