Jeremy Mack Jr.

Senior linebacker for Old Dominion. 2025: 75 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks.

LB · Old Dominion · Sr. · #4

5′10″ · 200 lb · Clinton, MS

CFB Index 86 · #29 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Old Dominion for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 6 pm ETvs East CarolinaS.B. Ballard StadiumOld Dominion by 3

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Sacks: 97th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

10 TFL · 5.5 sacks · 3 PBU

Best game: 9 tackles, 2 TFL, 1.5 sacks, at James Madison

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Old Dominion. 2025: 75 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Colorado in 2022.

His career, year by year

Jeremy Mack Jr.

LB · Old Dominion · Sr · #4

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Jeremy Mack Jr. has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. 2025 brought the first one: All-Sun Belt. One game to point at: 11 tackles, 1.5 TFL against South Florida — Bowl, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Colorado1-11HC: Mike Sanford Jr. · Balanced, slow tempo

2023Old Dominion6-7HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-leaning

2024Old Dominion5-7HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-leaning

2025Old Dominion10-3HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

86All-Conference level #29 of 583?

High confidenceBreakout7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (97th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (96th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#90 / 2975 · 97th pct

5.5

Tackles for loss#103 / 2975 · 96th pct

10.0

Tackles#207 / 2975 · 93rd pct

Solo tackles#322 / 2975 · 89th pct

QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st 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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.7	0.5	0.3	0.5
Road7g	6.7	1.0	0.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.4	0.8	0.4	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	5.0	0.8	0.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ricky Rahne

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

86 · #29 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #29 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #3 of 63 Sun Belt LBs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Old Dominion	75	36	10.0	5.5	3	1	--
2024	Old Dominion	22	12	3.5	3.0	--	--	--
2023	Old Dominion	4	4	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Colorado	48	33	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		149	85	14.5	8.5	3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 16 · 2025

W 24–10

at South Florida

11 TOT · 10 SOLO · 1 SACKS

With Q. Henicle — 127 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 40.2 · 107 rush yds (24 car) · 2 TD · I. Brandt — -4 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 14-27@ Indiana	6	2	1.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 2	W 54-6vs North Carolina Central	5	4	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 45-26@ Virginia Tech	9	6	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 21-7vs Liberty	5	2	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 6	W 47-7vs Coastal Carolina	3	0	0.5	0.0	—	2
Wk 7	L 24-48@ Marshall	6	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 27-63@ James Madison	9	3	2.0	1.5	—	0
Wk 9	W 24-21vs App State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 31-6@ UL Monroe	4	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 33-0vs Troy	5	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 45-10@ Georgia Southern	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 27-10vs Georgia State	8	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 24-10@ South Florida	11	10	1.5	1.0	—	0
Total		75	36	10.0	5.5	1	3

How he plays

Play style

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

75Tackles

36Solo

10TFL

5.5Sacks

3Pass def.

1INT

75 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 10 TFL.

Week 11 sack
Week 11 sack
Week 21 sack · 1 PD
Week 51 INT
Week 62 PD
Week 81.5 sacks
Week 121 sack

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.

2026 Outlook

Old Dominion

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Old Dominion

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -7 net (15 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Old Dominion · Last season: 10-3 · Talent rank #122 · 2026 recruiting class #96

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jaiden Francois’s 2025 season.

Jaiden Francois

67%match

Duke · 2025

Josiah Robinson

Georgia State · 2024

65%

Melique Straker

Arkansas State · 2022

65%

Colin Ramos

Navy · 2022

61%

Jalen Davis

Middle Tennessee · 2024

60%

Matches Jaiden on

Hurry rate

Weight

TFL rate

Differs from Jaiden on

Sack rate (higher)

Solo tackle rate (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Kory Chapman's senior season at UTEP (2024).

Kory Chapman

80%match

UTEP · 2024

All-Conference USA

Jaiden Francois

Duke · 2025

74%

Cameron Bergeron

Duke · 2024

72%

John Bullock

Nebraska · 2024

71%

Darren Anders

Bowling Green · 2023

All-MAC

70%

Matches Kory on

Tackle volume

Weight

TFL rate

Differs from Kory on

Sack rate (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Jeremy Mack Jr.

Jaiden Francois

Duke · 2025

67%

Rayquon Hartley

Middle Tennessee · 2023

51%

The linebacker corps · Old Dominion

#4Jeremy Mack Jr.LB · Sr.75 tackles · 2025
#38Seth NaotalaLB · Sr.64 tackles · 2025
#18Jackson ForrestLB · So.52 tackles · 2025
#13Jed Olotu-JudahLB · So.14 tackles · 2025
#24Dirrick GoodmanLB · Jr.11 tackles · 2025

14 more on the roster · Old Dominion team page

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

Jeremy Mack Jr.

20228 games

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker

Players who play like Jeremy Mack Jr.

The linebacker corps · Old Dominion