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Jack Beebe

LB · Ball State · Sr · #22

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

41 TACKLES · 0.5 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Ball State for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Ball State for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Ball State

Returning around him

  • 8% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • Transfer portal: +6 net (24 in / 18 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Ball State · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #115 · 2026 recruiting class #119

LB · BALL STATE · MID-AMERICAN

Jack Beebe

  • 4
  • #22
  • 6-1 | 220 lb
  • Plainfield, IN

CFB Zeitgeist Score

50

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 51st percentile.

Heisman Heat

#15338

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP LB AWARD

Butkus

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R05 · Part-time starter

Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
Ball State
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionLB
Class4
Jersey22
Measurements6-1 | 220 lb
HometownPlainfield, IN
Primary teamBall State

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree Not on file No matched recruiting profile in the loaded archive
Composite rating -- Composite rating unavailable for this player
Signed with -- Commitment history unavailable
Origin -- Hometown and high school unavailable
Class Profile Context
No recruiting profile is on file for this player.

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#15338Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#15467Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Jack Beebe

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Jack Beebe

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 11g
41Tackles
2Tackles for loss
0.5Sacks
Per game
4Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
48Tackles
2.4Tackles for loss
0.6Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 41): needs 19.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 41): needs 29.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 0.5): needs 2.8/game over remaining 2.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 0.5): needs 4.8/game over remaining 2.

Why this is a rare defensive case

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Jack Beebe is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Ball State's defense, with 0.5 sacks, 2.0 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.

Current place #15338 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Defensive rarity 0.5 sacks | 2.0 TFL

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

DEF season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Total tackles 41 23 solo | #872/4942 (82nd pct)
TFL 2.0 Backfield disruption | #1443/4972 (71st pct)
Sacks 0.5 Pass-rush finish | #1501/4972 (70th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.

High-volume tackler

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
41 82nd
SOLO
23 82nd
TFL
2.0 71st
SACK
0.5 70th
QBH
1 44th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1L 0-31@ Purdue220.00.00
Wk 2L 3-42@ Auburn110.00.00
Wk 3W 34-29vs New Hampshire940.00.00Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 4L 25-31@ UConn211.00.00
Wk 6W 20-14vs Ohio520.50.50
Wk 7L 0-42@ Western Michigan220.00.00
Wk 8W 42-28vs Akron320.00.00
Wk 9L 7-21@ Northern Illinois850.00.00
Wk 12L 9-24vs Eastern Michigan310.50.00
Wk 13L 9-38@ Toledo310.00.00
Wk 14L 24-45@ Miami (OH)320.00.00
Total41232.00.50
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2022Ball State5-7HC: Mike Neu · Balanced
2023Ball State4-8HC: Mike Neu · Run-heavy
2025Ball State4-8HC: Mike Uremovich · Run-heavy, slow tempo
SeasonTeam
2025Ball State41232.00.5------
2023Ball State1591.00.0------
2022Ball State210.00.0------
Career3 loaded seasons58333.00.5------
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

INT -- -- pick-six TD
Pass breakups 0 Coverage disruption
QB pressures 1 Quarterback hurries | #1051/1878 (44th pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 41 #872/4942 82nd pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 2.0 #1443/4972 71st pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 0.5 #1501/4972 70th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 1 #1051/1878 44th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 23 #839/4584 82nd pct Volumevs FBS DEF

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Butkus award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home4g5.00.20.10.0
Road7g3.00.10.00.0

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins3g5.70.20.20.0
Losses8g3.00.20.00.0

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-76g3.50.20.10.0
Weeks 8+5g4.00.10.00.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the LB cohort

50Mid-pack
6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (17th).

Solo tackles#839 / 2975 · 71st pct
23defe
Tackles#872 / 2975 · 70th pct
41defe
QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct
1defe
Sacks#1367 / 2975 · 51st pct
0.5defe
Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct
2.0defe
Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct
0defe

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · LB · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 6 metrics
Jack BeebeBall StateMicah DaveyUTEP· 73% simMarcAnthony ParkerNavy· 71% simDaniel WingateMaryland· 71% sim
Solo tackles
71
Beebe
99
Davey
96
Parker
99
Wingate
Tackles
70
Beebe
99
Davey
98
Parker
98
Wingate
QB hurries
55
Beebe
82
Davey
88
Parker
72
Wingate
Sacks
51
Beebe
63
Davey
80
Parker
74
Wingate
Tackles for loss
47
Beebe
91
Davey
87
Parker
87
Wingate
Passes defended
18
Beebe
18
Davey
18
Parker
48
Wingate

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

LB

His 2025 production profile sits closest to George Douglas’s 2021 season.

George Douglas

90%match

Central Michigan · 2021

#2

Johnathan Butler

Middle Tennessee · 2021

88%
#3

Johnathan Butler

Middle Tennessee · 2023

87%
#4

Eteva Mauga-Clements

Nebraska · 2022

87%
#5

Nate Heaukulani

Oregon · 2021

85%

Matches George on

TFL rate
Height
PD rate

Differs from George on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Zach Mowchan's senior season at Eastern Michigan (2025).

Zach Mowchan

90%match

Eastern Michigan · 2025

#2

Devon Williams

Minnesota · 2024

89%
#3

Devin Lafayette

Northern Illinois · 2023

All-Sun Belt
88%
#4

Dorian Hopkins

Tulsa · 2023

87%
#5

Lawai'a Brown

Central Michigan · 2025

87%

Matches Zach on

Tackle volume
Weight
TFL rate

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Mike Uremovich

Pass share

38.2%

277 pass / 449 run

Plays / game

60.5

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

19.6%

265 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

2 coaches
2022
Mike Neu
Ball State
2023
Mike Neu
Ball State
2025
Mike Uremovich
Ball State
era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mike Neu → Mike Uremovich. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownPlainfield, IN
Height6'1"
Weight220 lb
Class4
PositionLB
Jersey22

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Ball State LB4 #15338 #15467 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Mid-American
2023 Ball State LB4 #12643 #12718 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Mid-American
2022 Ball State LB4 #13513 #13392 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Mid-American

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Ball State Mid-American LB 4 No. 22 | 6-1 | 220 lb | Plainfield, IN
2024 Ball State Mid-American LB 4 No. 22 | 6-1 | 220 lb | Plainfield, IN
2023 Ball State Mid-American LB 4 No. 22 | 6-1 | 220 lb | Plainfield, IN
2022 Ball State Mid-American LB 4 No. 22 | 6-1 | 220 lb | Plainfield, IN