Jake Bauer
North Carolina Tar Heels
72
Average

Jake Bauer

North Carolina Tar HeelsSolid
WLBDefenseAverage
3rd String

Is Jake Bauer starting?

Jake Bauer is listed 3rd string at WLB for North Carolina Tar Heels.

Jake Bauer is listed WLB #3 for North Carolina at 72 OVR.

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Depth at WLB · North Carolina Tar Heels

  1. 11079Peyton SeelmannStarter
  2. 25474Timir Hickman-Collins
  3. 34472Jake BauerYou
  4. 42660DQ Forkpa

What's Next

Who do they play next?Jeremiah Alexander — at Clemson · Sat, Sep 19Who's the backup?Timir Hickman-Collins — No. 2 at WLB for North CarolinaHow do they compare?Pick an opponent for North Carolina Tar Heels

The Story

The Story

A 3-star recruit out of Malvern Prep, ranked #1,072 nationally coming out of high school.

Recruit3★ · #1,072 Natl
West Chester, PA
Jersey
#44
Class
RS FR
Height
6'1"
Weight
225 lbs

Jake Bauer is currently behind Peyton Seelmann at WLB on the North Carolina depth chart, a ACC team rated 81 overall this season.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8667
National Rank
#1072
High School
Malvern Prep
Hometown
Malvern, PA

Why this rating?

On a 85-rated defense; 50th-percentile recruit (no FBS production stats) → 72 after depth penalty.

Team defense (SP+)
85
Rating basis
Recruiting pedigree
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Depth-chart adjustment
-1 for role; −12 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

Sep 12WETSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 35-3

Jake Bauer's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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