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2012 Football Roster

27 Jose Cheeseborough

  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 160
  • Position Cornerback
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Jacksonville Fla.
  • Previous School Edward Waters
  • High School Robert E. Lee

Biography

2012 (Redshirt Senior): Earned All-Sun Belt Conference Honorable Mention in 2012…received first-team preseason All-Sun Belt Conference honors from Athlon’s and Blue Ribbon, while Phil Steele placed him on the third team...has started every game at FIU since the 2010 season, 38 straight games…tied for the second-most career starts at cornerback at FIU…in 2012, has 54 tackles, one interception, five pass break-ups, one quarterback hurry and a recovered fumble…serves as one the team captains for 2012.
 
2011 (Redshirt Junior): Started all 13 games...totaled 59 tackles, three tackles for loss for 31 yards, two sacks for 25 yards and three passes broken up...tackle total, which was fifth on the team, was good for 43rd in the Sun Belt...helped the defensive secondary become of the nation’s top units, resulting in the No. 13 pass efficiency defense, No. 14 scoring defense, No. 22 in red zone efficiency defense and No. 30 total defense...had a season-high eight tackles vs. Troy (10/25)...recorded seven tackles three times: vs. UCF (9/17), at ULM (11/19) and at Middle Tennessee (11/26)…had sacks in consecutive games at Arkansas State (10/18) and vs. Troy (10/25).
 
2010 (Redshirt Sophomore): Started all 13 games...was one of the six players on the team to have started every game...recorded 49 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, four pass breakups and one forced fumble…recovered a fumble and returned it four yards in the season opener against Rutgers (9/11)…had four tackles against Texas A&M (9/18)…made three stops, two of them unassisted, at Maryland (9/25)…recorded four tackles, three unassisted at Pittsburgh (10/2)…had a season-best eight tackles in FIU’s win over WKU (10/9)…credited with three stops at North Texas (10/16)…made seven tackles, including half a stop for loss, at FAU (10/30)…had five tackles, all unassisted against ULM (11/6)…made a season-best seven unassisted tackles in FIU’s victory at Troy (11/13)…made two tackles, including one sack, at Louisiana (11/20)…had one tackle against Arkansas State (11/27)…made two stops in the regular season finale against Middle Tennessee (12/4)…recorded three tackles in FIU’s victory over Toledo in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl (12/26).
 
2009 (Sophomore): Redshirted.
 
2008 (Freshman): Played at Edward Waters.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2009

    Defensive Back
    0 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2010Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive Back
    5'9" 160 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2011Redshirt Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    5'9" 176 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2012Redshirt Senior

    Cornerback
    5'9" 160 lbs
    27