Senior defensive back for Northwestern. 2020: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 41 tackles.
6′1″ · 205 lb · College Park, GA
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 582 nationally · Signed with Northwestern
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back for Northwestern. 2020: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 41 tackles.
JR Pace
This is his fourth year in the same secondary at Northwestern. One game to point at: 9 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Michigan State — Week 13, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Northwestern, 162 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 29-19 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (82nd percentile). Concern: sacks (27th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2020 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 5.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+7g | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Northwestern | 41 | 25 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Northwestern | 42 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Northwestern | 75 | 46 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 6 | 4 | -- |
| 2017 | Northwestern | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 162 | 99 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 14 | 8 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2020
W 17–7
vs Wisconsin
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | W 43-3vs Maryland | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 21-20@ Iowa | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-13vs Nebraska | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-20@ Purdue | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 17-7vs Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-29@ Michigan State | 9 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 16 | L 10-22@ Ohio State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 33 | 19 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |