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FS, Liberty
Rankings
NFLDraftScout: #392 player overall, #17 free safety. 7th round-free agent grade.
Nawrocki: Not ranked; Nawrocki's draft preview listed 14 free safeties.
Kiper: Not in top 300 players.
Draft Countdown: #36 safety, not in top 256 players. Late-round / free-agent grade.
Sports Illustrated: Not in top 300; 13 FS listed.
Scouts Inc: #45 safety. Grade: 30, borderline draft prospect.
Biography/Honors
2014: First team FCS all-America. FCS ADA Top Collegiate Defensive Back. First team all-Big South. Started all 14 games. Team captain. Led FCS with 8 INTs. 108 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 7 pass breakups, 15 passes defended, 4 forced fumbles and a fumble recovery returned for TD.
2013: Third team FCS all-America. First team all-Big South. Started 11 of 12 games. Led Big South (3rd in FCS) with 6 INTs. 61 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 6 pass breakups, 13 passes defended, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.
2012: Played in 11 games, starting 10, all at free safety. 46 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, one INT, 3 pass breakups, 4 passes defended and a fumble recovery returned for TD.
2011: Played in all 11 games. 30 tackles, 4 pass breakups, 4 passes defended.
2010: Redshirted.
Academics: Majored in sport management.
Twitter: @Jhagen27
Medical
No injuries reported
Pro Day Stats
(Not invited to NFL Combine. Averages for safeties at the Combine in parentheses)
40-yard dash: 4.63 (4.57)
10-yard split: 1.59
Vertical: 36.5" (35")
Broad: 10'4" (Top 5 among safeties. Average was 9'11")
3-cone: 7.01 (7.02)
Shuttle: 4.43 (Would have been worst time by a safety. Average was 4.21)
Bench: 22 (Tied for second. Average was 17)
Scouting Report
Pluses: Explosive athlete with ideal size for the position. Moves smoothly, has good feet and flips his hips well. Natural ball-hawk, always around the ball. Makes plays all over the field. Willing run defender. Versatile defender against the run and the pass. Has good hands, a large catching radius and cornerback-quality ball skills to cash in on his interception opportunities. Long strider, covers a lot of ground. Tracks the ball well. Creates turnovers while still playing fundamentally sound. Diagnoses play quickly. Breaks down well in space and accelerates into his tackles. Heavy hitter who looks for the turnover. Has special teams experience. Cerebral player who lets his play do the talking. Hard worker on the field and in the film room. Well-suited to play as a hybrid safety/linebacker in nickel situations.
Minuses: His athleticism is better than his actual play. Needs more work in the weight room. Makes poor decisions in single-high safety role and gives up big plays and TDs. Commits too early. Gets fooled by double moves. Gets fooled by intermediate crossing routes and gives up his deep responsibility jumping them. Takes some bad angles. Makes too many shoulder tackles. Prone to missing tackles or overpursuing while going for the big hit. Inconsistent motor. Needs to improve that and play with more discipline.
Compares to: Cody Davis
Fun Facts
Jacob enjoys playing chess. He's from the Jacksonville area and was a Jagwires fan growing up. He isn't the first Liberty product to suit up for the Rams; there was Samkon Gado in 2008-09.
RamView
The Rams front office continued its knack for finding very good safety prospects after the draft with this year's signing of Hagen, who sounds like a bigger-hitting version of Cody Davis. I'd prefer if he were faster, and given his level of college competition, his decision-making problems are troubling, and this is not an area I feel the Rams have been good at coaching up. However, his size is ideal. His special teams experience - he's played on every unit - will come in handy since he'll have to excel there. And even at the lower FCS level of competition, you really have to like his record for taking away the ball. Jacob should be able to make a strong run at Davis' roster spot. The main reason he's not closer to 100% is that there's a lot of interesting competition at DB in this year's camp. If the Rams only keep 8 DBs, it could be Davis, Hagen, Brandon McGee, Maurice Alexander and several others competing for just one spot. (9 seems likelier, with Jenkins and TruJo in their walk years.) Just on his dimensions alone, though, I'd expect Hagen to have an inside track for a practice squad slot.
Chance of making team: 50%.
Sources: Liberty University athletics, The News & Advance (Lynchburg, Va.), NFL.com, DatabaseFootball.com, USA Today, New Era Scouting
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