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Jacobian Guillory

DT · LSU · Sr · #90

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

21 TACKLES · 1.5 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to LSU for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to LSU for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive tackle · LSU

Returning around him

  • 66% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
  • 7 LSU players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: +0 net (41 in / 41 out)

2026 Award watch

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

LSU · Last season: 7-6 (AP #20) · Talent rank #6 · 2026 recruiting class #10

DT · LSU · SEC

Jacobian Guillory

  • 4
  • #90
  • 6-2 | 318 lb
  • Alexandria, LA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

49

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 74th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#10702

<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 DEFENSE AWARD

Nagurski

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#96 national
CFB
College
LSU
2021–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionDT
Class4
Jersey90
Measurements6-2 | 318 lb
HometownAlexandria, LA
Primary teamLSU

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 4-star No. 96 recruit
Composite rating 0.9562 HighSchool
Signed with LSU 2020
Origin Alexandria Alexandria, LA, USA
Class Profile Context
2020 4-star | 0.9562 No. 96 recruit | HighSchool | LSU

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#10702Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#10560Where 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.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★★☆

to LSU

Composite

0.9562

#96 national

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 Jacobian Guillory

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 Jacobian Guillory

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
21Tackles
4Tackles for loss
1.5Sacks
Per game
2Tackles
0.4Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Projected (13g)
25Tackles
4.7Tackles for loss
1.8Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 21): needs 29.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 21): needs 39.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 1.5): needs 2.2/game over remaining 2.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 1.5): needs 4.2/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.

Jacobian Guillory is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on LSU's defense, with 1.5 sacks, 4.0 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 #10702 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 96 recruit

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 21 7 solo | #1929/4942 (61st pct)
TFL 4.0 Backfield disruption | #738/4972 (85th pct)
Sacks 1.5 Pass-rush finish | #724/4972 (85th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

High-disruption defender against FBS defenders.

High-disruption defender

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
21 61st
SOLO
7 48th
TFL
4.0 85th
SACK
1.5 85th
QBH
1 44th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 2W 23-7vs Louisiana Tech100.00.00
Wk 3W 20-10vs Florida111.01.00
Wk 4W 56-10vs SE Louisiana300.50.50
Wk 5L 19-24@ Ole Miss110.00.00
Wk 7W 20-10vs South Carolina100.00.00
Wk 8L 24-31@ Vanderbilt111.00.00
Wk 9L 25-49vs Texas A&M421.00.00Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 11L 9-20@ Alabama310.00.00
Wk 12W 23-22vs Arkansas310.50.00
Wk 13W 13-10vs Western Kentucky100.00.00
Wk 14L 13-17@ Oklahoma200.00.00
Total2174.01.50
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

2021LSU6-6HC: Ed Orgeron · Balanced
2022LSU10-4HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced
2023LSU10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced
2024LSU9-4HC: Brian Kelly · Pass-leaning, fast tempo
2025LSU7-6HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced, slow tempo
SeasonTeam
2025LSU2174.01.5------
2024LSU1--0.00.0------
2023LSU2750.50.5------
2022LSU1240.00.0------
2021LSU1031.50.5------
Career5 loaded seasons71196.02.5------
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 21 #1929/4942 61st pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 4.0 #738/4972 85th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 1.5 #724/4972 85th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 1 #1051/1878 44th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 7 #2403/4584 48th 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 Lombardi 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
Home7g2.00.40.20.0
Road4g1.80.20.00.0

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins6g1.70.30.20.0
Losses5g2.20.40.00.0

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-75g1.40.30.30.0
Weeks 8+6g2.30.40.00.0

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the DT cohort

49Mid-pack
6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (16th).

Sacks#707 / 2975 · 74th pct
1.5defe
Tackles for loss#736 / 2975 · 73rd pct
4.0defe
QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct
1defe
Tackles#1929 / 2975 · 34th pct
21defe
Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct
0defe
Solo tackles#2397 / 2975 · 17th pct
7defe

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

Advanced Savant · DT · 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
Jacobian GuilloryLSUMarcAnthony ParkerNavy· 56% simMicah DaveyUTEP· 55% simJackson KuwatchMiami (OH)· 55% sim
Sacks
74
Guillory
80
Parker
63
Davey
96
Kuwatch
Tackles for loss
73
Guillory
87
Parker
91
Davey
96
Kuwatch
QB hurries
55
Guillory
88
Parker
82
Davey
55
Kuwatch
Tackles
34
Guillory
98
Parker
99
Davey
98
Kuwatch
Passes defended
18
Guillory
18
Parker
18
Davey
48
Kuwatch
Solo tackles
17
Guillory
96
Parker
99
Davey
95
Kuwatch

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

Player DNA

The Nose Anchor

Two-gap space-eater who occupies blockers and frees the linebackers.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jayden Loving’s 2025 season.

Jayden Loving

92%match

Wake Forest · 2025

#2

Tim Keenan III

Alabama · 2024

All-SECNFL Rd 7
89%
#3

Terry Hampton

Arkansas State · 2020

88%
#4

J.J. Pegues

Ole Miss · 2023

88%
#5

James Hansen

Nevada · 2023

87%

Matches Jayden on

Class year
Height
Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to CJ West's graduate season at Indiana (2024).

CJ West

88%match

Indiana · 2024

All-MACNFL Rd 4
#2

Jordan Guerad

Louisville · 2025

All-Conference USA
79%
#3

Darius Alexander

Toledo · 2024

All-MACNFL Rd 3 · Pk 1
78%
#4

Tyler Onyedim

Texas A&M · 2025

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 2
74%
#5

Mason Narcisse

Louisiana · 2024

73%

Matches CJ on

Class year
Height
Weight

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Brian Kelly

Pass share

55.0%

443 pass / 363 run

Plays / game

62.0

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

6.8%

365 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025

2 coaches
2021
Ed Orgeron
LSU
2022
Brian Kelly
LSU
era →
2023
Brian Kelly
LSU
2024
Brian Kelly
LSU
2025
Brian Kelly
LSU

Coaching transition mid-career: Ed Orgeron → Brian Kelly. 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.

HometownAlexandria, LA
Height6'2"
Weight318 lb
Class4
PositionDT
Jersey90

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 LSU DT4 #10702 #10560 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | SEC
2023 LSU DT4 #10117 #9898 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | SEC
2022 LSU DT4 #8616 #8269 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | SEC
2021 LSU DT4 #9744 #9768 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | SEC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 LSU SEC DT 4 No. 90 | 6-2 | 318 lb | Alexandria, LA
2024 LSU SEC DT 4 No. 90 | 6-2 | 318 lb | Alexandria, LA
2023 LSU SEC DT 4 No. 90 | 6-2 | 318 lb | Alexandria, LA
2022 LSU SEC DT 4 No. 90 | 6-2 | 318 lb | Alexandria, LA
2021 LSU SEC DT 4 No. 90 | 6-2 | 318 lb | Alexandria, LA