Jesse Bobbit

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-2
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Palatine, Ill.
High School:
Palatine H.S.
Major:
Physical Education/Teacher Education

Honors and and Awards
• Honorable mention all-Missouri Valley Football Conference (2015)
• MVFC All-Academic Second Team (2015)
• MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award (2014, 2015)
• MVFC Honor Roll (2013, 2014, 2015)

2015: Finished second on the team with 97 total tackles and 6.5 tackles for loss ... recorded double figures in tackles five times, starting with 10-tackle performance in season opener at Kansas ... also recovered a fumble en route to earning team’s Defensive Player of the Week award in win at Kansas ... was credited with 11 tackles in home win over Robert Morris (Pa.) ... forced a fumble and matched career high with 13 tackles in MVFC?opener against North Dakota State ... made 10 tackles in Hobo Day game versus Northern Iowa ... registered seven stops, including season-best 1.5 tackles for loss and first career sack, at Missouri State as he shared team’s Defensive Player of the Week Award ... received team’s weekly defensive award for third time as he came up with key interception and broke up another pass in home finale versus Illinois State ... wrapped up regular season with 11-tackle performance at Western Illinois

2014: Ranked third on the team with 90 tackles after starting all 14 games at linebacker ... recorded at least two tackles in every game ... credited with six tackles in back-to-back wins over Cal Poly and Southern Utah ... was named or shared squad’s Defensive Player of the Week each of the final four weeks of the season ... registered seven tackles in Missouri Valley Football Conference opener at Illinois State ... recorded six tackles and broke up pair of passes in road win at nationally ranked Northern Iowa ... notched two tackles for loss among five total tackles in Hobo Day game versus Youngstown State ... forced and recovered key fumble at goal line in road win at Indiana State ... began string of weekly honors by recording nine tackles and forcing a fumble versus Western Illinois ... tallied career-high 13 tackles in Football Championship Subdivision playoff victory at Montana State ... finished season with 11-tackle performance in playoff game at North Dakota State

2013: Played in all 14 games as a true freshman, seeing action both on special teams and as a reserve linebacker ... was credited with season-high three solo tackles in collegiate debut against Butler (Ind.) ... registered two tackles in game at Nebraska ... shared squad’s Special Teams Player of the Week award after blocking a field goal in home finale versus Indiana State

BEFORE SDSU: Capped a stellar prep career by earning first-team all-state honors from both the Chicago Tribune and Champaign News Gazette during his senior season at Palatine High School ... was a four-time all-conference selection and three-time Tom Lemming Chicagoland and Daily Herald all-area honoree ... tallied 325 tackles and 17 interceptions for his career ... honor student