.png) Campbell at the 2023NFL Combine | |||||||||||||
| No. 46 – Detroit Lions | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Linebacker | ||||||||||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Born | (2000-08-22)August 22, 2000 (age 25) Cedar Falls, Iowa, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 246 lb (112 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| High school | Cedar Falls | ||||||||||||
| College | Iowa (2019–2022) | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2023: 1st round, 18th overall pick | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
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| Awards and highlights | |||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 7, 2025 | |||||||||||||
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Jack Campbell (born August 22, 2000) is an American professionalfootballlinebacker for theDetroit Lions of theNational Football League (NFL). He was aunanimous All-American playingcollege football for theIowa Hawkeyes, winning theButkus Award in 2022. Campbell was selected by the Lions in the first round of the2023 NFL draft, and named to theAll-Rookie Team.
Campbell attendedCedar Falls High School inCedar Falls, Iowa. As a Junior and Senior, he led Cedar Falls to back-to-back 4A State Basketball Championships in 2018 and 2019, respectively. During his football career he had a school record 338 career tackles. He committed to theUniversity of Iowa to playcollege football.[1]
As a true freshman at Iowa in 2019, Campbell played in 11 games and had five tackles.[2] As a sophomore in 2020, he had played in five games and had 29 tackles, one sack and one interception.[3][4][5] He returned as a starter his junior year in 2021, recording 140 tackles, two interceptions, a sack and a touchdown.[6][7][8] After the 2021 season, Campbell was named first-team all Big Ten, leading one of the best defenses in the country.
Campbell returned to Iowa in 2022, and was named the preseason Big Ten defensive player of the year by Big Ten media. Campbell led the elite Iowa defense in 2022 to a nationwide best in yards per play average and top five in total defense and defensive efficiency.[9][10] Campbell finished the regular season with 118 tackles, ranking second in the Big Ten and tied for 13th nationally, adding two interceptions, one recovered fumble and one forced fumble. AgainstMinnesota, Campbell's forced fumble and long interception return, both in the fourth quarter, enabled Iowa's victory despite being outgained and unpossessed.[11]
Following the season, Campbell was given the 2022Butkus Award as the top linebacker in college football as well as theWilliam V. Campbell Trophy as a scholar-athlete.[12][13] He was also named the Big Ten'sNagurski–Woodson Defensive Player of the Year andButkus–Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year.[14]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft4+5⁄8 in (1.95 m) | 249 lb (113 kg) | 31+7⁄8 in (0.81 m) | 10+1⁄4 in (0.26 m) | 4.65 s | 1.59 s | 2.67 s | 4.24 s | 6.74 s | 37.5 in (0.95 m) | 10 ft 8 in (3.25 m) | ||
| All values from theNFL Combine[15][16] | ||||||||||||
Campbell was selected with the 18th pick in the2023 NFL draft by theDetroit Lions.[17][18]
Campbell recorded his first career sack in a week 3, 20–6 win over theAtlanta Falcons.[19] He was named to the PFWA All-Rookie Team.[20]
| Legend | |
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| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Fumbles | Interceptions | |||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | FF | FR | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | TD | PD | ||
| 2023 | DET | 17 | 12 | 95 | 52 | 43 | 2.0 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 2024 | DET | 17 | 17 | 131 | 69 | 62 | 1.5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Career | 34 | 29 | 226 | 121 | 105 | 3.5 | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | |
