Jakari Foster

Senior defensive back for Louisiana Tech. 2025: 8 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 55 tackles.

DB · Louisiana Tech · Sr. · #6

6′0″ · 206 lb · Piedmont, AL

CFB Index 93 · #4 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceNational watchReturning to Louisiana Tech for 2026

How he plays

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

Interceptions: 100th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

4 PBU · 55 tackles · 1.5 TFL

Best game: 2 INT, 8 tackles, vs Liberty

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Louisiana Tech. 2025: 8 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 55 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Louisiana Tech in 2024.
Named All-America (AP) in 2025.
Named All-America (AP) in 2025.

His career, year by year

Jakari Foster

DB · Louisiana Tech · Sr · #6

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Second year in the Louisiana Tech secondary, same address the whole way. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-America (AP) (Associated Press). One game to point at: 10 tackles against Western Kentucky — Week 9, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Sonny Cumbie — 13-13 over that span.

2024Louisiana Tech5-8HC: Sonny Cumbie · Run-leaning

2025Louisiana Tech8-5HC: Sonny Cumbie · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

93All-America level #4 of 544?

Medium confidenceAscending7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (100th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (88th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#1 / 817 · 100th pct

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Passes defended#340 / 2975 · 86th pct

Tackles#484 / 2975 · 83rd pct

Solo tackles#696 / 2975 · 76th pct

Tackles for loss#1711 / 2975 · 39th pct

1.5

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road6g	4.2	0.1	0.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.3	0.1	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	6.4	0.1	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Cumbie

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

National watch / fringe AA

In the All-America conversation, short of a selector's first team.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

93 · #4 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #4 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #1 of 43 Conference USA DBs — his program moves to the Sun Belt for 2026

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. 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 Sun Belt.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Louisiana Tech	55	26	1.5	4	8	--
2024	Louisiana Tech	33	18	0.0	1	1	--
Career		88	44	1.5	5	9	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 24–0

vs SE Louisiana

3 TOT · 1 INT

Dominant 24-point win at home against SE Louisiana.

With J. Hoyet Chance — 48 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 59 LONG · T. Kukuk — 130 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 23.2 · 48 rush yds (16 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 24-0vs SE Louisiana	3	0	0.0	1	0
Wk 2	L 7-23@ LSU	2	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 49-14vs New Mexico State	4	2	0.0	1	0
Wk 4	W 30-20vs Southern Miss	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 30-11@ UTEP	5	1	0.0	1	1
Wk 7	L 7-35@ Kennesaw State	4	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 27-28vs Western Kentucky	10	5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 11	L 24-25@ Delaware	4	2	0.5	1	0
Wk 12	L 3-28@ Washington State	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 34-28vs Liberty	8	3	0.0	2	0
Wk 14	W 42-30@ Missouri State	6	4	0.0	1	1
Bowl	W 23-14vs Coastal Carolina	4	3	1.0	1	0
Total		55	26	1.5	8	4

How he plays

Play style

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

55Tackles

26Solo

1.5TFL

0Sacks

4Pass def.

8INT

55 tackles. 4 passes defended. 8 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.

Week 11 INT
Week 11 INT
Week 21 PD
Week 31 INT
Week 51 PD · 1 INT
Week 71 PD
Week 111 INT
Week 132 INT
Week 141 PD · 1 INT

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

Louisiana Tech

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Louisiana Tech

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -13 net (11 in / 24 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Louisiana Tech · Last season: 8-5 · Talent rank #124 · 2026 recruiting class #99

DNA match

Player DNA

Rover

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jake Springer’s 2021 season.

Jake Springer

84%match

Ole Miss · 2021

Dave Herard

Western Kentucky · 2025

83%

Mark Perry

TCU · 2023

83%

Tyler Rudolph

Massachusetts · 2024

82%

Anthony Johnson Jr.

Iowa State · 2021

81%

Matches Jake on

PD rate

Tackle volume

Weight

Differs from Jake on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Anthony Johnson Jr.'s sophomore season at Iowa State (2021).

Anthony Johnson Jr.

93%match

Iowa State · 2021

All-Big 12

Christian Ellis

New Mexico · 2023

All-Mountain West

91%

Elliott Davison

UTSA · 2024

88%

Marcus Fuqua

Buffalo · 2021

All-MAC

85%

Marcis Floyd

West Virginia · 2022

85%

Matches Anthony on

Class year

Height

PD rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Jakari Foster

Dre Pinckney

Coastal Carolina · 2025

87%

Larry Turner-Gooden

San José State · 2025

78%

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

Jakari Foster

20246 games

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

National watch / fringe AA

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Rover

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