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2024 Football Roster
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Monds, Jaylyn

Jersey Number 24
Jaylyn Monds
- Position:
- DB
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Fort Pierce, Fla.
- High School:
- Westwood
Bio
EMU: 2024: Appeared in three games, totaling five tackles (four solo, one assisted) and 2.5 tackles for loss for four yards…Posted a season-high three tackles (two solo, one assisted) on Sept. 14 vs. Jacksonville State…HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Fort Pierce Westwood High School and played under Head Coach Chris Kokell...Considered a three-star prospect by On3...Mainly saw action as a cornerback and wide receiver...Served as a captain for two seasons...As a senior, recorded 21 tackles, one TFL, and two interceptions…Added 17 pass breakups along with 27 receptions on offense for 414 yards and five touchdowns…Also tabbed 600 all-purpose yards...Named to all-area first team as a junior and senior, as well as an FACA All Star...Competed for the Panthers' baseball team and has earned all-area recognition as well...Earned offers from 27 NCAA Division I schools, including all 10 members of the Ivy League...PERSONAL: Full Name: Jaylyn Amarion Monds...Son of James Jr. and Erica Monds...Has two brothers, James and Jabar, and one sister, Justice...Comes from a very athletic family that includes six members who have played collegiately...Grandfather James Monds Sr. played for Tennessee-Martin; father James Monds Jr. played football at Toledo; uncle Mario played at Cincinnati before being drafted into the NFL (2001, Washington); uncle Todd played baseball for the Atlanta Braves; uncle Wonderful Monds was an All-American at Nebraska before playing in the NFL; and brother James III plays football at EMU...Aspires to be a pediatrician...Pre-Medicine major.
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