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2022 Football Roster

6 Nate Jefferson

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 170
  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Longwood, Fla.
  • High School Lyman HS

Biography

  • 2020 C-USA All-Freshman Team

2021: Saw action in six games, while making three starts… recorded five receptions for 33 yards and a touchdown… averaged 6.6 yards per catch… also rushed three times for 19 yards… posted all 19 of those rushing yards along with a two-yard TD catch at Texas Tech (9/18)… caught a pair of passes for 15 yards vs. Texas State (9/11)… hauled in one catch for 10 yards vs. Long Island (9/2).

2020: Played in all five games as a freshman, earning the starting nod at wide out four times... Named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team after his great first season... Caught six passes for 68 yards and a touchdown as a redshirt freshman... His six catches and 68 yards both ranked as the fourth-highest on the team... Earned 11.3 yards per catch in 2020, which ranked third on the team.

2019: Did not see any action and was redshirted.

PREP CAREER:  Rated as a 3-star recruit by 24/7 sports... Named First-team All-District and First-team All-Conference… Helped Lyman High School to a district championship… Finished with 3,500 all-purpose yards and 31 touchdowns in three seasons with Lyman HS... Finished his prep career with nearly 4,000 all-purpose yards and 40 scores… Played the wide out and quarterback position during his time at Lyman... Carried the ball 77 times for 746 yards and caught 34 passes for 604 yards, while earning 230 return yards for a total output of 1,580 yards and 19 scores as a senior... Named the Florida Athletic Coaches Association (FACA) MVP... Had offers from Iowa State, North Carolina, Tulane and UCF... Clocked a 4.38 in the 40-yard dash and runs a 10.9 in the 100-meter dash.

ACADEMICS/COMMUNITY SERVICE: Majoring in accounting at FIU... Member of the Lyman High Academic Honor Roll and finished with a 3.8 GPA.
 
PERSONAL: Born and raised in Altamonte Springs, Florida... Son of Tamika Brooks and Nathaniel Jefferson Sr… Has six siblings, Navin, Jeromy, Jayden, N’yana, N’Kya and Neasia.

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2019Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 170 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2020Redshirt Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 170 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 170 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 170 lbs
    6