Auburn Tigers · S RoomS
#20 Jacoby Mathews
Class RS SR/TRFrom Texas A&M (transfer)Ht / Wt 6'1" · 205 lbHometown Ponchatoula, LA · Ponchatoula
Depth-chart placement
Current role
SS2Placement
BackupRoom
SafetyExperience
5-SRLast change
Updated 2026-07-29S room context
View full depth chart →Jacoby Mathews holds the SS · Backup spot in Auburn Tigers’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:
Transfer history
2026Texas A&M→Auburn Tigers
Production
2025 seasonLatest season · 2025
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Tackles
Background & career
Jacoby Mathews is a safety who transferred to Auburn from Texas A&M. A native of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, he was a 4-star recruit in the 2022 class and a 2022 Under Armour All-American. At Texas A&M, he played in 10 games as a freshman in 2022 and 11 games as a sophomore in 2023, starting nine times that season with 41 tackles and four breakups. He recorded eight tackles in separate contests at Tennessee and LSU, and scored on a special teams play against Ole Miss, returning a blocked field goal 75 yards for a touchdown. Mathews made his Auburn debut against Mercer on November 22, 2025.
Texas A&M2022 – 20232024
Auburn2025 — presentPrevious schoolTexas A&MRecruiting4-star · No. 39 nationalOriginPonchatoula, LA · Ponchatoula