Jeffery Pooler Jr.

Senior defensive lineman for Northwestern. 2021: 3.5 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.

DL · Northwestern · Sr. · #5

6′2″ · 250 lb · Dayton, OH

CFB Index 63 · #119 of 370 edge rushersLow confidenceNorthwestern 2021 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for Northwestern. 2021: 3.5 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Northwestern, 10 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2021

Pat Fitzgerald

Northwestern

Played his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017West Virginia7-6HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

2018West Virginia8-4HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

2019West Virginia5-7HC: Neal Brown · Pass-leaning

2020West Virginia6-4HC: Neal Brown · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Northwestern3-9HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

63Quality starter #119 of 370?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (89th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (17th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#280 / 2743 · 89th pct

3.5

QB hurries#530 / 2743 · 75th pct

Tackles for loss#688 / 2743 · 73rd pct

4.5

Tackles#1636 / 2743 · 39th pct

Passes defended#1695 / 2743 · 19th pct

Solo tackles#2216 / 2743 · 17th 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

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.2	0.6	0.4	0.0
Road4g	3.0	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.0	0.8	0.6	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

David Braun

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

63 · #119 of 370 edge rushers

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Northwestern	25	8	4.5	3.5	--	--	--
2020	West Virginia	22	12	5.0	3.0	1	--	--
2019	West Virginia	23	13	5.0	2.0	3	--	--
2018	West Virginia	2	2	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2017	West Virginia	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		73	36	15.5	9.5	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2021

W 24–6

vs Indiana State

0 TFL · 0 SACKS · 2 TOT

With D. Adams — 43 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 53 LONG · B. Joseph — 2 SOLO · 2 TOT · 55 AVG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 2	W 24-6vs Indiana State	2	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 3	L 23-30@ Duke	5	2	1.0	1.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 4	W 35-6vs Ohio	4	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 7	W 21-7vs Rutgers	1	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 7-33@ Michigan	4	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 14-41vs Minnesota	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 12-17vs Iowa	3	3	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 11	L 7-35@ Wisconsin	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 14-32vs Purdue	2	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 14-47@ Illinois	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		25	8	4.5	3.5	—

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

Jeffery Pooler Jr.

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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