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Jersey Number 8
Jamond Mathis
- Position:
- Outside Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 250
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- St. Louis, Mo.
- High School:
- Duchesne
CAREER HONORS
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
- All-MAC Second Team (2025, So.)
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
- Arrived at Texas Tech after earning All-MAC second team honors at Kent State โฆ spent only the 2025 season with the Golden Flashes following two years at Southern Illinois โฆ 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 โฆ credited with 67 total pressures over 868 defensive snaps by Pro Football Focus โฆ delivered the bulk of his pressures the past two seasons โฆ has received an 78.0 or better overall grade in each of his three seasons at the collegiate level.
- 2025 SEASON (JUNIOR at KENT STATE): collected second team All-MAC honors during his first season at the FBS level with Kent State โฆ appeared in all 12 games for the Golden Flashes, while making two starts โฆ recorded 28 tackles (17 solo) on the season, including 8.0 for a loss and a team-leading 6.0 sacks โฆ ranked second on the team for tackles for loss and was tied for third with three pass breakups โฆ closed the season ranked tied for seventh in the MAC for total sacks.
- Recorded a tackle for loss in two of Kent Stateโs 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 โฆ 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) โฆ 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) โฆ 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 โฆ easily the highest-rated player on Kent Stateโs defense and ranked 22nd nationally among edge players with at least 400 snaps โฆ listed with 35 total pressures, more than twice the total of any other Golden Flash โฆ resulted in an 81.9 pass rush grade to go along with a 78.5 rush defense grade. ย
- 2024 SEASON (SOPHOMORE at SOUTHERN ILLINOIS): earned an increased role as a sophomore, appearing in all 12 games for the Salukis while making seven starts โฆ recorded 30 tackles (13 solo) on the season, including 8.5 for a loss and 3.0 sacks โฆ 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 โ all via sacks โ at Austin Peay (9/7) โฆ first of eight games with at least a share of a tackle for loss on the season โฆ 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) โฆ 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 โฆ publication awarded him 28 total pressures, which led the team โฆ was the third-highest ranked player on the team among those with at least 300 defensive snaps โฆ 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):ย 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) โฆ 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 โฆ two-way player, lining up at running back and wide receiver in addition to his defensive end spot โฆ 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 schoolโs history, setting the Duchesne school record with 23.0 career sacks โฆ had already snapped the school career sacks record before his senior season โฆ 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 โฆ rushed for more than 1,000 yards and scored 18 touchdowns as a running back his junior and senior seasons โฆ 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 โฆ ranked as high as No. 25 among prospects from the state of Missouri by Rivals โฆ had offers out of high school from Kentucky, Colorado, Memphis and Kansas, among others, before settling on Southern Illinois.
PERSONAL
- Jamond Mathis ... born and raised in St. Louis, Mo. ... father is Deray Mathis ... has one sibling, Destiny Hightower.
- Outside of football, enjoys the outdoors, nature and hiking.
- An applied personal finance major at Texas Tech.
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