2019 Football Roster
McBride III, Jerry
vs
Liberty
Sep 13 (Sat)
5 p.m.
Jersey Number 7
Jerry McBride III
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Hannibal, Mo.
- High School:
- Hannibal Senior
Bio
2020:
2019:
2018:
2017:
2016:
High School:
Personal:
- Missed the season due to injury
2019:
- Played in and started four games
- Finished with 24 total tackles, including 18 solo tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss
- Also had two pass break-ups
- Recorded a pass break-up in a win over Morgan State and in a game against Louisiana Tech
- Had seven solo tackles in a game at Kansas State
- Made 10 tackles, including eight solo tackles, in a game at Kent State
- Redshirted
2018:
- Started all 12 games for the Falcons, finishing second on the team with 106 tackles
- Recorded 67 solo tackles, two fumble recoveries, a forced fumble and 1.5 tackles for loss
- Earned 50 yards on fumble recoveries
- Also had a pass break-up
- Had at least 10 tackles in a game five times, including back-to-back 14 tackle performances against Eastern Kentucky and Miami
- Had 10 solo tackles each against Miami and Western Michigan
- Posted double-digit tackles in three straight games against Toledo, Western Michigan and Ohio
- Recovered a fumble on a second-quarter Oregon punt return that set up a Bowling Green touchdown
- Picked up a fumble and returned it 50 yards against Eastern Kentucky to the EKU 22; set up a BGSU touchdown that put the Falcons ahead 21-14
- Forced a fumble against Western Michigan
2017:
- Played in nine games
- Finished the year with eight tackles and a pass break-up
- Had three tackles against Northern Illinois
- Recorded his lone pass break-up in the win at Miami
2016:
- Played in 11 games, starting twice
- Had 21 tackles, one pass break-up and 0.5 tackle for loss
- Had a season-best six tackles against Eastern Michigan
- Had five tackles, including 0.5 for loss, against Kent State
- Recorded his pass break-up against Miami
High School:
- A four-year member of the varsity football team at Hannibal Senior
- Played for coach Mark St. Clair
- Was a captain for the Pirates' football program in 2015
- Was named first team All-State at defensive back in both 2014 and 2015
- Back-to-back defensive MVP Missouri & Iowa
- Second team American Family Insurance All-USA Team Missouri
- Was named first team All-District on both offense and defense in 2014 and 2015
- Also earned first team All-NCMC on both offense and defense during his junior and senior seasons
- Helped team to 28 wins over his final three seasons
- Won conference championships in both his junior and senior seasons
- Had 4,158 career all-purpose yards
- Scored 43 touchdowns and registered 170 career tackles
- Had nine career interceptions
- Set a school record by returning three interceptions for touchdowns
- Also set a new school mark with three kick returns for touchdowns
- Lettered in track
Personal:
- Full name is Jerry Lee McBride III
- Son of Carl and April Emerson, as well as the late Jerry McBride Jr.
- Father, Jerry, played football at Indiana
- Born March 27, 1998
- Plans to study sport management
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