Jake Pope
UNLV Rebels
87
Great

Jake Pope

UNLV RebelsRebuilding
FSDefenseGreat
Projected Starter

Is Jake Pope starting?

Jake Pope is the projected starter at FS for UNLV Rebels.

Redshirt senior · #7 · 6'1", 200 lbs

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Depth at FS · UNLV Rebels

  1. 1787Jake PopeStarter
  2. 22081Landyn Cleveland

UNLV Starting Lineup

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The Story

The Tackling Machine

A 4-star recruit out of Buford, ranked #391 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 80 tackles, 1 INT, 3 PBU. That's 8% of the team's production at his spot and 92th-percentile production nationally — good for a 87 overall (Great tier).

Recruit4★ · #391 NatlTeam Share8%Percentile92th
Buford, GA
Jersey
#7
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'1"
Weight
200 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
20258013

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.8926
National Rank
#391
High School
Buford
Hometown
Buford, GA

Why this rating?

On a 80-rated defense; 92th-percentile production (×0.88 for competition level) put them +7 vs unit starters → 87.

Team defense (SP+)
80
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 92% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.88)
Depth-chart adjustment
+7 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 10WNDSUTKL 12
TKL
12
SOLO
6
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 13-7

Oct 3WCALTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 39-31

Sep 26WAKRTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
2

Final W 38-10

Sep 12LUNTTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 44-6

Sep 6WHAWTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 21-6

Aug 30LMEMTKL 13
TKL
13
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 27-21

Jake Pope's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

Tackling Machine
80 tkl · 3 PD · 1 INT
Usage / Involvement100%
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