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Jersey Number 23
Jaylaan Wimbush
- Position:
- Free Safety
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- St. Petersburg, Fla.
- High School:
- Boca Ciega HS
2018 SEASON (SENIOR): Played in all 15 games including three starts at cornerback against Cal Poly, South Dakota and Southern Illinois...Credited with 34 tackles including 23 solo stops...Made his only career interception in the home win over Delaware...Also had one pass breakup in the NCAA semifinal victory over South Dakota State...Made a season-high four tackles in games against Youngstown State, Missouri State and Montana State.
2017 SEASON (JUNIOR): Started the first 14 games at cornerback and came off the bench in a limited role during the national championship game due to injury...NDSU's third-leading special teams tackler with 11 stops on either kickoff and punt coverage...Totaled 37 tackles on the season...Notched his first career sack at Indiana State, a forced fumble in opponent territory that led to a Bison field goal...Made two fumble recoveries and broke up one pass...Season-high five tackles twice against Missouri State and San Diego.
2016 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played and started 13 games, missing only the contest at Western Illinois...Finished the season with 49 tackles including a career-high 10 in the home win over Youngstown State...Broke up nine passes, including a fourth-down stop in overtime of the season-opener against Charleston Southern...Had a career-high three breakups against CSU...Made seven tackles and blocked a field goal in the win at Missouri State.
2015 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in 14 of 15 games...Missed the North Dakota game in Week 3...Season-high six tackles in the win at Southern Illinois...Finished the season with nine tackles including one in the national championship victory.
2014 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter at Boca Ciega High School under coaches Stevie Thomas and Antez Brinson...Three-year captain...Played wide receiver, free safety and was active on special teams as a punter and kicker...Pinellas County All-Star...Third team all-defense by Tampa Bay football website Big Country Preps...Caught 12 passes for 228 yards his senior year.
PERSONAL: Graduated from NDSU in December 2018 with a bachelor's degree in English...Son of Ronald and Yaritza Wimbush and the late Jacqueline Wimbush of St. Petersburg...Has four brothers and two sisters.
2017 SEASON (JUNIOR): Started the first 14 games at cornerback and came off the bench in a limited role during the national championship game due to injury...NDSU's third-leading special teams tackler with 11 stops on either kickoff and punt coverage...Totaled 37 tackles on the season...Notched his first career sack at Indiana State, a forced fumble in opponent territory that led to a Bison field goal...Made two fumble recoveries and broke up one pass...Season-high five tackles twice against Missouri State and San Diego.
2016 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played and started 13 games, missing only the contest at Western Illinois...Finished the season with 49 tackles including a career-high 10 in the home win over Youngstown State...Broke up nine passes, including a fourth-down stop in overtime of the season-opener against Charleston Southern...Had a career-high three breakups against CSU...Made seven tackles and blocked a field goal in the win at Missouri State.
2015 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in 14 of 15 games...Missed the North Dakota game in Week 3...Season-high six tackles in the win at Southern Illinois...Finished the season with nine tackles including one in the national championship victory.
2014 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter at Boca Ciega High School under coaches Stevie Thomas and Antez Brinson...Three-year captain...Played wide receiver, free safety and was active on special teams as a punter and kicker...Pinellas County All-Star...Third team all-defense by Tampa Bay football website Big Country Preps...Caught 12 passes for 228 yards his senior year.
PERSONAL: Graduated from NDSU in December 2018 with a bachelor's degree in English...Son of Ronald and Yaritza Wimbush and the late Jacqueline Wimbush of St. Petersburg...Has four brothers and two sisters.
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