Jeffery Pooler Jr.: DL · Northwestern · #5.
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Jeffery Pooler Jr.
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Duke — Week 3, 2021.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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 | Northwestern | 25 | 8 | 4.5 | 3.5 | -- |
| 2020 | West Virginia | 22 | 12 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 1 |
| 2019 | West Virginia | 23 | 13 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 3 |
| 2018 | West Virginia | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2017 | West Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 73 | 36 | 15.5 | 9.5 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 24-6vs Indiana State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 23-30@ Duke | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 35-6vs Ohio | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-7vs Rutgers | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-33@ No. 6 Michigan | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-41vs Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 12-17vs No. 19 Iowa | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-35@ No. 20 Wisconsin | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-32vs Purdue | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-47@ Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 8 | 4.5 | 3.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
18%4 TFLSack rate
14%4 sacksHurry rate
8%2 hurries25 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Pass share
45.1%
365 pass / 444 run
Plays / game
67.4
12 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
391 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons, at West Virginia and Northwestern, 10 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Dana Holgorsen, Neal Brown and Pat Fitzgerald.
