Linebacker, Texas Tech (from Virginia), 2021–25
Jacob Rodriguez
Lettered 2022, 2024 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 10
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Wichita Falls, TX
- Born
- Sep 6, 2002
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Jacob Rodriguez played linebacker at Virginia (2021) and Texas Tech (2022–25). He won the 2025 Bronko Nagurski Trophy, the 2025 Butkus Award, the 2025 Chuck Bednarik Award and the 2025 Lombardi Award. He finished fifth in the 2025 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2025. The Miami Dolphins took Rodriguez in round 2, No. 43 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
17tackles, career highvs. Colorado, 20242sacks, career highat Iowa State, 2024Honors
- 2024, 2025First-team All-Big 12
- 2025Bronko Nagurski Trophy
- 2025Butkus Award
- 2025Chuck Bednarik Award
- 2025Lombardi Award
- 2025Consensus All‑American
- 2025Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year
- 2025Fifth in the Heisman vote
Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2025
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Texas Tech | 26 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | Texas Tech | 30 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | Texas Tech | 113 | 75 | 9.5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | Texas Tech | 122 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Career | 292 | 175 | 22.5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Virginia | 10 | LB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2022 | Texas Tech | 10 | LB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2023 | Texas Tech | 10 | LB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2024 | Texas Tech | 10 | LB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2025 | Texas Tech | 10 | LB | Sr. (Yr 5) | 6′1″ | 230 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2025 Texas Tech 14 games, 122 tackles, 1 sack, 4 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 67–7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 6 | vs. Kent State | W 62–14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | vs. Oregon State | W 45–14 | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | at Utah | W 34–10 | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | at Houston | W 35–11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Oct 11 | vs. Kansas | W 42–17 | 14 | 6 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | at Arizona State | L 22–26 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 25 | vs. Oklahoma State | W 42–0 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | at Kansas State | W 43–20 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 8 | vs. BYU | W 29–7 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | vs. UCF | W 48–9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 29 | at West Virginia | W 49–0 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 6 | vs.BYU | W 34–7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Oregon | L 0–23 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Texas Tech 13 games, 113 tackles, 5 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Abilene Christian | W 52–51 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 7 | at Washington State | L 16–37 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | vs. North Texas | W 66–21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs.Arizona State | W 30–22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. Cincinnati | W 44–41 | 11 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | at Arizona | W 28–22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs. Baylor | L 35–59 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | at TCU | L 34–35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 2 | at Iowa State | W 23–22 | 13 | 9 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | vs. Colorado | L 27–41 | 17 | 13 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | atOklahoma State | W 56–48 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | vs.West Virginia | W 52–15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Arkansas | L 26–39 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Texas Tech 5 games, 30 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at Wyoming | L 33–35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | vs.TCU | W 35–28 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | atKansas | W 16–13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs.UCF | W 24–23 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 16 ✦ | vs. California | W 34–14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2022 Texas Tech 10 games, 26 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Murray State | W 63–10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | at NC State | L 14–27 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Texas | W 37–34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | atKansas State | L 28–37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | atOklahoma State | L 31–41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs.West Virginia | W 48–10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs.Baylor | L 17–45 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | atTCU | L 24–34 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs.Kansas | W 43–28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | atIowa State | W 14–10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Virginia 6 games, 8 catches, 65 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. William & Mary | W 43–0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sep 18 | at North Carolina | L 39–59 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sep 30 | at Miami | W 30–28 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 9 | at Louisville | W 34–33 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 16 | vs. Duke | W 48–0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 30 | atBYU | L 49–66 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2026 Senior Bowl (National team, lost 9–17).
| Drill | Combine 2026 | Combine or pro day 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′1⅜″ | |
| Weight | 231 lb | |
| Arm length | 30⅞″ | |
| Hand size | 9¼″ | |
| Wingspan | 74⅝″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.57 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.60 s | |
| Vertical jump | 38½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′1″ | |
| Bench press | 23 repsW | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.90 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.19 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
1 season, 5 games with a stat; latest team: Miami Dolphins.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | Miami Dolphins | 5 | 56 | 0 | 1 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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