#99

Jacob Sykes

Senior defensive lineman for UCLA. 2022: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 26 tackles.

DL · UCLA · Sr. · #99

6′3″ · 277 lb · Kansas City, MO

CFB Index 57 · #112 of 278 interior linemenLow confidenceUCLA 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 1410 nationally · Signed with Harvard

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for UCLA. 2022: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 26 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Harvard in 2018.
Transferred from Harvard to UCLA in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at UCLA, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2018

Signed with Harvard3-star out of Rockhurst

202212 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1410 national

CFB

College

UCLA

2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022UCLA9-4HC: Chip Kelly · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

57Quality starter #112 of 278?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (85th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#329 / 2755 · 85th pct

Sacks#845 / 2755 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles#1508 / 2755 · 44th pct

Solo tackles#1573 / 2755 · 41st pct

Tackles for loss#1784 / 2755 · 29th pct

1.0

Passes defended#1741 / 2755 · 18th pct

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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	2.4	0.1	0.1	0.0
Road4g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.0	0.1	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.3	0.1	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bob Chesney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

57 · #112 of 278 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #112 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	UCLA	26	13	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		26	13	1.0	1.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2022

W 42–32

vs Utah

4 TOT · 1 SOLO · 0 SACKS

Edged out Utah at home in a shootout.

With D. Thompson-Robinson — 299 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 94.9 · 8 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · Z. Charbonnet — 198 rush yds (22 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 45-17vs Bowling Green	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 45-7vs Alabama State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 32-31vs South Alabama	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 45-17@ Colorado	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 40-32vs Washington	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 42-32vs Utah	4	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 8	L 30-45@ Oregon	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 38-13vs Stanford	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 50-36@ Arizona State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 28-34vs Arizona	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 12	L 45-48vs USC	3	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 13	W 35-28@ California	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		26	13	1.0	1.0	—

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