Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 11 | L 38-45@ Vanderbilt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#20
Jacoby Mathews
Senior defensive back on Auburn's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 205 lb · Ponchatoula, LA · Ponchatoula
CFB Index 49 · #278 of 538 safetiesLow confidenceIn transfer portal — destination TBD (from Auburn)
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
4★
S recruit
No. 39 nationally · Signed with Texas A&M
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Auburn's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas A&M in 2022.
In Their Words
48 windows · 2026 fan posts
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Jacoby Mathews
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Jacoby Mathews has played for three head coaches across three seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Vanderbilt — Week 11, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20227 games
- Signed with Texas A&M4-star out of Ponchatoula
2024
- Entered the portal
2025
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Cadillac Williams → Hugh Freeze. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
2025Auburn
DestinationTBD
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2022Texas A&M5-7HC: Jimbo Fisher · Balanced
2023Texas A&M7-6HC: Elijah Robinson · Balanced
2025Auburn5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alex Golesh
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2023
Part-time starter
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
49 · #278 of 538 safeties
Former four-star. Now #278 at the position.
Career stats
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Miguel Mitchell’s 2023 season.
79%match
Matches Miguel on
Class year
TFL rate
Tackle volume
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Tyrique Stevenson's sophomore season at Miami (2021).
85%match
All-ACCNFL Rd 2 · Pk 25
Matches Tyrique on
PD rate
Tackle volume
Weight
Player DNA
Players who play like Jacoby Mathews
The secondary · Auburn
- #23Fred Gaskin53 tackles · 2025
- #8Kaleb Harris50 tackles · 2025
- #5Eric Winters33 tackles · 2025
- Sylvester Smith28 tackles · 2025
- #20Jacoby Mathews1 tackle · 2025
15 more on the roster · Auburn team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology