Senior defensive lineman on Boston College's 2021 roster.
6′3″ · 255 lb · Auburn, MA
The story
4 defensive lineman on Boston College's roster.
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 2750 nationally · Signed with Massachusetts
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonJake Byczko
Three head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 2 tackles against Louisville — Week 8, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Boston College, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The snaps went the other way.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Steve Addazio → Jeff Hafley. 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: tackles (0th 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
2021 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road2g | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill O'Brien
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Boston College | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Massachusetts | 14 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Massachusetts | 34 | 11 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Massachusetts | 55 | 17 | 5.0 | 3.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Massachusetts | 23 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Career | 131 | 44 | 13.0 | 4.5 | 6 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | L 14-28@ Louisville | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 6-21@ Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 17-3vs Virginia Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-41vs Wake Forest | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |