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2025 Football Roster

11 Jackson Fortney

  • Position Safety
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 194
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chapel Hill, N.C.
  • Highschool Cardinal Gibbons HS

Biography

PRONUNCIATION

2023 | SOPHOMORE SEASON 
Appeared in seven games… made one tackle

2022 I FRESHMAN SEASON
Missed the season due to injury.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Two-time all-conference selection at Cardinal Gibbons HS ... helped lead the team to a state title as a senior after earning runner-up honors the previous season ... made 61 tackles with 5.5 for a loss, four forced fumbles, two interceptions and 11 pass breakups as a senior ... hauled in 18 passes for 597 yards and four scores as a junior.

PERSONAL
Jackson Risch Fortney is the son of Lester Fortney and Kelley Bolesky and has two older and two younger sisters ... he is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Statistics

Season:
2025-26

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2022-23Freshman

    Safety
    6'0" 187 lbs
    13
  • 11

    2023-24Sophomore

    Safety
    6'0" 194 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2024-25Junior

    Safety
    6'0" 194 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2025-26Senior

    Safety
    6'0" 194 lbs
    11