AT SAN JOSÉ STATE: Finished four seasons with the Spartans... Played in 34 games with 20 starts... Six games with 10 or more tackles in his final two seasons… Single-game career high 15 tackles once each in 2018 and 2019… 12 games with at least 0.5 tackles for loss in his last 22 contests… Signed a National Letter-of-Intent in February 2015... Three-time Academic All-Mountain West award recipient.
2019: Played in 10 games and started eight times… Team leader with 7.0 tackles for loss and 3.0 quarterback sacks… Fourth on the team in tackles with 64… Most productive game as a Spartan was in the win at Army West Point (10/26) matching his single-game high of 15 tackles and added 2.0 tackles for loss both on quarterback sacks… Also credited with 10 tackles at Air Force (9/27)… One of five Spartans to force two or more opponent fumbles during the season.
2018: Had his best season at the major college level... One of eight players on the team and one of four on defense to start in all 12 games... Tied for sixth nationally and third in the Mountain West with three fumble recoveries for the season... No other teammate had more than one... Team leader with 10.0 tackles for loss... Seven contests with at least 0.5 tackles for loss... Personal single-game best 3.0 tackles for loss and 10 total tackles in the UNLV victory (10/27)... Four games with 10 or more tackles... Single-game career high 15 tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss at Fresno State (11/24)... 11 unassisted tackles vs. Fresno State matched safety Jonathan Lenard, Jr., for team-high honors during the season... 11 total tackles vs. Nevada (11/17)... Second on the Spartans with two interceptions... Interceptions came in consecutive weeks at Washington State plus 10 tackles and at Oregon (9/15)... Earned Mountain West All-Academic team honors.
2017: Played in three of the team's first four games as a reserve linebacker and special teams player... Credited with seven tackles for the season... Single-game best three tackles and a forced fumble in the Cal Poly win (9/2)... Forced fumble led directly to a Spartan touchdown on a 22-yard fumble return by teammate Jamal Scott... Two stops each in the Texas (9/9) and Utah (9/16) contests.
2016: Appeared in nine games... Was a reserve linebacker and special teams player... His one tackle for the season came in the Portland State win (9/10)... Academic All-Mountain West award recipient.
2015: Completed a redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played his high school football for Valley Christian High in San Jose (Coach Mike Machado)... The 2013 Co-Most Valuable Linebacker of the West Catholic Athletic League (WCAL)... As a junior in 2013, was a San Jose Mercury News second-team All-Central Coast Section selection and a first-team All-WCAL honoree.
MORE ABOUT JESSE: A communication studies major... Finished his high school senior year at Live Oak High in nearby Morgan Hill, Calif. ... Lists Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean and Lou Bryant as his favorite singers... He is a native of San Jose, Calif.
CAREER STATISTICS
| G/S | UT | AT | TOTAL | TFL/Yds. | SK | FF | FR | INT | DEF | |
| 2015...Redshirt | ||||||||||
| 2016...FR | 9/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017...SO | 3/0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0/0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018...JR | 12/12 | 55 | 38 | 93 | 10.0/39 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019...SR | 10/8 | 34 | 30 | 64 | 7.0/36 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| CAREER | 34/20 | 93 | 72 | 165 | 17.0/75 | 5.0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |