17–0
90Overall
LBBig 12

Ivan Pace Jr.

Cincinnati · Linebacker · 2022

TKL
121
TFL
21
SACKS
10

Career totals · 1 season with stats

Scouting Report

Pace was a unanimous All-American in 2022. Pace was also named American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2022.

Pace's 2022 season ranks No. 7 in program history for sacks.

In 2022, Pace recorded 121 tackles, 20.5 tackles for loss and 10 sacks.

In 17-0 that career earns a 90 overall, the highest linebacker rating at Cincinnati since 1990 and No. 3 among all linebackers of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2022
    • Unanimous All-American
    • American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year

Season by Season

Ivan Pace Jr. season-by-season statistics at Cincinnati
SeasonTklTFLSacksPD
202212120.5104

Seasons with tracked stats at Cincinnati. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Cincinnati Record Book

  • No. 7 in single-season sacks (2022)

Top-10 entries in the program's career and single-season lists.

Cincinnati Teammates

  1. 90Sauce Gardner2019-21CB
  2. 88Coby Bryant2017-21CB
  3. 83Desmond Ridder2017-21QB
  4. 80Bryan Cook2019-21S
  5. 80James Wiggins2016-20S
  6. 75Jared Bartlett2024LB
  7. 74Jarell White2017-20LB
  8. 74Jerome Ford2020-21RB
  9. 72Joel Dublanko2016-21LB
  10. 72Tyler Scott2020-22WR

Full Cincinnati all-time roster

Top Linebackers of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 91Jay HigginsIowa · 2020-24LB
  2. 91Jacob RodriguezTexas Tech · 2022-25LB
  3. 90Payton WilsonNC State · 2019-23LB
  4. 90Jack CampbellIowa · 2019-22LB
  5. 90Nakobe DeanGeorgia · 2019-21LB
  6. 90Jeremiah Owusu-KoramoahNotre Dame · 2019-20LB
  7. 88Nathaniel WatsonMississippi State · 2018-23LB
  8. 88Devin LloydUtah · 2018-21LB

Best college linebackers since 1990Best Big 12 players

Sources: Wikipedia (Ivan Pace Jr.) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.