Jacob Sykes: DL · UCLA · #99.
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Jacob Sykes
Wins the gap play after play. Arrived at UCLA from Harvard. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Arizona — Week 11, 2022.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
USA Today Oct 29
On3 Oct 24
Yahoo Sports Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | UCLA | 26 | 13 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Career | 26 | 13 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-17vs Bowling Green | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-7vs Alabama State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 32-31vs South Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-17@ Colorado | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 40-32vs No. 15 Washington | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-32vs No. 11 Utah | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 30-45@ No. 10 Oregon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-13vs Stanford | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 50-36@ Arizona State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-34vs Arizona | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 45-48vs No. 7 USC | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-28@ California | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 13 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 6 · 2022
W 42-32
vs Utah
0.5 sacks · 0.5 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Edged out Utah at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
4%1 TFLSack rate
4%1 sackHurry rate
12%3 hurries26 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chip Kelly
Pass share
45.5%
419 pass / 501 run
Plays / game
70.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
445 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #112 at the position.
How it ended
One season at UCLA, 1 sacks — the college career is complete.
