2014 Football Roster
Jared McGee
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 220
- Position:
- S
- Class:
- First-Year
- Hometown:
- Mansfield, Texas
- High School:
- Mansfield Legacy
2018: Appeared in 11 games and made 10 starts as a senior safety … Tallied 51 tackles, four TFL, four pass breakups, an interception, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery … Made five tackles and a pass break up in the season opener at Purdue (8/30) … Tied for his season high with eight tackles against Akron including a career high three TFL … Made eight tackles versus Michigan (9/29) … Made an interception along with five tackles against Nebraska (10/13) … Made six tackles in win over Wisconsin (10/27) … Recovered a fumble and returned it 82 yards for a touchdown against No. 17 Utah in the Holiday Bowl (12/31) … The 82-yard fumble return was the longest for a Northwestern player since 2005 as well as the longest defensive touchdown in Holiday Bowl history.
2017: Appeared in 12 games for the Wildcats as a backup defensive back ... Tallied a season-high six tackles in the season-opener against Nevada ... Forced his first career fumble against No. 10 Wisconsin and finished with two tackles ... Averaged two tackles per game over the final seven games of the season.
2016: Appeared in all 13 games, making three starts at safety … Finished the season with 36 tackles and three interceptions … Recorded a key interception late in the game of the Wildcats’ victory over No. 23 Pittsburgh in the 2016 Pinstripe Bowl … Had a combined 19 tackles in back-to-back starts versus Duke and Nebraska … Intercepted his first career pass versus Illinois State … Finished with nine tackles versus the Blue Devils … Had a career-high 10 tackles versus the Cornhuskers … Picked off his second pass of the season in the Wildcats’ 54-40 win at Michigan State … Named Northwestern’s Special Teams Player of the Week following the Ohio State game.
2014: Redshirted his true freshman season.
High School: Three-year letterwinner as a quarterback and defensive back at Mansfield ... 2013 first-team All-District honoree ... Nominated for the Dallas Morning News/SportsDay High School Defensive Player of the Year ... As a junior, recorded 61 tackles and five interceptions, with one INT return for touchdown ... 64 tackles as a senior ... Two-time Defensive Back of the Year on his team ... Helped Mansfield to a 2013 Class 4A Region II Division I Area championship ... Set school records for most INTs in a game (3) and career (7) ... Team captain ... Member of the National Society of High School Scholars and a two-time Academic All-District honoree.
Personal: Born Jared Allen McGee in Fort Worth ... Son of Mark and Kimberlee McGee ... Chose Northwestern over Navy and UT-San Antonio ... Major is learning and organizational change.
