#91

Jonah Pace

Senior defensive lineman on Iowa's 2025 roster.

DL · Iowa · Sr. · #91

6′5″ · 285 lb · Marengo, IL

CFB Index 44 · #194 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Iowa for 2026

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

QB hurries: 72nd percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

0.5 TFL · 19 tackles · 2 hurries

Best game: 1 tackles, vs Vanderbilt

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman on Iowa's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Central Michigan in 2021.
Transferred from Central Michigan to Iowa in 2025.

His career, year by year

Jonah Pace

DL · Iowa · Sr · #91

Wins his gap play after play. Two head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Iowa State — Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Central Michigan4-8HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning

2023Central Michigan5-7HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning

2024Central Michigan4-8HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning

2025Iowa9-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

44Rotational starter #194 of 330?

Low confidenceFading6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Tackles#2072 / 2975 · 29th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

Solo tackles#2282 / 2975 · 21st pct

Tackles for loss#2332 / 2975 · 18th pct

0.5

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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	1.3	0.1	0.0	0.1
Road4g	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.2

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirk Ferentz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

44 · #194 of 330 interior linemen

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

How the All-Big Ten estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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	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	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 34–27

at Vanderbilt

1 PD · 1 TOT · 1 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With M. Gronowski — 212 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 79.5 · 54 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · R. Dakin — 49 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-7vs UAlbany	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 13-16@ Iowa State	4	0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 3	W 47-7vs Massachusetts	1	0	0.5	—	0
Wk 4	W 38-28@ Rutgers	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 15-20vs Indiana	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 25-24vs Penn State	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 41-3vs Minnesota	0	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 16-18vs Oregon	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 20-17vs Michigan State	1	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	W 40-16@ Nebraska	2	2	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 34-27@ Vanderbilt	1	1	0.0	—	1
Total		19	8	0.5	—	2

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

19Tackles

8Solo

0.5TFL

0Sacks

2Pass def.

0INT

19 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.

Week 11 PD
Week 131 PD

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

Iowa

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Iowa

Returning around him

7 Iowa players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +7 net (15 in / 8 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Iowa · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #44 · 2026 recruiting class #26

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jack Latore’s 2025 season.

Jack Latore

91%match

Army · 2025

De'Monte Russell

Mississippi State · 2024

86%

Zionangelo Shockley

Charlotte · 2025

86%

Justin Eboigbe

Alabama · 2021

NFL Rd 4

86%

Jayshaun Coffman

Central Michigan · 2024

85%

Matches Jack on

Class year

Height

TFL rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jack Latore's senior season at Army (2025).

Jack Latore

92%match

Army · 2025

Jayshaun Coffman

Central Michigan · 2024

89%

De'Monte Russell

Mississippi State · 2024

88%

Christian James

Vanderbilt · 2023

84%

John Tuitupou

Hawai'i · 2023

All-Mountain West

82%

Matches Jack on

Class year

Height

TFL rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Jonah Pace

Jack Latore

Army · 2025

91%

Jared Harrison-Hunte

Miami · 2023

86%

Quincy Rhodes Jr.

Arkansas · 2025

67%

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

2021

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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