Jacob Redding
Jacob Redding
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Aranda
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 48–45
at SMU
5 SOLO · 5 TOT · 1 INT
Edged out SMU on the road in a shootout.
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Baylor
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Baylor
Returning around him
- 82% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- 2 Baylor players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -1 net (31 in / 32 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Baylor · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #35 · 2026 recruiting class #57
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Carter Davis’s 2025 season.
Matches Carter on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Carter Davis's sophomore season at Boston College (2025).
Matches Carter on
Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peak #6951
Peaked at #6951 this season.
Background
2025 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in 11 games with nine starts … Started the last nine games played in, missing the Houston season finale due to injury … Finished with 53 tackles, 0.5 TFLs, three interceptions – including one returned for a TD – with two PBUs … Was Baylor’s highest rated defender...