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Jersey Number 8
Jamond Mathis
- Position:
- Outside Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 250
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Saint Charles, Mo.
- High School:
- Duchesne
CAREER HONORS
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
HIGH SCHOOL
- All-MAC Second Team (2025, So.)
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
- Arrived at Texas Tech after earning All-MAC second team honors at Kent State … spent only the 2025 season with the Golden Flashes following two years at Southern Illinois … will have two seasons of eligibility remaining as a Red Raider after appearing in 28 games with nine starts between the two schools.
- Combined for 59 tackles over the two schools (31 solo) to go along with 17.5 tackles for loss and 9.0 sacks … credited with 67 total pressures over 868 defensive snaps by Pro Football Focus … delivered the bulk of his pressures the past two seasons … has received an 78.0 or better overall grade in each of his three seasons at the collegiate level.
- 2025 SEASON (SOPHOMORE AT KENT STATE): collected second team All-MAC honors during his first season at the FBS level with Kent State … appeared in all 12 games for the Golden Flashes, while making two starts … recorded 28 tackles (17 solo) on the season, including 8.0 for a loss and a team-leading 6.0 sacks … ranked second on the team for tackles for loss and was tied for third with three pass breakups … closed the season ranked tied for seventh in the MAC for total sacks.
- Recorded a tackle for loss in two of Kent State’s three games against power conference foes, delivering one for a three-yard loss at Florida State (9/20) and then a sack at Oklahoma (10/4) for an 11-yard loss … did not have a tackle for loss in the matchup with his future school in Texas Tech (9/6), finishing with one stop in the loss.
- Previously began the season with a solo sack as part of three tackles versus Merrimack (8/30) … had at least a share of a tackle for loss in seven games overall, matching his career high with 1.5 stops behind the line against the likes of UMass (10/11), Ball State (11/5) and Akron (11/11) … set a season high with four tackles at both Ball State and Northern Illinois (11/28).
- Credited with 453 defensive snaps by Pro Football Focus, which awarded him an 84.5 overall grade, the highest thus far in his career … easily the highest-rated player on Kent State’s defense and ranked 22nd nationally among edge players with at least 400 snaps … listed with 35 total pressures, more than twice the total of any other Golden Flash … resulted in an 81.9 pass rush grade to go along with a 78.5 rush defense grade.
- 2024 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS): earned an increased role as a redshirt freshman, appearing in all 12 games for the Salukis while making seven starts … recorded 30 tackles (13 solo) on the season, including 8.5 for a loss and 3.0 sacks … ranked tied for second on the team for both tackles for loss and sacks.
- Best performance of the season came in only the second game with six tackles, including 1.5 for a loss – all via sacks – at Austin Peay (9/7) … first of eight games with at least a share of a tackle for loss on the season … matched his season high of 1.5 tackles for loss later in the year against both North Dakota State (10/12) and Murray State (11/23) … finished with five tackles versus North Dakota State as well as Youngstown State (11/9) later in the year.
- Credited with 377 defensive snaps on the season by Pro Football Focus, which awarded him a 79.6 overall rating … publication awarded him 28 total pressures, which led the team … was the third-highest ranked player on the team among those with at least 300 defensive snaps … received a 74.0 grade as a pass rusher and a 73.0 grade in rush defense as well.
- 2023 SEASON (FRESHMAN AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS): redshirt season … appeared in only four games as a true freshman, seeing time against Austin Peay (9/2), North Dakota State (11/11), Indiana State (11/18) and Nicholls (11/25) … lone tackle on the year went for a one-yard loss in the FCS Playoffs win over Nicholls.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Attended Duchesne High School in St. Charles, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis … two-way player, lining up at running back and wide receiver in addition to his defensive end spot … helped lead Duchesne to a memorable senior season, advancing to the state semifinals to become just the fifth team to be among the final four teams.
- One of the top athletes in the school’s history, setting the Duchesne school record with 23.0 career sacks … had already snapped the school career sacks record before his senior season … a three-time first team All-Conference selection and All-State honoree as a senior in 2022.
- Recorded 50 tackles, 9.0 tackles for loss and 5.0 sacks on defense as a junior, all while compiling 679 all-purpose yards on offense that season … rushed for more than 1,000 yards and scored 18 touchdowns as a running back his junior and senior seasons … multi-sport athlete as a member of the Duchesne track and field program.
- Listed as a three-star prospect coming out of high school by Rivals, On3 and 247Sports … ranked as high as No. 25 among prospects from the state of Missouri by Rivals … had offers out of high school from Kentucky, Colorado, Memphis and Kansas, among others, before settling on Southern Illinois.
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