Jake Shipley

Former defensive lineman at North Texas. 2024: 2 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

DL · North Texas · Sr. · #9

6′3″ · 260 lb · Indio, CA

CFB Index 34 · #308 of 426 edge rushersLow confidenceNorth Texas 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 922 nationally · Signed with Shadow Hills

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at North Texas. 2024: 2 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Shadow Hills in 2020.
Transferred from Oregon to North Texas in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at North Texas, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2020

Recruited3-star out of Shadow Hills

202411 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#922 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021–2022

Seth Littrell

North Texas

2023–2024

Eric Morris

North Texas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Seth Littrell → Eric Morris. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Oregon10-4HC: Bryan McClendon · Run-leaning

2022Oregon10-3HC: Dan Lanning · Run-leaning

2023Oregon12-2HC: Dan Lanning · Balanced

2024North Texas6-7HC: Eric Morris · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

34Below cohort / limited sample #308 of 426?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (89th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#255 / 2892 · 89th pct

Sacks#502 / 2892 · 79th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#1216 / 2892 · 55th pct

2.5

Tackles#1695 / 2892 · 40th pct

Solo tackles#1748 / 2892 · 37th pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.0	0.2	0.2	0.0
Road5g	2.4	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.5	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	0.4	0.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Neal Brown

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

34 · #308 of 426 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #308 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	North Texas	24	12	2.5	2.0	--	--	--
2023	Oregon	7	3	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Oregon	5	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Oregon	3	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		39	18	4.0	2.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 35–20

vs Stephen F. Austin

0 TFL · 1 SOLO · 2 TOT

With C. Morris — 322 yds · 4 TD · 3 INT · QBR 22.3 · -7 rush yds (5 car) · S. Evans — 37 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 2	W 35-20vs Stephen F. Austin	2	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 21-66@ Texas Tech	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 44-17vs Wyoming	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 52-20vs Tulsa	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 41-37@ Florida Atlantic	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 37-45vs Tulane	2	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 11	L 3-14vs Army	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 27-48@ UTSA	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 13	L 28-40vs East Carolina	5	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 24-17@ Temple	2	1	1.0	1.0	—
Bowl	L 28-30@ Texas State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		24	12	2.5	2.0	—

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