2018 Football Roster

NU football Headshots April 15, 2018  in Evanston, Ill.
Jersey Number 85

Jackson Tirmonia

  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    198
  • Position:
    WR
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Canton, Ohio
  • High School:
    Jackson

2018: Appeared in one game in his sophomore season … Academic All-Big Ten.

2017: Made his collegiate debut and hauled in a five-yard catch in the Wildcats' win over Bowling Green ... Also saw playing time versus Minnesota ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2016: Redshirted his first year on campus ... Earned Special Teams Practice Player of the Week honors from the NU coaching staff following the Minnesota game.  

High School: Recorded 44 catches, 645 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior year captain ... All-Ohio Division I Second Team ... First Team Division I Northeast Ohio Inland All-District ... First Team All-Stark County ... First Team All-Federal League ... Invited to Blue-Grey All-American Game at AT&T Stadium (declined to participate), selected for Stark County East-West All-Star Game ... Class vice president junior year ... National Honor Society ... Honor Roll student.

Personal: Born Jackson Nicholas Tirmonia in Canton, Ohio ... Parents are Michael and Allison Tirmonia ... Michael was Honorable Mention All-American in golf at Wittenberg University ... Grandfather, Jerry Krisher, won 1954 football national championship at Ohio State, drafted in fifth round by Philadelphia Eagles ... Major is economics with minors in business institutions and psychology.

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