2022 Football Roster

Ricardo Treviño Jr.

1 Jaylon Bester

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 180
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Belleville, Ill.
  • High School Althoff Catholic

Biography

2022 Highlights

  • Saw action in two games.
  • Finished the year with 17 yards rushing on 10 attempts.

2021 Highlights

  • Battle injuries most of the year, rushing for 44 yards and a touchdown.
  • Had 26 yards rushing and a touchdown in a win over Akron.


2020 Highlights

  • Missed season due to injury


2019 Highlights

  • Played in 11 games, starting six
  • Named team’s Offensive MVP at season-end awards banquet
  • Led team with 171 carries for 741 yards and 14 touchdowns
  • 14 rushing touchdowns were good for fourth in the MAC
  • Had a string of 10-straight games with touchdowns running from the conference opener against Buffalo (9/28) to the bowl game against Louisiana (1/6)
  • Had multi-touchdown games against Northern Illinois, Ohio, Bowling Green, and Louisiana
  • Ran for a season-high 128 yards in win over Akron
  • Rushed for 107 yards against Buffalo
  • Season-long rush was 59 yards in win over Bowling Green
  • Caught a season-high five passes for 30 yards at Western Michigan


2018 Highlights

  • Played in all 12 games, making three starts
  • Had 34 carries for 185 yards and one touchdown on the ground
  • Added 13 catches for 103 yards this season
  • Had eight rushes for 51 yards and a score in a win over Kent State
  • Had seven rushes for 65 yards in a win over Ball State
  • Also had eight kick returns for 206 yards (25.8 avg.)


2017 Highlights

  • Appeared in 10 games, starting against Ball State
  • Ended the year with 111 rushing yards, 46 receiving yards, and 327 kick return yards
  • Had 26 rushing yards and a season-high 163 kick return yards at Notre Dame
  • Recorded 14 receiving yards and a season-high 67 rushing yards in a win at Ball State
High School 
  • Graduated from Althoff Catholic High School
  • Coached by Ken Turner
  • Team captain
  • Team played in the state championship game in 2015 and had an 18-game win streak between 2015 and 2016
  • Earned first-team all-state as a senior and was named to the St. Louis All-Metro team
  • Had 168 rushes for 2,184 yards and 33 touchdowns his senior year.

Personal
  • Full name -- Jaylon DeShon Bester
  • Born Nov. 18, 1998
  • Son of Sheria Liddell and Marcus Bester
  • Majoring in sport management

Statistics

Season:
2022

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2017Freshman

    Running Back
    5'8" 165 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2018Sophomore

    Running Back
    5'8" 182 lbs
    18
  • 1

    2019Junior

    Running Back
    5'8" 184 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2020Senior

    Running Back
    5'8" 184 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2021Senior

    Running Back
    5'8" 172 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2021-22Redshirt Senior

    Running Back
    5'8" 172 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2022Redshirt Senior

    Running Back
    5'8" 180 lbs
    1