Jacob Rodriguez
Jacob Rodriguez
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Two head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: Bednarik. The receipt: 14 tackles, 1 TFL against BYU — Week 11, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
How it ended
Five seasons at Texas Tech, 292 tackles, a Unanimous All-American season (2025) — drafted at #43 overall by Miami.
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · UNANIMOUS
Unanimous AA (2025)
Named to 11 first-team selectors
POSITION AWARDS
Bednarik, Nagurski, Butkus
2025 season
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Big 12
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Matt Wells → Joey McGuire. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Miami2026 NFL rookie season
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joey McGuire
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 4 · EliteR14 · Unanimous All-American
Unanimous All-American. First-team on every major selector list.
Recognition
Production
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · UNANIMOUS
Unanimous AA (2025)
Named to 11 first-team selectors
POSITION AWARDS
Bednarik, Nagurski, Butkus
2025 season
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Big 12
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Texas Tech | 122 | 62 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 6 | 4 | -- |
| 2024 | Texas Tech | 113 | 75 | 9.5 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Texas Tech | 30 | 22 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Texas Tech | 26 | 15 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 292 | 175 | 22.5 | 6.0 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025
W 34–10
at Utah
11 TOT · 5 SOLO · 0 TFL
Dominant 24-point win on the road against Utah.
How he plays
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Coverage 'Backer
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Keyshaun Elliott’s 2023 season.
Matches Keyshaun on
Differs from Keyshaun on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Matt Salopek's graduate season at Miami (OH) (2024).
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