JaCoby Stevens: S · LSU · #7.
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JaCoby Stevens
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Four seasons in the LSU secondary to date. On tape: 11 tackles against Vanderbilt, Week 5, 2020.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
63 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 34-44vs Mississippi State | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 5 | W 41-7@ Vanderbilt | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 41-45vs Missouri | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 52-24vs South Carolina | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 11-48@ Auburn | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 27-24@ Arkansas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-20@ No. 5 Texas A&M | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-55vs No. 1 Alabama | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 37-34@ No. 6 Florida | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 16 | W 53-48vs Ole Miss | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 63 | 30 | 6.0 | 3.0 | — | 4 |
Week 15 · 2020
W 37-34
at Florida
0.5 sacks · 0.5 tackles for loss · 8 tackles
Edged out Florida on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%4 pass breakupsTackle volume
63tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%6 TFL63 tackles · 6 for loss · 3 sacks · 4 pass breakups.
4 seasons under Ed Orgeron — 39-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 6.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 7.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 5.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ed Orgeron
Pass share
54.6%
414 pass / 344 run
Plays / game
75.8
10 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
450 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2020
63 tackles in 10 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at LSU, 184 tackles — drafted at #224 overall by the Philadelphia Eagles.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Ed Orgeron.
Next stop · NFL
Philadelphia EaglesEntering 6th NFL season
Philadelphia EaglesEntering 6th NFL season
