#31

Jack Campbell

Former linebacker at Iowa. 2022: 116 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Iowa · Sr. · #31

6′5″ · 246 lb · Cedar Falls, IA

CFB Index 76 · #80 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceConsensus AADetroit — drafted 2023, Rd 1, Pick 18, #18 overall

On production he ranks #80 of 548 LBs; on reputation he is a consensus All-American. The gap between those two numbers is the story.

The story

Former linebacker at Iowa. 2022: 116 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Drafted round 1 by the Detroit in 2023.
Named Big Ten Butkus–Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year in 2022.
Named Big Ten Nagurski–Woodson Defensive Player of the Year in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Iowa, 290 tackles, a Consensus All-American season (2022) — drafted at #18 overall by Detroit.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202113 games

All-Big Tenfirst

202213 games

Big Ten Nagurski–Woodson Defensive Player of the Yearwinner
Big Ten Butkus–Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Yearwinner
All-Americafirst · 10 selectors
All-Big Tenfirst
Butkuswinner
Campbellwinner

2023

Drafted by Detroitround 1, pick 18

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Iowa

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #18

Detroit · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

18 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2022)

9 first-team selectors

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ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Kirk Ferentz

Iowa

Played his entire career under Kirk Ferentz.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DetroitEntering 4th NFL season

#18Rd 1 · Pick 18

DetroitEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 34-14 over that span.

2019Iowa10-3HC: Kirk Ferentz · Balanced

2020Iowa6-2HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2021Iowa10-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2022Iowa8-5HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

76All-Conference level #80 of 548?

High confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (100th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (97th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles#14 / 2755 · 100th pct

116

Solo tackles#70 / 2755 · 97th pct

QB hurries#199 / 2755 · 90th pct

Interceptions#124 / 811 · 73rd pct

Tackles for loss#868 / 2755 · 66th pct

3.5

Sacks#845 / 2755 · 61st pct

1.0

Passes defended#1116 / 2755 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th 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

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	9.9	0.3	0.0	0.0
Road6g	7.8	0.2	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	9.0	0.4	0.1	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	8.8	0.1	0.0	0.0

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 · 2022

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

76 · #80 of 548 LBs

Selector Grid · 2022

AP—

FWAA1st

AFCA1st

WCFF1st

SN1st

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Iowa	116	52	3.5	1.0	1	2	--
2021	Iowa	140	57	3.5	1.0	5	2	--
2020	Iowa	29	21	3.5	1.0	3	1	--
2019	Iowa	5	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		290	132	10.5	3.0	9	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2022

W 13–10

at Minnesota

1 QB HUR · 6 SOLO · 10 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With T. Taylor — 42 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 56 LONG · S. Petras — 221 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.9 · -14 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 7-3vs South Dakota State	11	4	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 7-10vs Iowa State	9	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 27-0vs Nevada	10	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 27-10@ Rutgers	8	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 14-27vs Michigan	11	3	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 6-9@ Illinois	13	7	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 13 tackles
Wk 8	L 10-54@ Ohio State	9	4	0.5	0.0	1	0
Wk 9	W 33-13vs Northwestern	9	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 24-3@ Purdue	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 24-10vs Wisconsin	11	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 13-10@ Minnesota	10	6	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 13	L 17-24vs Nebraska	8	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 21-0@ Kentucky	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Total		116	52	3.5	1.0	2	1

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