PRONUNCIATION
2025 | SENIOR SEASON
Started all 10 games at linebacker ... Finished with 73 total tackles including 27 solo stops and 46 assists ... Recorded 3.0 tackles for loss for five yards and one sack for two yards ... Forced one fumble and broke up three passes ... Added two quarterback hurries ... Posted double-digit tackle games three times, highlighted by 11 stops at Harvard (Oct. 10) and 10 against both Dartmouth (Nov. 15) and the season opener at UAlbany (Sept. 20) ... Most dominant performance came against Bucknell (Oct. 18) with eight total tackles, 1.0 TFL, and one sack ... Recorded at least five tackles in nine of 10 games ... Anchored the Big Red defense.
2024 | JUNIOR SEASON
Appeared in all 10 games ... recorded 63 tackles, including 29 solo stops ... notched a season-high 10 tackles at Columbia (Nov. 23) ... registered 4.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks on the season ... posted his first sack against Dartmouth (Nov. 16) ... recorded eight tackles in matchups against Harvard, Brown, and Princeton.
2023 | SOPHOMORE SEASONÂ
Played in two games... made one tackle
2022 I FRESHMAN SEASON
Played in five games on special teams, making on tackle ... his collegiate debut came against Harvard ... posted his first career tackle in the win over Lehigh ... also saw time vs. Brown, Princeton and Penn.
PRIOR TO CORNELL
Captured third-team all-state honors as a senior at Lakeland HS ... second-team all-region pick in 2021 after posting 136 tackles with 43.0 for a loss and three sacks ... state qualifier in the shot put as a senior, earning a district title in the event ... was the district runner-up in the discus, earning all-county honors ... was a state qualifier in weightlifting as a senior.
PERSONAL
Joey Allen Cheshire is the son of Phil and Karen Cheshire and has to older brothers ... he is enrolled in the SC Johnson College of Business.
