#40

Jason Cabinda

Linebacker for Penn State. 2017: 88 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks.

LB · Penn State · #40

6′1″ · 234 lb · Flemington, NJ

Penn State 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 832 nationally · Signed with Penn State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 linebacker for Penn State. 2017: 88 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Penn State in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Penn State, 168 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2014

Signed with Penn State3-star out of Hunterdon Central

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#832 national

CFB

College

Penn State

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

1 coach

2015–2017

James Franklin

Penn State

Played his entire career under James Franklin.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under James Franklin — 29-11 over that span.

2015Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2016Penn State11-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2017Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (95th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (84th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#128 / 2682 · 95th pct

Tackles for loss#386 / 2682 · 84th pct

6.5

Sacks#401 / 2682 · 84th pct

2.5

Solo tackles#518 / 2682 · 80th pct

Passes defended#483 / 2682 · 77th pct

QB hurries#717 / 2682 · 63rd pct

Forced fumbles#69 / 715 · 45th 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

2017 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	7.8	0.4	0.2	0.4
Road5g	5.2	0.6	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.3	0.5	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	7.3	0.5	0.2	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Penn State	88	34	6.5	2.5	3	--	--
2016	Penn State	80	36	4.0	1.0	3	--	--
2015	Penn State	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		168	70	10.5	3.5	6	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2017

W 35–28

vs Washington

4 TOT · 2 SOLO · 0 TFL

Edged out Washington at home in a shootout.

With T. McSorley — 342 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 90.4 · 60 rush yds (12 car) · S. Barkley — 137 rush yds (18 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week