Jesse Brubaker: DE · Tulsa · #8.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jesse Brubaker
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Two seasons in the Tulsa defensive front to date. A game that shows it: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Houston — Week 7, 2017.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
56 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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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There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-59@ No. 10 Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 66-42vs Louisiana | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 51-54@ Toledo | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-16vs New Mexico | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 28-62@ Tulane | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-17vs Houston | 10 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 14-20@ UConn | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-38@ SMU | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-41vs No. 22 Memphis | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-27@ No. 23 South Florida | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 22-43vs Temple | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 56 | 28 | 6.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
2%1 sackTFL rate
12%6 TFL56 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 1 sack.
2 seasons under Philip Montgomery — 12-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.6 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.6 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Philip Montgomery
Pass share
32.8%
291 pass / 597 run
Plays / game
74.0
12 games
Team sack rate
8.1%
333 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
56 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Tulsa, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bill Blankenship → Philip Montgomery. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
