Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 1 game
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
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| Wk 3 | L 10-41@ No. 25 Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Jacob Gideon
Last confirmed: Western Michigan, 2024. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 295 lb · Walton, KY · Ryle
Jacob Gideon: C · Western Michigan · #77.
Jacob Gideon
Jacob Gideon has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Western Michigan. Two straight seasons of it now: All-MAC again in 2024.
News and fans
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Where to follow him
Game log
Signature game
2023 snapshot
Season context: team record and system
2022Western Michigan5-7HC: Tim Lester · Run-leaning
2023Western Michigan4-8HC: Lance Taylor · Run-leaning
Awards
A two-star recruit at center for Western Michigan -- now an All-Conference mainstay.
Offensive line play doesn't show up in a box score. Here's what actually tells you whether he's good.
DevelopingTwo-star HS recruitAll-MAC (2024)All-MAC (2023)
The unit he anchors ranks 26th nationally in stuff rate allowed this season. See the full unit breakdown →
Western Michigan has produced 6 All-Conference offensive linemen and 1 All-American. 4 have gone on to the NFL Draft since 2016. Addison West was one of them, an All-American.
Six seasons at Western Michigan
- 2024 Western Michigan TaylorYear 6 · on the roster, no stat lineAll-conference
- 2023 Western Michigan TaylorYear 5 · 1 gameAll-conference
- 2022 Western Michigan LesterYear 4 · 1 game
- 2021 Western Michigan LesterYear 3 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2020 Western Michigan LesterYear 2 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2019 Western Michigan LesterYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
- Before collegeSigned with Western Michigan in 2019 as a 2-star recruit, No. 3,017 in the country.
His moves
- Signed with Western Michigan in the 2019 class, a 2-star recruit.
How it ended
Two seasons at Western Michigan, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — his college career is complete.
His career
Recruited as a two-star. He earned the honors anyway.
2019
- Signed with Western Michigan2-star out of Ryle
2023
- All-MACfirst
2024
- All-MACfirst
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM
All-MAC 1st team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
2 coaches2019–2022
Western Michigan
Coaching transition mid-career: Tim Lester → Lance Taylor. Worth noting in scheme + development context.