Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 11 | W 44-7vs UConn | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-0@ South Carolina | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Jake Venables
Junior linebacker for Clemson. 2021: 3 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.
6′2″ · 235 lb · Clemson, SC
Clemson 2021 alumnus
Recruiting
3★
OLB recruit
No. 455 nationally · Signed with Clemson
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 linebacker for Clemson. 2021: 3 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Clemson in 2018.
Jake Venables
Fourth year in the Clemson linebacker corps, same address the whole way. The receipt: 2 tackles, 1 TFL against South Carolina — Week 13, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- seasons on the roster
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Clemson, 66 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
2018
- Signed with Clemson3-star out of D.W. Daniel
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Clemson
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coach2018–2021
Clemson
Played his entire career under Dabo Swinney.
2021 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 49-6 over that span.
2018Clemson15-0HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced
2019Clemson14-1HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced
2020Clemson10-2HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo
2021Clemson10-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Pass-leaning, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 1.5 TKL/g, 0.8 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dabo Swinney
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology