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24 Kendall Jacobs

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 190
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Tarboro, N.C.
  • High School Tarboro HS

Biography

AS A JUNIOR (2014): A member of the PBC Presidential Honor Roll ... Played in all 10 games … Registered 51 tackles (26 solo), including 2-1/2 tackles for loss (-7 yards) … Also picked off a pair of passes and turned in five pass break-ups … Registered five or more tackles in five games, including a season-best 10 stops (8 solo) against North Alabama … Also logged a tackle for loss (-1 yard) against the Lions … Turned in seven tackles (3 solo), a tackle for loss assist (-3 yards) and a 23-yard interception return at Wingate … Tallied nine tackles against both Newberry (6 solo) and Valdosta State (3 solo) … Also produced a tackle for loss (-3 yards) against Newberry … Tallied a pair of pass break-ups against Catawba.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2013): A member of the PBC Presidential Honor Roll ... Played in all 11 games for UNCP … Amassed 23 tackles (15 solo), including one tackle for loss (-1 yard) … Also registered a pass break-up … Totaled two or more tackles against seven opponents, including a season-best four solo stops against Shaw … Tallied three tackles (two solo) in the opener with Winston-Salem State … Registered two tackles in consecutive games with Wingate, Charlotte (two solo) and Catawba … Turned in a season-best four stops (three solo) at defending national champion Valdosta State … Also recorded two tackles against Virginia-Lynchburg … Grabbed lone pass break-up of the season at Fayetteville State.

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2012): Played in five games for UNCP … Logged four tackles (three solo) … Recorded solo tackles against Winston-Salem State, Fayetteville State and Virginia-Lynchburg, while logging a tackle assist against Catawba.

AS A FRESHMAN (2011): Redshirted. Did not see varsity action.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Tarboro High School for coach Jeff Craddock … Helped lead Vikings to a perfect 16-0 record and the 2A state championship as a prep senior … Earned first team all-conference laurels after registering 61 tackles (42 solo) and eight interceptions … Averaged better than 20 yards per punt return on special teams … Integral part of defense that surrendered just eight points a game during his senior season … Earned Coach’s Award laurels, as well as best defensive back honors … Invited to participate in North Carolina East/West All-Star game … Registered five punt return touchdowns and three interceptions as a junior in leading Tarboro to the state title … Also lettered in track & field at Tarboro.

PERSONAL: The son of Sharon and Curtis Jacobs … Has a younger sister, Kiara … Father is a former football player for Fayetteville State … Maintained a 3.4 cumulative grade point average at Tarboro High School and graduated in the top 16 percent of his 180-member senior class … A biology major at UNCP.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2011Freshman

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    2012Redshirt Freshman

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    5'10" 180 lbs
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    2013Redshirt Sophomore

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    5'10" 190 lbs
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    2014Redshirt Junior

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    5'10" 190 lbs
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    2015Redshirt Senior

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    5'10" 190 lbs
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