Jakari Embry

Senior defensive back for Fresno State. 2025: 2 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 26 tackles.

DB · Fresno State · Sr. · #1

5′11″ · 190 lb · Gadsden, AL

CFB Index 69 · #86 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Fresno State for 2026

How he plays

Erases the deep middle of the field.

Passes defended: 96th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

7 PBU · 26 tackles

Best game: 1 INT, 2 tackles, vs Miami (OH)

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Fresno State. 2025: 2 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 26 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Fresno State in 2024.

His career, year by year

Jakari Embry

DB · Fresno State · Sr · #1

Erases the deep middle of the field. Jakari Embry has been at Fresno State through two head coaches in two seasons. The receipt: 6 tackles against Hawai'i — Week 4, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Fresno State6-7HC: Tim Skipper · Balanced

2025Fresno State9-4HC: Matt Entz · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

69Quality starter #86 of 364?

Low confidenceBreakout8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (96th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#85 / 2975 · 96th pct

Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct

Solo tackles#1029 / 2975 · 64th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Tackles#1609 / 2975 · 45th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Tackles for loss#2548 / 2975 · 7th pct

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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

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.6
Road5g	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+4g	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Entz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

69 · #86 of 364 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #86 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Pac-12

Based on 2025: #9 of 42 Mountain West DBs — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026

How the All-Pac-12 estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player. The base rate was measured on players who stayed in the same conference; this estimate is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Fresno State	26	20	0.0	7	2	--
2024	Fresno State	33	18	2.5	1	--	--
Career		59	38	2.5	8	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 56–7

vs Southern

3 TOT · 2 SOLO

Dominant 49-point win at home against Southern.

With E. Warner — 240 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.2 · -10 rush yds (2 car) · B. Donelson — 90 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 7-31@ Kansas	1	1	—	0
Wk 1	W 42-14vs Georgia Southern	0	0	—	2
Wk 2	W 36-27@ Oregon State	2	1	1	1
Wk 3	W 56-7vs Southern	3	2	—	0
Wk 4	W 23-21@ Hawai'i	6	6	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 9	L 0-23vs San Diego State	3	2	—	1
Wk 10	W 30-7@ Boise State	3	2	—	2
Wk 13	L 17-28vs Utah State	2	2	—	0
Wk 14	W 41-14@ San José State	4	4	—	1
Bowl	W 18-3vs Miami (OH)	2	0	1	0
Total		26	20	2	7

How he plays

Play style

Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

26Tackles

20Solo

0TFL

0Sacks

7Pass def.

2INT

26 tackles. 7 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 0 TFL.

Week 12 PD
Week 11 INT
Week 21 PD · 1 INT
Week 91 PD
Week 102 PD
Week 141 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Fresno State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Fresno State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +3 net (13 in / 10 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Fresno State · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #88 · 2026 recruiting class #70

DNA match

Player DNA

Centerfielder

Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Daryl Porter Jr.’s 2024 season.

Daryl Porter Jr.

80%match

Miami · 2024

Marquis Wilson

Purdue · 2023

79%

Alex Hogan

Houston · 2021

77%

Chris Jefferson

Purdue · 2022

73%

Cedric Woods

Louisiana Tech · 2021

72%

Matches Daryl on

PD rate

Tackle volume

Class year

Differs from Daryl on

Height (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to D'Jordan Strong's sophomore season at Coastal Carolina (2021).

D'Jordan Strong

94%match

Coastal Carolina · 2021

All-Sun Belt

Jordan Dunbar

Rice · 2022

All-Conference USA

84%

Faion Hicks

Wisconsin · 2021

NFL Rd 7

81%

Kobe Singleton

Liberty · 2022

All-Conference USA

81%

Dashawn Jones

Wake Forest · 2022

81%

Matches D'Jordan on

Class year

Height

TFL rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Jakari Embry

Jackson Lataimua

Washington State · 2024

86%

Tahveon Nicholson

Louisville · 2024

86%

Kenneth Robinson

UTSA · 2024

85%

Joedrick Lewis

Ball State · 2025

79%

Brenden Deasfernandes

Central Michigan · 2025

72%

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

202410 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Centerfielder

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