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2019 NIU Football Roster

95 Jawon Denton

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 215
  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Position Defensive End
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.
  • High School Morgan Park

Biography

2018
• Saw action in five games on special teams and in limited time at defensive end.
• Contributed one assisted tackle on the year which went for a two-yard loss vs. Toledo (11-7).
• Also played in the Iowa (9-1) and Ohio (10-13) games during the regular season and in the MAC Championship win over Buffalo (11-30) and the Boca Raton Bowl game vs. UAB (12-18).

2017
• Redshirted.

High School
• Holds the Morgan Park school record for total sacks in a season with 22.
• Three-time all-conference selection recorded 327 total tackles as well as 16 forced fumbles, 18 recovered fumbles, 36 pass breakups and two interceptions in his career.
• Blocked 14 kicks on special teams.
• Four-time Illini Prairie State Conference Champion at Morgan Park.
• As a senior, part of a Mustang defense that shutout six opponents.

Personal
• Born October 4, 1997 in Chicago, Illinois.
• Son of Michelle Mosley and Marris Denton.
• Undecided on a major but interested in sports psychology.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 95

    2018Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive End
    6'2" 204 lbs
    95
  • 95

    2019Redshirt Sophomore

    Defensive End
    6'2" 215 lbs
    95