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Jersey Number 1
Jaylon Bester
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Belleville, Ill.
- High School:
- Althoff Catholic
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
- 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
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