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Jersey Number 19
Ja'Kai Young
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Nickel
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 183
- Hometown:
- Stamford, Conn.
- High School:
- Westhill
- Previous:
- Gardner-Webb
- Major:
- Professional and Continuing Education
Bio
2024:
Prior to JMU:
High School:
Personal:
- Played in four games
- Had one tackle
Prior to JMU:
- Transferred to JMU after one season at Gardner-Webb (2023) and three at Division II Southern Connecticut State (2019, 2021-22)
- Played in 12 games at Gardner-Webb and 20 at SCSU
- 2023 First Team All-Big South-OVC selection
- Between both schools, had a career 101 tackles with 3.5 tackles for loss, one forced fumble, six interceptions (two pick-sixes), 20 pass breakups and a block
- In 2023 at G-W, had 41 tackles with 1.0 TFL, one forced fumble, two interceptions (both pick-sixes) and nine pass breakups
- In 2022 at SCSU, tallied 28 tackles with 2.0 TFL, three interceptions, five PBU and one block
- In 2021 at SCSU, accrued 32 tackles with a half TFL, one interception and six PBU
- Redshirted in 2019 and team did not play in 2020
- Career-high eight tackles at Austin Peay (2023)
- Career-high three pass breakups at Tennessee Tech (2023)
High School:
- First Team All-Conference as a senior
- Team MVP
Personal:
- Son of Neisha Hill
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