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Jersey Number 44
TJ Jefferson
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Nashville, Tenn.
- Previous School:
- Montgomery Bell Academy
- High School:
- Montgomery Bell Academy
Bio
Awards and Honors
2018: Played in all 11 games for the Skyhawks at linebacker while earning one start…Earned the starting nod against Eastern Kentucky (Oct. 13)…Compiled 35 total tackles, including 11 solos and 24 assists…Notched 2.5 tackles for loss totaling 14 yards…Recorded a sack against Jacksonville State (Nov. 3)…Recovered a fumble against Middle Tennessee (Sept. 8)…Tallied an interception and a quarterback hurry against Jacksonville State (Nov. 3)…Notched pass breakups against Southeast Missouri (Oct. 27) and Tennessee Tech (Nov. 10)…Recorded a season-high nine tackles against Eastern Kentucky (Oct. 13)…Returned a kickoff 15 yards against Southeast Missouri (Oct. 27).
2017: Played in all 11 games for the Skyhawks at linebacker and on special teams…Compiled nine total tackles, including two solos and seven assists…Blocked a field goal which he returned 14 yards against No. 20 Tennessee State…Named OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2016: Saw action in all 12 games for the Skyhawks at linebacker and on special teams…Compiled 11 total tackles, including six solos and five assists…Notched multi-tackle performances against Hawai’i (Sept. 10), Austin Peay (Oct. 8), Eastern Illinois (Nov. 5) and Southeast Missouri (Nov. 12).
2015:Â Redshirted.
BEFORE UTM: Prepped at Montgomery Bell Academy, where he was a standout linebacker for head coach Marty Euverard…Tallied 70 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, two fumble recoveries and an interception as a senior, helping the Big Red to an 11-2 record and Division II-AA state championship, the school’s first since 2007…Had a team-high eight tackles while heading an MBA defense that forced four turnovers in its 10-7 win over Ensworth in the state title game…Was named to the 2014 all-state team by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association.
PERSONAL: Born on Nov. 18, 1996…Son of Tyrone and Andrea Jefferson…Majoring in pre-physical therapy.
- 2019 All-OVC first team
- 2019 Phil Steele Preseason All-OVC third team
- Two-time TSWA Defensive Player of the Week (10/6/19) and (10/16/19)
- OVC Medal of Honor (2019-20)
- OVC Commissioners' Honor Roll (2017-18, 2019-20)
- Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2019)
2018: Played in all 11 games for the Skyhawks at linebacker while earning one start…Earned the starting nod against Eastern Kentucky (Oct. 13)…Compiled 35 total tackles, including 11 solos and 24 assists…Notched 2.5 tackles for loss totaling 14 yards…Recorded a sack against Jacksonville State (Nov. 3)…Recovered a fumble against Middle Tennessee (Sept. 8)…Tallied an interception and a quarterback hurry against Jacksonville State (Nov. 3)…Notched pass breakups against Southeast Missouri (Oct. 27) and Tennessee Tech (Nov. 10)…Recorded a season-high nine tackles against Eastern Kentucky (Oct. 13)…Returned a kickoff 15 yards against Southeast Missouri (Oct. 27).
2017: Played in all 11 games for the Skyhawks at linebacker and on special teams…Compiled nine total tackles, including two solos and seven assists…Blocked a field goal which he returned 14 yards against No. 20 Tennessee State…Named OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2016: Saw action in all 12 games for the Skyhawks at linebacker and on special teams…Compiled 11 total tackles, including six solos and five assists…Notched multi-tackle performances against Hawai’i (Sept. 10), Austin Peay (Oct. 8), Eastern Illinois (Nov. 5) and Southeast Missouri (Nov. 12).
2015:Â Redshirted.
BEFORE UTM: Prepped at Montgomery Bell Academy, where he was a standout linebacker for head coach Marty Euverard…Tallied 70 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, two fumble recoveries and an interception as a senior, helping the Big Red to an 11-2 record and Division II-AA state championship, the school’s first since 2007…Had a team-high eight tackles while heading an MBA defense that forced four turnovers in its 10-7 win over Ensworth in the state title game…Was named to the 2014 all-state team by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association.
PERSONAL: Born on Nov. 18, 1996…Son of Tyrone and Andrea Jefferson…Majoring in pre-physical therapy.
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