Jake Moertl: S · Western Michigan · #35.
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Jake Moertl
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Fourth year in the same secondary at Western Michigan. A game that shows it: 7 tackles against Central Michigan — Week 10, 2021.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
44 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Western Michigan | 44 | 35 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 4 |
| 2020 | Western Michigan | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Western Michigan | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2018 | Western Michigan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 58 | 42 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-47@ Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-0vs Illinois State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 44-41@ Pittsburgh | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 23-3vs San José State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-17@ Buffalo | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-45vs Ball State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 64-31vs Kent State | 6 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 15-34@ Toledo | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 30-42vs Central Michigan | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 45-40vs Akron | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-22@ Eastern Michigan | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-21@ Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 44 | 35 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — | 4 |
Week 3 · 2021
W 44-41
at Pittsburgh
0.5 tackles for loss · 5 tackles · 2 solo tackles
Edged out Pittsburgh on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%4 pass breakupsTackle volume
44tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFL44 tackles · 2 for loss · 0.5 sacks · 4 pass breakups.
4 seasons under Tim Lester — 26-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Lester
Pass share
38.7%
368 pass / 583 run
Plays / game
79.2
12 games
Team sack rate
6.8%
395 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons at Western Michigan, 58 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Tim Lester.
