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Name: Jacob Rodriguez (Transfer from Virginia)
College: Texas Tech
Number: 10
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 6-1 Weight: 235
Position: Pos2: FB/ST
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2026
40 Low: 4.65 40 Time: 4.73 40 High: 4.78
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Data Scout Notes: X-4-7/Def TL-Big 24/5GP-INJ in 23/FYS ILB in 23/3GP-29TT-22 **2025: PDPOYM/P1stM...2024: 1stC/HMC-DPOY...2023: NAC...Coming off Oct 2023 Undisclosed INJ...2022: NAC...Transfer from Virginia
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Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech, Player News
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WEEK 12 BIG 12 CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jacob Rodriguez, LB, Texas Tech,...Rodriguez won his third consecutive weekly honor after tallying nine tackles and an interception in Texas Tech's 48-9 win over UCF, while also rushing for a touchdown. The Heisman Trophy contender leads the nation with nine takeaways, including four interceptions, as he reached 100 total tackles for the year. Dating back to 2005, Rodriguez is the only FBS player to record at least five forced fumbles, four interceptions a nd two fumble recoveries in the same season. - Big 12 Football
(DS#2 ILB) rSr/2026  ILB Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech
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WEEK 11 BIG 12 CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jacob Rodriguez, LB, Texas Tech,...Winning defensive honors for a second consecutive week and third time this season, Rodriguez was all over the field in Texas Tech's 29-7 win over then-No. 8 BYU with 14 ta ckles, an interception and recovered a fumble. The Wichita Falls, Texas native now has four double-digit tackle performances in his last five games. The nation's leader in forced fumbles this season, Rodriguez became the first FBS player since 2013 to ta lly at least five forced fumbles, three interceptions and two fumble recoveries in a same season. - Big 12 Football
(DS#2 ILB) rSr/2026 ILB Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech
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WEEK 10 BIG 12 CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jacob Rodriguez, LB, Texas Tech,...Forcing a pair of key fumbles with five tackles in Texas Tech's win at K-State, Rodriguez continues to impact games for the Red Raider defense and climb up the Big 12 reco rd book. He played a role in two of Tech's five forced turnovers and both of his forced fumbles led to Texas Tech touchdowns. Rodriguez is now the FBS leader with seven forced fumbles, and he is only the fourth Big 12 player in conference history to reac h that total in a season. - Big 12 Football
(DS#2 ILB) rSr/2026 ILB Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech
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WEEK 11 WALTER CAMP NATIONAL FBS DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: JACOB RODRIGUEZ, TEXAS TECH, Junior, Linebacker, Wichita Falls, TX,...Linebacker Jacob Rodriguez led No. 8 Texas Tech with a team-high 14 tackles along with one interception and one fumble re covery in a 29-7 victory over No. 7 BYU. Rodriguez had his hand in two of Texas Tech's three takeaways in the win as the Red Raiders became the third FBS team this season to hold a top-10 team to fewer than 10 points. Texas Tech also allowed just 67 rush ing yards, marking the first time the Cougars were held under 100 yards on the ground all season. Notes: It is the 10th time since 2004 (and third this season) that a Texas Tech player has earned Walter Camp National FBS Player of Week honors. Rodriguez was honored on Sept. 23 along with teammate Cameron Dickey on Oct. 14. - Walter Camp Football Foundation
(DS#2 ILB) rSr/2026 ILB Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech
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Linebacker Jacob Rodriguez struck the Heisman Trophy pose again after the first offensive touchdown of his career, Reggie Virgil scored three times and No. 8 Texas Tech routed UCF 48-9 on Saturday. The Red Raiders (10-1, 7-1 Big 12, No. 6 CFP) stayed on track for a shot at their first Big 12 championship in their regular-season home finale, reaching 10 victories for the first time since going 11-2 under the late Mike Leach in 2008. The Golden Knights (4-6, 1-6) didn't pick up a first down until they tra iled 21-0 and dropped to 0-4 on the road, getting outscored 78-12 combined in the past two, a pair of trips to Texas. UCF had a season-low 52 yards rushing against the nation's No. 1 run defense. "The question was how were we going to handle success afte r last week," said coach Joey McGuire, referring to a 29-7 victory over BYU in a top-10 matchup. "I've got these old guys. It's a vet team. They believe in each other. They care about each other. I'm really proud of the way they played." Just as he did a fter a highlight-reel interception against the Cougars, Rodriguez lifted one leg and extended an arm while surrounded by teammates after the former high school quarterback scored on a 2-yard run in the wildcat. "Everybody's talking about quarterbacks for Heisman," McGuire said, "so we put him at quarterback today, he scored a touchdown." Rodriguez, who scored touchdowns on fumble recoveries this season and last against Oklahoma State, set up Vigil's third TD for a 35-2 lead with his fourth interception this season.No need for another Heisman pose, though, after the TD. "We repped it throughout the week, and it looked good," Rodriguez said. "Obviously, we were going on scout team. When they said (as we) got closer to the goal line, "Be ready," so I ran over there from the other side of the sideline and I was ready to go." Virgil's first two scores came on the first two carries of his career in the second quarter, a 5-yarder early and a 30-yard sprint that ended with him hopping and skipping into the end zone. Cameron Dickey also had two rushing TDs. Behren Morton threw for 149 yards and the 8-yard score to Virgil before getting replaced by Mitch Griffis late in the first half. Morton is playing through a leg injury, and original backup Will Ham mond is out for the season with a knee injury. UCF's first points came on a safety when Texas Tech left tackle Howard Sampson was called for holding in the end zone. - Texas Tech/AP College Football
(DS#2 ILB) rSr/2026 ILB Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech
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Texas Tech linebacker Jacob Rodriguez indicated he was somewhat coerced by teammates into striking a Heisman Trophy pose during another dominant defensive performance by the ninth-ranked Red Raiders. The 6-foot-1, 235-pounder with a distinctive mustache now copied by Texas Tech fans should at least be in the conversation for college football's highest individual honor. After Rodriguez had 14 tackles and two takeaways for the No. 8 Red Raiders in their 29-7 win over previously undefeated No. 7 BYU on Sat urday, three-time Super Bowl MVP quarterback Patrick Mahomes - who was at the game during the Kansas City Chiefs' bye week - posted on social media: "Get him to New York! @HeismanTrophy." For all the Air Raid offenses that have blown through Texas Tech i n recent decades, including the one operated by Mahomes, who threw for 11,252 yards and 93 touchdowns from 2014 to 2016, no Texas Tech player has brought a Heisman Trophy back to the South Plains.Now, the linebacker who began his college career as a quarterback at Virginia could make a strong bid. Rodriguez, the FBS leader with seven forced fumbles, had his third interception of the season in the third quarter when he reached out and tipped the ball to himself. He struck the pose after that play. "My guys, they wanted me to hit it. Just a rush of adrenaline," Rodriguez said of his pose. - AP College Football
(DS#2 ILB) rSr/2026 ILB Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech
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The Big 12 had two teams - BYU and Texas Tech - in the top 10 of the Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the first time in two years Sunday, while Notre Dame was back in the top 10 after a two-month absence. Oklahoma and Texas made the bigg est upward moves in this week's poll, rising seven spots to No. 11 and No. 13, respectively. The top seven teams were unchanged in the final poll before the College Football Playoff committee releases its first rankings Tuesday night to kick off the run- up to the CFP bracket release Dec. 7. No. 1 Ohio State, which pulled away in the second half to beat Penn State on Saturday, is at the top of the AP poll for a 10th straight week. Indiana, which scored 50-plus points against a Big Ten opponent for the th ird time while hammering Maryland, is No. 2 for a third straight week.The Buckeyes and Hoosiers again were followed by Texas A&M, Alabama, Georgia, Oregon and Ole Miss. Losses by Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt and Miami shuffled the Nos. 8, 9 and 10 spo ts, now held by BYU, Texas Tech and Notre Dame. Miami's losses to two then-unranked opponents in three weeks have caused a 16-spot plummet, from No. 2 to No. 18. The distribution of first-place votes was the same as last week. Ohio State received 54, Ind iana got 11 and Texas A&M one. The Buckeyes are in the Top 25 for a 90th straight poll, third most on the active list. Notre Dame is in a 50th straight time, fifth on the active list. Texas, meanwhile, made its 800th appearance in the poll, seventh all t ime. No. 8 BYU and No. 9 Texas Tech gave the Big 12 two teams in the top 10 for the first time since Oct. 29, 2023. The Cougars, who were idle, have their highest ranking of the season. The Red Raiders won at Kansas State and reentered the top 10 for the first time in three weeks. The two teams face each other this weekend. - AP College Football
(DS#2 ILB) rSr/2026 ILB Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech
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WEEK 4 WALTER CAMP NATIONAL FBS DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: JACOB RODRIGUEZ, TEXAS TECH, Junior, Linebacker, Wichita Falls, TX,...Jacob Rodriguez led 17th-ranked Texas Tech to a 34-10 victory at 16th-ranked Utah. Rodriguez had 11 tackles, while also ad ding one forced fumble and one interception. The Red Raiders created four forced turnovers in the win - a season high - against a Utah offense that entered the game averaging 45.7 points a game. Notes: It is the eighth time a Texas Tech player has earned Walter Camp National Player of the Week honors since 2004 and the first since former linebacker Jordyn Brooks (Oct. 6, 2019). - Walter Camp Football Foundation
(DS#2 ILB) rSr/2026 ILB Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech
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WEEK 4 BIG 12 CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jacob Rodriguez, LB, Texas Tech,...Filling up the stat sheet in his team's 34-10 win at then-No. 16 Utah, Rodriguez ended his day with 11 tackles, a forced fumble and an interception. The Big 12 Preseason De fensive Player of the Year helped a Texas Tech defense force two fumbles, a pair of interceptions and held the Utes to just 10 points. Saturday marked his ninth career game of double-digit tackles as Rodriguez also picked up his eighth career forced fumb le, which ranks third nationally among active players. - Big 12 Football
(DS#2 ILB) rSr/2026 ILB Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech
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