2023 Football Roster
Wiegold, Jackson
Jersey Number 18
Jackson Wiegold
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 226
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Vernon Hills, Ill.
- Prev School:
- Vernon Hills HS
- High School:
- Vernon Hills HS
Bio
Awards and Honors:
2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2024 Academic All-MAC
2023 Academic All-MAC
2023: Played all 12 games with no starts ... special teams standout ... totaled four assisted tackles ... credited with half a tackle for loss against Indiana State (Sept. 16).
2022: Appeared in the final four games with no statistics ... made his college debut on Nov. 1 at Kent State.
2021: Took a redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner at Vernon Hills ... played for head coach Bill Bellecomo ... 3-star recruit via 247Sports … first-team all-conference as a junior ... team captain ... has 106 tackles, 24 tackles for loss and five forced fumbles in his career ... racked up 76 tackles and 14 tackles for loss as a junior ... senior season moved to the spring because of the coronavirus pandemic ... also competed in baseball and basketball ... an academic all-state selection ... high school teammate of fellow BSU linebacker signee Justin Morris.
PERSONAL: Son of Keith and Joan Wiegold … has two siblings ... previously wore #50.
2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2024 Academic All-MAC
2023 Academic All-MAC
2023: Played all 12 games with no starts ... special teams standout ... totaled four assisted tackles ... credited with half a tackle for loss against Indiana State (Sept. 16).
2022: Appeared in the final four games with no statistics ... made his college debut on Nov. 1 at Kent State.
2021: Took a redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner at Vernon Hills ... played for head coach Bill Bellecomo ... 3-star recruit via 247Sports … first-team all-conference as a junior ... team captain ... has 106 tackles, 24 tackles for loss and five forced fumbles in his career ... racked up 76 tackles and 14 tackles for loss as a junior ... senior season moved to the spring because of the coronavirus pandemic ... also competed in baseball and basketball ... an academic all-state selection ... high school teammate of fellow BSU linebacker signee Justin Morris.
PERSONAL: Son of Keith and Joan Wiegold … has two siblings ... previously wore #50.
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