Senior linebacker for Michigan State. 2023: 15 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′2″ · 250 lb · New Orleans, LA
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
ILB recruit
No. 2117 nationally · Signed with UNLV
Career night12 tackles · 3 TFL · 3 sacksvs San Diego State (FBS) · L 20-28
Top 1% tackles game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Michigan State. 2023: 15 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
Jacoby Windmon
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Across five seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Tony Sanchez, Marcus Arroyo and Mel Tucker. Two straight seasons of it now: Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week again in 2022. The receipt on tape: 8 tackles, 1 TFL against Central Michigan, Week 1, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Michigan State, 233 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 2ND TEAM
All-Mountain West 2nd team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
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
Concern: solo tackles (6th 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
2023 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 5.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 5.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 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 · 2023
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Michigan State | 15 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Michigan State | 49 | 18 | 10.5 | 5.5 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | UNLV | 118 | 72 | 11.5 | 6.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | UNLV | 39 | 24 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | UNLV | 12 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 233 | 124 | 31.0 | 18.5 | 6 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023
W 45–14
vs Richmond
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-7vs Central Michigan | 8 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 45-14vs Richmond | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-41vs Washington | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Myles Jackson’s 2022 season.
Matches Myles on
Differs from Myles on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Dennard Flowers's graduate season at South Florida (2025).
Matches Dennard on
Player DNA