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Cornell University Athletics

2016 Football Roster

22 Jackson Weber

  • Position Outside Linebacker
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 229
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Whitefish Bay, Wis.
  • Highschool Whitefish Bay HS

Biography

As a junior (2015)
• Led the team with 54 tackles and added a pair of sacks and a pass breakup while starting all 10 games.
• Ran his streak of consecutive starts at middle linebacker to 27 dating back to his freshman season.
• Was credited with a career-high 12 tackles at Dartmouth.
• Had a team-best eight tackles at Princeton.
• Made three stops and broke up a pass against Brown.
• Had four stops at Sacred Heart.
• Recorded seven tackles and a sack in the 2015 season opener against Bucknell.
• Posted four tackles and a sack at Yale.
• Registed six tackles against both Patriot League champion Colgate and Ivy League co-champ Penn.

As a sophomore (2014)
• One of the team’s starting middle linebackers in all 10 games.
• Ranked among the team leaders in tackles (54).
• Added 1.5 tackles for loss, two pass breakups, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.
• Had seven stops, a tackle for a loss, a forced fumble and a pass breakup in the season finale at Penn.
• Made seven tackles in the 2014 opener at Colgate.
• Recovered a fumble against Princeton.
• Matched a career high with eight tackles vs. Lehigh.
• Made four tackles at Bucknell, seven vs. Yale and six at Harvard.
• Had five stops vs. Dartmouth.
• Made seven tackles with a pass breakup in the win at Columbia.

As a freshman (2013)
• Weber emerged as a starting linebacker as a freshman in 2013, ranking among the team leaders with his 40 tackles.
• He added 1.5 sacks on the year while starting the team’s final seven games.
• He had a career-high eight tackles at Dartmouth and had a sack against Penn in the season finale.
• Weber was also credited with a half-sack against Monmouth and notched seven tackles in his first career start against perennial Ivy contender Harvard.
• He made four tackles in significant playing time in his first collegiate contest, a win over Bucknell.

At Whitefish Bay HS
• A three-year varsity captain, Weber was a two-time all-state selection while playing both defensive back and linebacker at Whitefish Bay HS.
• A three-time all-area pick by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, he was a three-time first-team all-league pick on defense and a two-time second-team pick on offense at tight end/wide receiver.
• As a senior, Weber posted 121 tackles (77 solo), five interceptions, and 11 pass break-ups.
• He returned one of those interceptions for a touchdown and also blocked two kicks.
• The conference's scholar-athlete of the year as a senior, Weber was chosen to compete in the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Senior All-Star Game in recognition of a career that included 433 tackles.
• He was a two-time team MVP and a three-time team defensive MVP who helped his squad to a conference title and a spot in the state semifinals as a senior.
• Weber also started three years on the varsity baseball team, earning a pair of all-conference nods.
• His hit .472 as a junior when he made academic all-state.
• Weber also spent on season on the track and field team.

Personal
• Jackson Charles Weber is the son of Charles and Elissa Lenkin Weber and has a younger brother and two younger sisters.
• His father was a golfer at Princeton and his grandfather played basketball at Loyola (La.).
• He is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2013-14Freshman

    Outside Linebacker
    6'2" 210 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2014-15Sophomore

    Inside Linebacker
    6'2" 229 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2015-16Junior

    Inside Linebacker
    6'2" 237 lbs
    22
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    2016-17Senior

    Outside Linebacker
    6'2" 229 lbs
    22
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