Senior safety on UNLV's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 200 lb · Buford, GA
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
S recruit
No. 391 nationally · Signed with Alabama
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on UNLV's 2026 roster.
How he projects
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.
Grades highest in play recognition and speed.
The full scouting readJake Pope
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. This is his second year in the same secondary at UNLV. The receipt: 13 tackles against Memphis — Week 1, 2026.
23 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Dan Mullen, all run-leaning offenses — 11-6 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: tackles (97th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (20th 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
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 13.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Mullen
Pass share
41.6%
87 pass / 122 run
Plays / game
69.7
3 games
Team sack rate
9.3%
108 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Recognition
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Mountain West
Based on 2025: #11 of 42 Mountain West DBs
22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. 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.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 21–6
at Hawai'i
6 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 QB HUR
With M. Choules — 45 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 64 LONG · J. Arnold — 116 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 81.5 · 89 rush yds (16 car) · 2 TD
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-27vs Memphis | 13 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 1 | W 21-6@ Hawai'i | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 6-44@ North Texas | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 23 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
UNLV
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · UNLV
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
UNLV · Last season: 10-4 · Talent rank #56 · 2026 recruiting class #63
Player DNA
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Isaiah Nwokobia’s 2025 season.
Matches Isaiah on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Muhammed Jammeh's sophomore season at Northern Illinois (2022).
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Player DNA
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