Jakari Embry is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Fresno State.
Embry erases the deep middle of the field. Played for two head coaches at Fresno State: Tim Skipper and Matt Entz. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against Hawai'i — Week 4, 2025.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 7 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 0 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Fresno State | 26 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | Fresno State | 33 | 18 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 59 | 38 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 8 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-31@ Kansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 42-14vs Georgia Southern | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 36-27@ Oregon State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 56-7vs Southern | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 23-21@ Hawai'i | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 0-23vs San Diego State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 30-7@ Boise State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-28vs Utah State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 41-14@ San José State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 18-3vs Miami (OH) | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
27%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
26tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL26 tackles · 7 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| 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
Head Coach
Matt Entz
Pass share
44.2%
373 pass / 471 run
Plays / game
64.9
13 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
368 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
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
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%). It was measured on players who stayed in the same conference and is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tim Skipper → Matt Entz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
