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Jersey Number 9
Jaylon Sharpe
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, NC
- Previous School:
- Charlotte
Bio
Awards and Honors
2023: Named to Big South-OVC Football Association second team…Tabbed to Phil Steele All-Conference second team…Named to FCS Football Central All-Conference second team…Played and started in all 11 games for the Skyhawks at linebacker…Helped team to inaugural Big South-OVC Football Association championship…Compiled 63 total tackles, including 36 solos and 27 assists…Notched 6.5 tackles for loss totaling 17 yards…Recorded 2.0 sacks…Tallied two pass breakups – including a pair at Gardner-Webb (Oct. 28)…Posted two quarterback hurries…Tallied five or more tackles in eight games – including a season-best eight tackles against No. 1 Georgia (Sept. 2) and North Alabama (Sept. 23)…Recorded a season-high three tackles for loss – including a pair of sacks – against Gardner-Webb (Oct. 28).
2022: Played in all 11 games for the Skyhawks at linebacker…Compiled seven total tackles…Notched half a tackle for loss against Missouri State (Sept. 8)…Tallied a quarterback hurry against Western Illinois (Sept. 1)…Posted a season-best two tackles against Missouri State (Sept. 8).
BEFORE UTM: Spent three seasons at Charlotte where he played for head coach Will Healy...Played in 16 games since 2019 while compiling 28 total tackles, including 1.0 tackle for loss...Missed the 2021 season due to injury...Played in five games during the COVID-19 shortened campaign of 2020...Tallied seven total tackles, including five solos and two assists...Recorded a season-high three stops against Duke (Oct. 31)...Played in 11 games as a true freshman in 2019...Tallied 21 total tackles, including nine solos and 12 assists...Posted a career-high four tackles against No. 1 Clemson (Sept. 21) and Marshall (Nov. 23)...Registered first career tackle for loss against Florida Atlantic (Sept. 28)...Had three tackles in 49ers first-ever bowl game against Buffalo in Bahamas Bowl...Named to Athletic Director's List in spring of 2021...Prepped at Rocky River High School where he played for head coach Orlando Gray...Two-time Southwestern 4A Conference Defensive Player of the Year honoree...Posted 127 tackles - including 90 solo stops - during his senior campaign...Earned a pair of all-conference honors...Ranked as a three-star prospect by both 247Sports and ESPN...Ranked as a two-star prospect by Rivals...Ranked as the #49 player in North Carolina by 247Sports.
PERSONAL: Born on Nov. 28, 2000...Son of Kendrick and Jessica Sharpe...Has two siblings, Korion and Kennedi.
- Yearly Honors
- Finalist for Buck Buchanan Award (2024)
- FCS Football Central All-American second team (2024)
- Stats Perform FCS All-American third team (2024)
- Big South-OVC first team (2024)
- Phil Steele Midseason All-American first team (2024)
- Big South-OVC Football Association second team (2023)
- Phil Steele All-Conference second team (2023)
- FCS Football Central All-Conference second team (2023)
2023: Named to Big South-OVC Football Association second team…Tabbed to Phil Steele All-Conference second team…Named to FCS Football Central All-Conference second team…Played and started in all 11 games for the Skyhawks at linebacker…Helped team to inaugural Big South-OVC Football Association championship…Compiled 63 total tackles, including 36 solos and 27 assists…Notched 6.5 tackles for loss totaling 17 yards…Recorded 2.0 sacks…Tallied two pass breakups – including a pair at Gardner-Webb (Oct. 28)…Posted two quarterback hurries…Tallied five or more tackles in eight games – including a season-best eight tackles against No. 1 Georgia (Sept. 2) and North Alabama (Sept. 23)…Recorded a season-high three tackles for loss – including a pair of sacks – against Gardner-Webb (Oct. 28).
2022: Played in all 11 games for the Skyhawks at linebacker…Compiled seven total tackles…Notched half a tackle for loss against Missouri State (Sept. 8)…Tallied a quarterback hurry against Western Illinois (Sept. 1)…Posted a season-best two tackles against Missouri State (Sept. 8).
BEFORE UTM: Spent three seasons at Charlotte where he played for head coach Will Healy...Played in 16 games since 2019 while compiling 28 total tackles, including 1.0 tackle for loss...Missed the 2021 season due to injury...Played in five games during the COVID-19 shortened campaign of 2020...Tallied seven total tackles, including five solos and two assists...Recorded a season-high three stops against Duke (Oct. 31)...Played in 11 games as a true freshman in 2019...Tallied 21 total tackles, including nine solos and 12 assists...Posted a career-high four tackles against No. 1 Clemson (Sept. 21) and Marshall (Nov. 23)...Registered first career tackle for loss against Florida Atlantic (Sept. 28)...Had three tackles in 49ers first-ever bowl game against Buffalo in Bahamas Bowl...Named to Athletic Director's List in spring of 2021...Prepped at Rocky River High School where he played for head coach Orlando Gray...Two-time Southwestern 4A Conference Defensive Player of the Year honoree...Posted 127 tackles - including 90 solo stops - during his senior campaign...Earned a pair of all-conference honors...Ranked as a three-star prospect by both 247Sports and ESPN...Ranked as a two-star prospect by Rivals...Ranked as the #49 player in North Carolina by 247Sports.
PERSONAL: Born on Nov. 28, 2000...Son of Kendrick and Jessica Sharpe...Has two siblings, Korion and Kennedi.
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Skyhawk Sports Talk - Season 3, Episode 2
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