NDSU

* 2009 Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Newcomer Team

Entered the program as an impact player as a true freshman ... Has continued to improve with each practice and each game ... Physical player with good speed, quickness and reaction to the football ... Has started in 22 of 25 games over first two seasons ... Missed spring practice to repair injury ... 2010 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Started in all 14 games ... Third on the team with 91 tackles including 43 solos, 5.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble and one fumble recovery ... Had season-high nine tackles including eight solos at Youngstown State (10-9-10) ... Productive during the NCAA playoffs, credited with a fumble recovery vs. Robert Morris (11-27-10) and a forced fumble at Eastern Washington (12-11-10) ... 2009 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in all 11 games including eight starting assignments ... Credited with 61 tackles including 27 solos, 1.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble and one fumble recovery ... Had 38 tackles over last four games ... Named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Newcomer team ... Had two games with double-figure tackles ... Made a season-high 12 tackles including nine solos and forced fumble at Western Illinois (10-31-09) ... Recorded 10 tackles vs. Missouri State (10-24-09) ... Had a season-high eight assisted tackles, nine overall, at Indiana State (11-14-09) ...  HIGH SCHOOL: 2009 graduate of South High School ... Two-time North Dakota first team all-state selection for Fargo South High School and head coach Kevin Feeney, a former standout quarterback at NDSU ... Played in North Dakota Shrine Bowl and MonDak Bowl ... Played on a pair of undefeated state championship teams and one state runner-up squad ... South compiled a 33-2 record over his career ... Three-year letterwinner and two-time year starter at outside linebacker and running back for the Bruins ... Four-year letterwinner in track & field ... State runner-up and Eastern Dakota Conference champion in the 110 meter hurdles ... PERSONAL: Son of Chad Desjarlais and Tetris Anissa Jemison-Desjarlais ... Has one brother, Vincent, and one sister, Bravin ... Father played for NDSU in 1996 ... College major is sociology with a minor philosophy ... Worked at Fargo Rentall during the summer.

Jemison’s Career Bests
Solo Tackles: 9 at Western Illinois, 10-31-09
Assisted Tackles: 8 at Indiana State, 11-14-09
Tackles: 12 at Western Illinois, 10-31-09
Tackles for Loss: 1.5 vs. Western Illinois, 10-2-10
Forced Fumble: 1 at Eastern Washington, 12-11-10; at Western Illinois, 10-31-09
Fumble Recovery:  1 vs. Robert Morris, 11-27-10; vs. Wagner, 9-19-09
Game W/Double-Figure Tackles: 2 games