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Pronunciation
KUR-knee
Career Stats
Game Logs: 2015 | 2014
Kearney registered career totals of 61 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss (-43 yards), 1.0 sack (-17 yards), one interception, three passes defended and two pass breakups over 20 games and eight starts in his two seasons with Cal football as a 2014 sophomore and 2015 junior. Kearney transferred to Cal after playing his freshman campaign at the College of San Mateo in 2013 for a team that won the Bothman Bulldog Bowl and posted a 10-1 record with its lone loss to state champion and unbeaten Butte College. Kearney medically retired from football after the 2015 campaign with one season of collegiate eligibility remaining.
Cal Career (2014-15)
• Played in 20 games with eight starts and contributed 61 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss (-43 yards), 1.0 sack (-17 yards), one interception, three passes defended and two pass breakups in his two seasons with the program as a 2014 sophomore and 2015 junior after transferring from College of San Mateo
• Medically retired from football following the 2015 campaign with one season of collegiate eligibility remaining
• Posted career highs of 40 tackles and 4.0 tackles for loss as a sophomore, while his tackle for loss (-22) and sack (-17) yards during his junior campaign were career bests
• Twice co-led Cal in tackles both as a 2014 sophomore with a career-high nine stops vs. Washington and eight at Arizona, while he also had a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss and a career-high-tying single pass breakup vs. Washington the same season
• Had his lone career interception as a sophomore vs. Colorado
• Also had a career-high-tying one pass breakup as a sophomore vs. UCLA
• Had his lone career sack as well as career best for tackle for loss and sack yards (-17) at Washington as a junior
2015 (Junior)
• Played in 10 games with two starts and contributed 21 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss (career-high -22 yards), as well as his lone career sack for a 17-yard loss that was also a career best and career high for yards
• Recorded a season-high five tackles, as well as a season-high-tying 1.0 tackle for loss (-2 yards) against Arizona State
• Had four tackles and started his final collegiate game in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl vs. Air Force
• Picked up the lone sack of his career with a 17-yarder among two tackles at Washington, with both the tackle for loss and sack yards career bests and his 1.0 tackle for loss tying a career high
• Registered three tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss (-1 yard) vs. USC
• Had two tackles and a season-high-tying 1.0 tackle for loss at Oregon
• Had two tackles vs. San Diego State and a single tackle vs. Grambling State as well as at Utah and UCLA
• Had two tackles, the lone interception of the contest and one pass breakup in the spring game
2014 (Sophomore)
• Played in 10 games with six starts and contributed 40 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss (-21 yards), one interception and two pass breakups, all career highs other than the tackle for loss yards
• Made his six starts in order at the ‘SAM’ linebacker position with his first career start in the third game of the campaign at Arizona and his final start in the eighth contest of the season vs. Oregon before missing two of the final four games while coming off the bench in the other two
• Picked up 38 of his 40 tackles and all of his other stats over the team’s first seven contests
• Recorded a career-high and team co-leading nine tackles as well as a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss and a season-best 11 tackle for loss yards as well as a career-high-tying one pass breakup vs. Washington
• Co-led the team with eight tackles in his first career start vs. Arizona
• Picked up seven tackles, 1.0 tackle for loss (-3 yards) and his other career pass breakup vs. UCLA
• Had five tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss (-2 yards) and a key fourth-quarter interception that was the lone pick of his career vs. Colorado
• Registered other defensive stats in contests at Northwestern (5 tackles), vs. Sacramento State (3 tackles; 1.0 TFL, -5 yards), vs. BYU (1 tackle), vs. Oregon (1 tackle) and at Washington State (1 tackle)
College of San Mateo (2012-13)
• Registered 49 tackles, was second on the squad with 10.5 tackles for loss (-48 yards) and added 1.5 sacks (-10 yards), a team-high-tying two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, one interception and five pass breakups as a 2013 redshirt freshman for a team that won the Bothman Bulldog Bowl and posted a 10-1 record with its lone loss to state champion and unbeaten Butte College
• Collected a career-high 10 tackles and a career-high-tying 2.0 tackles for loss (-6 yards) in the second game of the his redshirt freshman season against Chabot, while he also had 2.0 tackles for loss vs. American River (-18 yards) and De Anza (-9 yards) along with one forced fumble in each game
• Fumble recovery came vs. Santa Rosa while he picked up his interception vs. Modesto and a career-high two pass breakups at Butte
• Greyshirted as a true freshman in 2012
Granada HS (Class of 2012)
• A two-way player who totaled 199 tackles on defense as well as 1,239 yards rushing and 10 scores on the ground over his last two prep seasons
• Had a team-high 88 tackles and 2.0 sacks (-6 yards) on defense while rushing for 836 yards and six touchdowns on 136 carries and adding seven receptions for 56 yards receiving on offense for a total of 892 all-purpose yards as a 2011 senior to earn a third-team All-East Bay selection on defense as well as second-team All-East Bay Athletic League picks on both offense and defense
• Posted career highs of 111 tackles, 8.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks (-24 yards), a team-high four fumble recoveries and one forced fumble to pick up honorable mention All-EBAL recognition on defense while registering 403 rushing yards and four touchdowns on the ground and three receptions for 11 yards receiving to total 414 all-purpose yards for an 8-5 team that reached the semifinals of the North Coast Section Division I playoffs during his 2010 junior campaign
Other
• Full name is Jacob Michael Kearney
• Born November 23, 1993
• Parents are Mark and Marci Kearney
• Ran the 40-yard dash in 4.6 according to Rivals
• On track to graduate from Cal in the summer of 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology
Kearney's Career Game Highs
Tackles: 9 (vs. Washington, 2014)
Tackles For Loss: 1.5 (vs. Washington, 2014)
Tackle For Loss Yards: 17 (at Washington, 2015)
Sacks: 1.0 (at Washington, 2015)
Tackle For Loss Yards: 17 (at Washington, 2015)
Interceptions: 1 (vs. Colorado, 2014)
Pass Breakups: 1 (twice, last vs. UCLA, 2014)
Last Updated
August 2, 2016
