6′1″ · 210 lb · Noblesville, IN
Jacob Thieneman: S · Purdue · #41.
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Jacob Thieneman
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Jacob Thieneman has been at Purdue through two head coaches in three seasons. On tape: 11 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Michigan State, Week 9, 2018.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
71 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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 him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-31vs Northwestern | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 19-20vs Eastern Michigan | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 37-40vs Missouri | 11 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 30-13vs No. 23 Boston College | 9 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-28@ Nebraska | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 46-7@ Illinois | 8 | 7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 49-20vs No. 2 Ohio State | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-23@ Michigan State | 11 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-36vs No. 19 Iowa | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 71 | 47 | 7.0 | 5.0 | — | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%5 pass breakupsTackle volume
71tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%7 TFL71 tackles · 7 for loss · 5 sacks · 5 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 7.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Road3g | 8.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 8.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Pass share
56.1%
509 pass / 399 run
Plays / game
69.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
556 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
More tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Purdue, 167 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Darrell Hazell, Gerad Parker, and Jeff Brohm. Multi-era developmental context.
