Bowling Green State University Athletics
Bowling Green Adds San Jose State Transfer Justin Eklund for the 2024 Season
January 26, 2024 | Football
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green football program has added San Jose State outside linebacker Justin Eklund to the roster, according to head football coach Scot Loeffler. Eklund will have three years of eligibility with the Falcons.
Eklund (Rocklin, Calif.) spent the 2022 and 2023 seasons at San Jose State where he appeared in seven career games. He is a 2022 graduate of Folsom High School where he led his team as a senior in sacks as the Bulldogs advanced to the CIF Division I-AA state championship game.
Eklund is currently enrolled at Bowling Green State University and will take part in spring practice.
Justin Eklund (Eck-lend)
OLB • 6-2 • 220
Rocklin, Calif. • Folsom HS/San Jose State
PREVIOUS SCHOOL
• Appeared in seven career games over two seasons at San Jose State
• Will have three years of eligibility at Bowling Green
• Appeared in the last three games of the 2022 season, retaining his redshirt
• Made collegiate debut against Utah State and made his first career tackle
• Also appeared against Hawaii and Eastern Michigan in the Potato Bowl
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL
• Played linebacker his junior season and defensive end and outside linebacker as a senior at Folsom High for head coach Paul Doherty
• In his two seasons, he was credited with 82 tackles, 11.0 tackles for loss, three forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery
• He led the 2021 team in quarterback sacks with 5.5 as the Bulldogs advanced to the CIF Division I-AA state championship game
• Was a two-time second-team All-Sierra Foothill League football honoree as a sophomore and junior
• 2020-21 Sacramento Bee All-Metro selection
• Son of Michelle and Eric Eklund
• At Folsom High School where his dad Eric Eklund is an assistant principal, Justin was the public relations contact for the Associated Students Board (ASB)
• Michelle Eklund, Justin's mom, is the chief communications officer for the Placer County Board of Education
• Career goals are a college football coaching career or working in commercial real estate
Eklund (Rocklin, Calif.) spent the 2022 and 2023 seasons at San Jose State where he appeared in seven career games. He is a 2022 graduate of Folsom High School where he led his team as a senior in sacks as the Bulldogs advanced to the CIF Division I-AA state championship game.
Eklund is currently enrolled at Bowling Green State University and will take part in spring practice.
Justin Eklund (Eck-lend)
OLB • 6-2 • 220
Rocklin, Calif. • Folsom HS/San Jose State
PREVIOUS SCHOOL
• Appeared in seven career games over two seasons at San Jose State
• Will have three years of eligibility at Bowling Green
• Appeared in the last three games of the 2022 season, retaining his redshirt
• Made collegiate debut against Utah State and made his first career tackle
• Also appeared against Hawaii and Eastern Michigan in the Potato Bowl
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL
• Played linebacker his junior season and defensive end and outside linebacker as a senior at Folsom High for head coach Paul Doherty
• In his two seasons, he was credited with 82 tackles, 11.0 tackles for loss, three forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery
• He led the 2021 team in quarterback sacks with 5.5 as the Bulldogs advanced to the CIF Division I-AA state championship game
• Was a two-time second-team All-Sierra Foothill League football honoree as a sophomore and junior
• 2020-21 Sacramento Bee All-Metro selection
• Son of Michelle and Eric Eklund
• At Folsom High School where his dad Eric Eklund is an assistant principal, Justin was the public relations contact for the Associated Students Board (ASB)
• Michelle Eklund, Justin's mom, is the chief communications officer for the Placer County Board of Education
• Career goals are a college football coaching career or working in commercial real estate
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