Jacques Bristol

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Height:
6-1
Weight:
300
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Sarasota, Fla.
High School:
Booker H.S.
Major:
Entrepreneurship; MA-Communications

CAREER

Played in 57 games with 42 starts, made 144 total tackles (71 solo), 28.0 tackles for loss for 117 yards with 13.0 sacks for 64 yards … also broke up six passes, forced two fumbles and recovered three fumbles … previously started 31 consecutive games.

2023

As a senior defensive tackle, started 11 of 12 games played … Second Team All-MAC selection … named Second Team All-MAC honoree by Phil Steele Magazine … consensus preseason All-MAC selection … earned preseason Third Team All-MAC by College Football Network … named preseason Third Team All-MAC by Phil Steele Magazine …. earned Third Team preseason All-MAC by Athlon Magazine … served as team captain six times … led the Chippewas in both tackles for loss (8.0-26 yards) and sacks (4.0-16 yards) from his defensive tackle position … also finished the year with five quarterback hurries, two pass breakups, one fumble recovery, and 44 tackles (18 solo) … ranked No. 20 in the MAC in sacks (0.33 per game) … made three tackles (two solo) with a quarterback hurry in the season finale vs. Toledo (11/24) … finished with four tackles (two solo) with 1.0 TFL and 1.0 sack at Ohio (11/15) … finished with five tackles (all solo) with 1.0 TFL at Western Michigan (11/7) … made three tackles and recovered a fumble vs. Northern Illinois (10/31) … made four tackles with 1.0 TFL and 0.5 sack at Ball State (10/21) … registered three quarterback hurries and two tackles vs. Akron (10/14) … made four tackles with 0.5 sack at Buffalo (10/7) … made three tackles vs. Eastern Michigan (9/30) … finished with five tackles (one solo) with 1.5 TFL and 1.0 sack, broke up pass and had a quarterback hurry at South Alabama (9/23) … made three tackles at Notre Dame (9/16) … registered a sack for five yards, 1.0 TFL with one tackle vs. New Hampshire (9/9) … top performance came in the season opener at Michigan State, where he registered career-highs for tackles for loss (2.0) and tackles (7.0).

2022

Started all 12 as a junior defensive tackle … concluded season after having started 25 consecutive games … totaled 34 tackles (17 solo), 3.5 tackles for loss for 11 yards, one sack for six yards, four quarterback hurries, and one pass breakup on year … made four tackles (two solo) in season finale at Eastern Michigan (11/25) … made four solo tackles with 1.0 tackle for loss vs. Western Michigan (11/16) … made three tackles with a quarterback hurry at Northern Illinois (11/2) … totaled five tackles (two solo) with 0.5 sack for two yards and a quarterback hurry at Akron (10/15) … made three solo tackles vs. Ball State (10/8) … finished with four tackles (one solo) at Toledo (10/1) … finished with two tackles, 0.5 tackle for loss/sack, recovered a fumble, broke up a pass and had two quarterback hurries vs. Bucknell (9/17) … totaled five tackles (one solo) vs. South Alabama (9/10) … made one tackle for loss in season opener at Oklahoma State (9/1).

2021

Started all 13 games as a defensive tackle… totaled 36 tackles (17 solo), 7.0 tackles for loss for 40 yards, 3.0 sacks for 20 yards, forced two fumbles and broke up three passes on year … posted at least one-half tackle for loss in eight games … tallied a career and season-high six tackles, including 1.5 sacks vs. Toledo (10/16).

2020

Appeared in all six games as a defensive tackle … made seven tackles including five solos … posted one sack vs. Ball State (12/5).

2019

As a freshman, appeared in 14 games with six starts as a defensive tackle … recorded 23 tackles, including 14 solos … made 7.5 tackles for loss including four sacks for a loss of 32 total yards … had three tackles, with a sack, and a fumble recovery vs. Akron (9/14) … had a season-high four tackles and a sack vs. Eastern Michigan (10/5).

HIGH SCHOOL

A 2019 graduate of Booker High School in Sarasota, Fla., where he played three years of varsity football for Head Coach Dumaka Askins … earned all-conference honors as a senior … rated a three-star recruit by ON3DB and two-star recruit by 247sports.com … also played basketball.

PERSONAL

Born Jacques Ray-Mon Bristol on December 5, 2000 … son of Vonetta Johnson … cousin Abe Brown played football at Louisville … selected Central Michigan over offers from Southern Mississippi … majors in Entrepreneurship.