Jaquan Brisker: S · Penn State · #1.
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Jaquan Brisker
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Three seasons in the Penn State secondary to date. All-America (CBS) in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 8 tackles against Michigan State, Week 13, 2021.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
63 tackles. 5 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Penn State | 63 | 38 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 | -- |
| 2020 | Penn State | 57 | 33 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | Penn State | 31 | 14 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 151 | 85 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 16-10@ No. 12 Wisconsin | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-13vs Ball State | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-20vs No. 22 Auburn | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-17vs Villanova | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-0vs Indiana | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-23@ No. 3 Iowa | 9 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 18-20vs Illinois | 8 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-33@ No. 5 Ohio State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-14@ Maryland | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-21vs No. 9 Michigan | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-0vs Rutgers | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-30@ No. 12 Michigan State | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 63 | 38 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 |
Week 1 · 2021
W 16-10
at Wisconsin
1 interception · 1 tackle for loss · 4 tackles
A close one, won by 6 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
63tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%6 TFL63 tackles · 6 for loss · 5 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
3 seasons under James Franklin — 22-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 6.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
52.2%
458 pass / 419 run
Plays / game
73.1
12 games
Team sack rate
6.8%
547 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
First team on a list outside the NCAA-recognized selectors.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #281 at the position.
Selector Grid · 2021
How it ended
Three seasons at Penn State, 151 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #48 overall by the Chicago Bears.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2021)
named by 1 selector
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under James Franklin.
Next stop · NFL
Chicago BearsEntering 5th NFL season
Chicago BearsEntering 5th NFL season
