Jack Janikowski
Iowa State Cyclones
76
Solid

Jack Janikowski

Iowa State CyclonesAverage
RDEDefenseSolidTRANSFER · Washington State
2nd String / Backup

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Jack Janikowski is listed 2nd string at RDE for Iowa State Cyclones.

Redshirt junior · #93 · 6'2", 255 lbs

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Depth at RDE · Iowa State Cyclones

  1. 19885Malaki Ta'aseStarter
  2. 29376Jack JanikowskiYou
  3. 34463Trey Verdon

Iowa State Starting Lineup

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Up next for Iowa State

Iowa State plays Baylor away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

This season: 10 tackles, 3 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 2% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 76 overall (Solid tier).

Team Share2%
Fallbrook, CA
Jersey
#93
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
255 lbs
Transfer
Washington State

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—1031

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

Why this rating?

On a 79-rated defense; 65th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.85 for competition level) put them +3 vs unit starters → 76.

Team defense (SP+)
79
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 65% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 27% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.85)
Depth-chart adjustment
+3 for role; −6 depth penalty

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 31WOKSTTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 51-49

Oct 24LARIZTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 39-3

Oct 10LBYUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-10

Sep 26LUTAHTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-17

Sep 19WBGSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 55-7

Sep 12LIOWATKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 16-13

Sep 5WSEMOTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-10

Jack Janikowski's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

10 tkl · 3 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement17%
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