Jonah Pace is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Iowa.
Pace wins the gap play after play. Played for two head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Jim McElwain and Kirk Ferentz. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Iowa State — Week 2, 2025.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Iowa | 19 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2024 | Central Michigan | 34 | 19 | 11.0 | 4.0 | 2 |
| 2023 | Central Michigan | 15 | 8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Central Michigan | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 72 | 37 | 12.5 | 5.0 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-7vs UAlbany | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-16@ No. 16 Iowa State | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 47-7vs Massachusetts | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-28@ Rutgers | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 15-20vs No. 11 Indiana | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 25-24vs Penn State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-3vs Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 16-18vs No. 6 Oregon | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-17vs Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 40-16@ Nebraska | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 34-27vs No. 13 Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 19 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Bowl · 2025
W 34-27
vs Vanderbilt · neutral site
1 tackle · 1 pass breakup · 1 solo tackle
A close one, won by 7 at a neutral site.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
3%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
11%2 hurries19 tackles · 0.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Pass share
36.6%
286 pass / 495 run
Plays / game
60.1
13 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
288 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #194 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #39 of 69 Big Ten DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Jim McElwain and Kirk Ferentz.
