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2019 Football Roster

43 James Jeffery

  • Position Defensive Tackle
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 279
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Houston, Texas
  • Highschool Cy Ridge HS

Biography

Played in 45 games earning 30 starts during the career … Finished his career with 128 total tackles, including 68 unassisted stops … Also recorded 18 tackles for losses, including 3.5 sacks … Was credited with three QB hurries, three forced fumbles, two pass breakups and a blocked kick.
 
2019 (Senior): Played in and started all 12 games … Recorded 54 total tackles, including 34 solo stops, from his interior lineman position … Was also credited with 7.5 tackles for losses, including two for sacks … Also recorded two pass breakups, recorded a quarterback hurry and a blocked kick … Had five tackles and two tackles for losses in the season opener … Recorded seven tackles against Mississippi Valley State … Recorded seven tackles, five unassisted, and two TFLs in the upset victory over nationally ranked Sam Houston State … His two TFLs against the Bearkats were both sacks … Also broke up two passes against the Bearkats … Had a season-high eight tackles, including seven solos, at Northwestern State … Recorded four tackles and a quarterback hurry against Abilene Christian.

2018 (Junior): Played in and started all 12 games … Finished the season with 31 tackles, including 6.0 for losses … Also credited with a fumble forced and a quarterback hurry … Posted a career-high six tackles, including one for a loss, against Northwestern State … Had three stops, including one for a loss, the following week against Southeastern Louisiana … Recorded three solo tackles, including two for losses at Stephen F. Austin … Made three unassisted tackles, including one for a loss, and forced a fumble in the victory over Incarnate Word … Recorded a quarterback hurry in the season opener against Kentucky Christian.

2017 (Sophomore): Played in all 11 games, earning starts in the final six games of the season … Recorded 32 tackles, including five assisted stops … Was also credited with 3.5 tackles for losses, and assisted on a sack … Forced two fumbles and recorded a quarterback hurry on the season … Recorded a season-high five tackles five times … First five-tackle effort came against Nicholls … Also recorded a hurry against the Colonels … Followed that up with five stops at Incarnate Word … Had five tackles, one solo, including a TFL and forced a fumble against Stephen F. Austin … Recorded three tackles and a TFL against nationally-ranked Central Arkansas … His lone tackle against UT-Permian Basin was for a loss … Recorded five tackles in the come-from-behind victory at Houston Baptist … One of the tackles against HBU was a sack … Closed the season with five tackles against rival McNeese.

2016 (Freshman): Played in 10 games … Recorded 11 tackles including six solo stops on the season … Was also credited with a sack … Had a season-high five tackles, including two solos, at Houston … His lone tackle at Nicholls was an unassisted sack.

High School: Named 17-6A defensive MVP … Recorded 90 tackles, including 18 for losses … Also recorded six sacks … A four-year letterwinner.

Personal: Son of R.B. Jeffery and Mary Jefferson … Born Nov. 12, 1997.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 43

    2016Freshman

    Defensive End
    6'3" 234 lbs
    43
  • 43

    2017Sophomore

    Defensive End/Nose Guard
    6'3" 268 lbs
    43
  • 43

    2018Junior

    Defensive Tackle
    6'3" 287 lbs
    43
  • 43

    2019Senior

    Defensive Tackle
    6'3" 279 lbs
    43
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