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Jacob Busic
Photo by: Nate Donlevy
Jacob Busic - 2025 UCLA Football Headshot
Jersey Number 97

Jacob Busic

  • Position:
    Defensive Line
  • Height:
    6-4
  • Weight:
    265
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Westminster, Md.
  • Previous School:
    Westminster HS / Navy
Career Summary
Four-year letterwinner at UCLA (2024) and Navy (2021-23) ... over 37 career games, has amassed 72 tackles (38-34-0), 17 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, and two forced fumbles. 

2024
Appeared in 10 games, making five starts, at defensive end in his debut season at UCLA ... notched 10 tackles (6-4-0) with one sack for the season ... posted three solo tackles and a sack in his Bruin debut at Hawai'i (Aug. 31) ... added three tackles at Washington (Nov. 15) ... enrolled at UCLA in January 2024 ... named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Spring 2024. 

Navy
Spent four years and three seasons at the Naval Academy in Annapolid, Md. from 2020-23 ... over 27 games at Navy, totaled 62 tackles (32-30-62) with 16 tackles for loss, nine sacks, three passes defended, two forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries ... was an all-league honorable mention in 2022 after posting 38 tackes, nine TFLs, and 6.0 sacks.

2023 (Navy)
Saw action in four games (Notre Dame, Wagner, Memphis, Army) ... had 1.0 sacks against Wagner ... made 3 tackles against Memphis with 2 pass break ups.

2022 (Navy)
Starter in all 12 games ... an Honorable Mention All-American Athletic Conference selection and Third-Team All-AAC honoree by Phil Steele ... named First-Team All-East by the ECAC ... second on the team in sacks (6) and tied for second in tackles for loss (8.5) to go along with his 38 total tackles on the year ... 5 tackles, including a tackle for loss, against Army ... held Notre Dame to 66 yards rushing, the fewest by the Irish in the series since they rushed for 60 yards in 2009 ... posted 5 tackles, including a tackle for loss against the Irish ... had one tackle at Cincinnati ... Navy’s defense held Temple to just 20 yards rushing ... credited with 4 tackles, including a sack and tackle for loss of 10 yards against Temple ... had 3 tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack versus Houston that resulted in a fumble that was returned for a TD ... turned in a pair of tackles against SMU ... posted 6 tackles, including a sack and tackle for loss at Air Force ... also forced a fumble and recovered it, the first of his career in both categories ... had 4 tackles, including half a sack in win over East Carolina ... posted career-high 6 tackles, including a half a sack against Memphis ... he recorded 2 tackles, a career-high 2 tackles for loss and a career-high 2 sacks against Delaware.

2021 (Navy)
Closed out the year with 20 tackles, including 5.5 tackles for loss and a pair of sacks ... also had 3 QB hurries and broke up a pass ... pitched in 4 tackles in the win over Army, including teaming up with Diego Fagot for the stop on Army’s final play of the game ... his lone tackle against Temple went for a loss ... had one tackle against East Carolina ... turned in 2 tackles, including a tackle for loss, at Notre Dame, and also broke up a pass ... recorded 3 tackles at Tulsa that including 1.5 tackles for loss and his second-career sack ... his lone tackle against Cincinnati also marked his first-career sack ... made solo stop at Memphis ... made his first-career tackle for loss against UCF ... recorded a pair of tackles against Air Force ... made his first-career start in his first-collegiate game against Marshall ... turned in 3 tackles, including 2 solo stops, and also had a QB hurry.

2020 (Navy)
Did not see game action in his first season in the program.

High School
A 2019 graduate of Westminster (Md.) High School in Westminster, Md. ... attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2019-20 academic year ... two-sport standout who earned letters in basketball (2) and football (3) ... three-time (2016, ‘17, ‘18) all-county football selection, who served as team captain his senior year ... led the football team to the 2017 Carroll County Athletic League Championship and an appearance in the Class 3A West final ... also served as captain of the basketball team his senior year.

Personal
Son of Kenneth and Patricia Busic ... majored in quantitative economics at Navy.
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