Khalil Jacobs is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Missouri.
Jacobs is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 10 tackles against Mississippi State — Week 12, 2025.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
47 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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 | 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| 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 No. 8 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@ No. 10 Vanderbilt | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-38vs No. 3 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@ No. 8 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 No. 20 Virginia | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 19 | 5.0 | 3.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
47tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%5 TFLSack rate
6%3 sacksPD rate
4%2 pass breakups47 tackles · 5 for loss · 3 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 3.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 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
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Pass share
39.6%
360 pass / 550 run
Plays / game
70.0
13 games
Team sack rate
6.9%
379 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #206 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #33 of 76 SEC LBs
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%).
The No. 2,292 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the SEC as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Kane Wommack and Eli Drinkwitz.
