2026 Draft Profile - Illinois Edge Gabe Jacas

Jacas looks like a big-time edge but there are questions that must be sorted out a bit.

No. 17 - Gabe Jacas - Age 22 - JR - 6’4 - 260 - Illinois

• Jacas is out of Port St Lucie, Florida and won two state wrestling titles which we always count as a positive. He was a 3-star recruit in the class of 2022 and the 69th best edge that year who flipped late from Tulane to Illinois.

• 2022 - Freshman All-American,

• 2024 - All Big Ten (3rd), All American (3rd)

• 2025 - All Big Ten (First)

We are still awaiting his testing scores at our publishing date beyond the bench press.

2023 - 546 snaps - 22 QBP, 3 sacks, 22 tackles - 67.6 PFF

2024 - 692 snaps - 44 QBP, 8 sacks, 50 tackles - 69.2 PFF

2025 - 529 snaps - 41 QBP, 12 sacks, 18 tackles - 78.0 PFF

For Gabe’s tape evaluation, we grabbed Ohio State, Wisconsin, and the snow game against Northwestern. Here we go.