Jake Rothschiller: S · New Mexico · #28.
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Jake Rothschiller
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Two seasons in the New Mexico secondary to date. On tape: 12 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Air Force, Week 5, 2017.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
76 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 6 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | New Mexico | 76 | 46 | 6.0 | 2.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2016 | New Mexico | 25 | 17 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Career | 101 | 63 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-14vs Abilene Christian | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 28-30vs New Mexico State | 6 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-28@ Boise State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 16-13@ Tulsa | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 56-38vs Air Force | 12 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 0-38@ Fresno State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-27vs Colorado State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 3-42@ Wyoming | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-24vs Utah State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-55@ Texas A&M | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 35-38vs UNLV | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-35@ San Diego State | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 76 | 46 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 |
Week 1 · 2017
W 38-14
1 interception · 1 sack · 1 tackle for loss
Dominant 24-point win at home against Abilene Christian.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
76tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%6 TFL76 tackles · 6 for loss · 2 sacks · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Bob Davie, all run-heavy offenses — 12-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 7.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bob Davie
Pass share
30.9%
241 pass / 539 run
Plays / game
65.0
12 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
267 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
76 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at New Mexico, 101 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bob Davie.
