Khalil Jacobs

Senior linebacker for Missouri. 2025: 47 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

LB · Missouri · Sr. · #5

6′1″ · 228 lb · Crestview, FL

CFB Index 60 · #206 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Missouri for 2026

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Sacks: 89th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

5 TFL · 3 sacks · 2 PBU

Best game: 7 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sacks, vs Alabama

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Missouri. 2025: 47 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Alabama in 2022.
Transferred from South Alabama to Missouri in 2024.

His career, year by year

Khalil Jacobs

LB · Missouri · Sr · #5

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Khalil Jacobs has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The receipt: 10 tackles against Mississippi State — Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022South Alabama10-3HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced

2023South Alabama7-6HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced

2024Missouri10-3HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning

2025Missouri8-5HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

60Quality starter #206 of 583?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (89th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#291 / 2975 · 89th pct

3.0

Tackles for loss#553 / 2975 · 80th pct

5.0

Tackles#680 / 2975 · 77th pct

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Solo tackles#1095 / 2975 · 62nd 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
Home9g	4.2	0.5	0.3	0.0
Road4g	2.2	0.1	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.9	0.6	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	0.1	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eli Drinkwitz

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

60 · #206 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #206 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #33 of 76 SEC LBs

How the All-SEC 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	Missouri	47	19	5.0	3.0	2	--	--
2024	Missouri	12	5	2.5	2.0	--	--	--
2023	South Alabama	55	25	8.0	2.0	--	1	--
2022	South Alabama	3	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		117	51	15.5	7.0	2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 23–17

at Auburn

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 0 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With B. Pribula — 252 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 76.4 · 28 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD · C. Weselman — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG

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	W 61-6vs Central Arkansas	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 42-31vs Kansas	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 52-10vs Louisiana	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 29-20vs South Carolina	5	1	1.5	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 42-6vs Massachusetts	3	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 24-27vs Alabama	7	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 23-17@ Auburn	3	2	0.5	0.0	—	2
Wk 9	L 10-17@ Vanderbilt	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 17-38vs Texas A&M	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 49-27vs Mississippi State	10	6	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 13	L 6-17@ Oklahoma	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 31-17@ Arkansas	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 7-13vs Virginia	7	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		47	19	5.0	3.0	—	2

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

47Tackles

19Solo

5TFL

3Sacks

2Pass def.

0INT

47 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5 TFL.

Week 31 sack
Week 41 sack
Week 71 sack
Week 82 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

Missouri

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Missouri

Returning around him

6 Missouri players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +3 net (30 in / 27 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Missouri · Last season: 8-5 (AP #25) · Talent rank #19 · 2026 recruiting class #34

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Yvandy Rigby’s 2021 season.

Yvandy Rigby

78%match

Temple · 2021

Jordan Genmark-Heath

UCLA · 2021

78%

Kenny Soares Jr.

Northwestern · 2023

74%

Keshawn Thomas

Old Dominion · 2025

74%

Jaylon Scott

NC State · 2021

74%

Matches Yvandy on

Tackle volume

Weight

Sack rate

Differs from Yvandy on

Height (lower)

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Ja'Len Sims's senior season at Southern Miss (2024).

Ja'Len Sims

83%match

Southern Miss · 2024

Kane Patterson

Vanderbilt · 2023

82%

Jayland Parker

Marshall · 2025

80%

Bangally Kamara

Pittsburgh · 2023

79%

Chase Wilson

West Virginia · 2025

All-Mountain West

79%

Matches Ja'Len on

Tackle volume

Weight

Hurry rate

Differs from Ja'Len on

Sack rate (higher)

Player DNA

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Corey Flagg Jr.

Miami · 2023

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Triston Newson

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78%

Jaylen Sneed

Notre Dame · 2024

75%

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

2022

20244 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker

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