Gabe Jacas
New England PatriotsPos ILB
Updated September 5, 2026
Draft & College
Round 2, pick 55 · New England Patriots · 2026
Illinois (Big Ten)
Taken
#55
where he actually went
Consensus board
49th
average of the public big boards that spring
Our board
30th
where we had him ranked
Our college model
#45
among LB in our college data
He went about where consensus had him.
In college · 2022-2025 · 48 games
26.0 sacks, 36 TFL, 51 pressures, 178 tackles
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Coming out
9.59
RAS
4.65s
40 yd
30 reps
Bench
What this pick usually becomes
Of the 320 players taken as a second-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 63% earned a second contract and 58% became starters. The median one started 44 career games.