Jacob Finley
Cincinnati Bearcats
80
Good

Jacob Finley

Cincinnati BearcatsAverage
RCBDefenseGoodTRANSFER · Northern Illinois
Projected Starter

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Jacob Finley is the projected starter at RCB for Cincinnati Bearcats.

Redshirt senior · #0 · 6'0", 190 lbs

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Depth at RCB · Cincinnati Bearcats

  1. 1080Jacob FinleyStarter
  2. 2663Zay Johnson

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The Story

The Ballhawk

A 3-star recruit out of Hoover, ranked #1,989 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 57 tackles, 0 INT, 7 PBU. That's 9% of the team's production at his spot and 87th-percentile production nationally — good for a 80 overall (Good tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,989 NatlTeam Share9%Percentile87th
Birmingham, AL
Jersey
#0
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'0"
Weight
190 lbs
Transfer
Northern Illinois

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—5707

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8206
National Rank
#1989
High School
Hoover
Hometown
Hoover, AL

Why this rating?

On a 75-rated defense; 87th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.76 for competition level) put them +5 vs unit starters → 80.

Team defense (SP+)
75
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 87% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 35% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.76)
Depth-chart adjustment
+5 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 4LARIZTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 34-7

Sep 26WKSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 31-26

Sep 19WM-OHTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 35-31

Sep 12WWCUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 62-10

Sep 5WBCTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-15

Jacob Finley's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

Ballhawk
57 tkl · 7 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement90%
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