2021 Football Roster
Jimmy Daw
- Position:
- Inside Linebacker
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 239
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Medina, Ohio
- Prev School:
- Medina HS
- High School:
- Medina HS
- Major:
- Business Administration
Awards and Honors:
2020 MAC Championship Game Defensive MVP
2018, 2019, 2020 Academic All-Mid-American Conference
2020 Bill Reynolds Special Teams Award
2020 (R-Jr.): Played in all eight games with three starts at outside linebacker, including starting assignments in the MAC Championship Game victory over No. 23 Buffalo and the Arizona Bowl win over No. 19 San Jose State … named Defensive MVP of the MAC title game after registering a career-high 3.0 tackles for loss, a strip-sack that led to a defensive touchdown, and a blocked field goal … it was the first blocked field goal by a BSU player since 2011 … notched his first career interception in the bowl win over San Jose State … tied for the MAC lead with two forced fumbles … ranked third on the BSU team with 6.0 tackles for loss … finished the season with 34 total tackles … recovered a fumble in the MAC West championship-clinching victory over Western Michigan and advanced it 20 yards … had a career-high 10 tackles in the season opener at Miami … named to the Pro Football Focus All-MAC Third Team … member of the football program’s leadership council.
2019 (R-So.): Played in all 12 games and made one start at outside linebacker … notched multiple tackles in eight games … tallied a season-high six stops in his lone start against Central Michigan on Nov. 16 … recorded his first collegiate sack at Eastern Michigan on Oct. 13 … recovered a first quarter fumble on a strip sack by Jordan Williams against Toledo that led to Ball State’s first points of the game … returned three pooch kicks for 50 yards at Kent State.
2018 (R-Fr.): Played in all 12 games and started the final two contests at weakside linebacker … made his collegiate debut in the opener against Central Connecticut … tied for fourth on the team with 5.0 tackles for loss … teamed up with safety Bryce Cosby to make the game-winning tackle on Western Michigan’s two-point conversion attempt in overtime in Ball State’s 42-41 win on Nov. 13 … finished with a career-high nine stops against WMU … notched eight tackles, including two tackles for loss, at Indiana on Sept. 15.
2017 (Fr.): Took a redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years at running back for coach Dan Sutherland at Medina High … 3-star recruit via 247Sports … two-year team captain and offensive MVP … holds the program career records in rushing yards (3,384), rushing touchdowns (62) and points scored … first team All-Ohio … 2016 Greater Cleveland Conference Player of the Year … two-time first team all-conference … rushed for 1,385 yards and scored 41 touchdowns as a senior … helped Medina reach the second round of the Division 1 playoffs in 2016 … National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award winner … also lettered two years as a power forward on the basketball team.
PERSONAL: Son of Jim and Kerri Daw … two brothers … born February 22, 1999 … carries a 3.321 cumulative GPA following the 2019 fall semester … full name is James Williams Daw.
