Jacob Manu holds the MLB · Starter spot in Washington Huskies’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Jacob Manu is a linebacker who transferred to Washington via the portal in January 2025. At Arizona from 2022 to 2024, he recorded 116 tackles in 2023 while earning first-team All-Pac-12 honors from both coaches and the Associated Press. That season he also posted 9.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks. In 2024, he appeared in seven games before an injury cut his season short, totaling 47 tackles and three tackles for loss. At Washington in 2025, Manu played five games while managing a previous injury. He made his Husky debut against Ohio State with three tackles and started contests at Maryland, Michigan, and UCLA, combining for 20 tackles across those appearances, plus six tackles in the L.A. Bowl victory over Boise State.

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Washington2025 — present