2019-20 Wrestling Roster
Jessen, Jack
Jack Jessen
- Weight:
- 184
- Class:
- Redshirt First-Year
- Hometown:
- Villa Park, Ill.
- High School:
- Willowbrook
Bio
2023-24: Graduate student ... Finished the year with an 8-10 record that included five bonus-point wins ... Opened season at 197 lbs before moving up to heavyweight ... Opened season at the Michigan State Open (11/11), finishing 3-1 en route to a third-place finish in the open division at 197 lbs ... Won by major decision, 22-8, over Cade Lautt (North Carolina) at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (12/1-2), his first career win at heavyweight ... Posted another major decision win, 11-1, over Gannon Rosenfeld in dual meet against Wisconsin (2/2) ... Downed Purdue's Tristan Ruhlman (2/9), 7-2 ... Closed regular season with a 13-7 victory against Illinois' Peter Marinopoulos (2/18) ... Notched an 8-4 win against Purdue's Hayden Filipovich at the Big Ten Championships (3/9-10).
2022-23: Redshirt senior ... Competed at 184 lbs ... Split a pair of matches at the Michigan State Open (11/5).
2021-22: Redshirt junior ... Competed at 184 lbs ... Finished in 11th place at the Big Ten Championships ... No. 33 seed at NCAA Championships ... Won a 10-3 decision over Colbey Harlan of Stanford at the CKLV Invitational (12/3).
2020-21: Redshirt sophomore ... Competed at 184 lbs.
2019-20: Redshirt first-year ... Competed at 184 lbs. ... Picked up his first win of the season by major decision over North Dakota State's Noah Cressel (11/24) ... Recorded two wins at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational with a 53 second pin over Charles Small (Hofstra) and a win by tech fall over Tyler Bates of Kent State (12/7) ... Racked up five wins en route to taking 7th place, including two wins by major decision over Peter Acciardi of Buffalo and Hunter Yeargan of Ohio at the Midlands Championships (12/30) ... Secured 6-1 decision over Jacob Hinz of Indiana (1/18) … Secured a decision win over #11 Jelani Embree of Michigan in an extremely close match that came down to the extra point from a 1:00 riding time (1/24).
2018-19: First-year ... Competed unattached at 184 lbs ... Took first place at the Last Chance Open, winning all three of his matches (2/17) ... Won three of four matches at the Cleveland State Open (12/15) ... Won a pair of matches at the Lindenwood Open, including one by technical fall (11/17) ... Took third place at the Michigan State Open in his first college competition (11/3) ... Rattled off three straight wins, including one by major decision ... Advanced to the final of the UWW Junior Freestyle World Team Trials Challenge Tournament.
High School: Wrestled for four years and played four years of football at Willowbrook … Three-time All-State wrestler … Second-place finish junior year, third-place finish sophomore year, and second place finish freshman year … Posted a 149-7 record with 778 takedowns and 90 pins entering his senior season … Eight-time Fargo All-American, never finishing lower than fourth place, including 2017 Greco National Title … 2016 Second Place Finish at FILA Cadet World Trials … Wrestled on multiple Team Illinois national championship teams … All-state running back and linebacker his senior season … Set school records for touchdowns in a season (24), touchdowns in a career (54), and most tackles in a game (22) … Three-year National Honor Society member … Four-year Key Club member … Two-year student council member.
Personal: Son of Dennis and Bianca … Born Jack Earl Jessen … Enjoys fishing, lover of animals … Intends to major in pre-med or economics.
2022-23: Redshirt senior ... Competed at 184 lbs ... Split a pair of matches at the Michigan State Open (11/5).
2021-22: Redshirt junior ... Competed at 184 lbs ... Finished in 11th place at the Big Ten Championships ... No. 33 seed at NCAA Championships ... Won a 10-3 decision over Colbey Harlan of Stanford at the CKLV Invitational (12/3).
2020-21: Redshirt sophomore ... Competed at 184 lbs.
2019-20: Redshirt first-year ... Competed at 184 lbs. ... Picked up his first win of the season by major decision over North Dakota State's Noah Cressel (11/24) ... Recorded two wins at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational with a 53 second pin over Charles Small (Hofstra) and a win by tech fall over Tyler Bates of Kent State (12/7) ... Racked up five wins en route to taking 7th place, including two wins by major decision over Peter Acciardi of Buffalo and Hunter Yeargan of Ohio at the Midlands Championships (12/30) ... Secured 6-1 decision over Jacob Hinz of Indiana (1/18) … Secured a decision win over #11 Jelani Embree of Michigan in an extremely close match that came down to the extra point from a 1:00 riding time (1/24).
2018-19: First-year ... Competed unattached at 184 lbs ... Took first place at the Last Chance Open, winning all three of his matches (2/17) ... Won three of four matches at the Cleveland State Open (12/15) ... Won a pair of matches at the Lindenwood Open, including one by technical fall (11/17) ... Took third place at the Michigan State Open in his first college competition (11/3) ... Rattled off three straight wins, including one by major decision ... Advanced to the final of the UWW Junior Freestyle World Team Trials Challenge Tournament.
High School: Wrestled for four years and played four years of football at Willowbrook … Three-time All-State wrestler … Second-place finish junior year, third-place finish sophomore year, and second place finish freshman year … Posted a 149-7 record with 778 takedowns and 90 pins entering his senior season … Eight-time Fargo All-American, never finishing lower than fourth place, including 2017 Greco National Title … 2016 Second Place Finish at FILA Cadet World Trials … Wrestled on multiple Team Illinois national championship teams … All-state running back and linebacker his senior season … Set school records for touchdowns in a season (24), touchdowns in a career (54), and most tackles in a game (22) … Three-year National Honor Society member … Four-year Key Club member … Two-year student council member.
Personal: Son of Dennis and Bianca … Born Jack Earl Jessen … Enjoys fishing, lover of animals … Intends to major in pre-med or economics.
| Season | Overall W-L | Dual Meet W-L | Big Ten W-L |
Dual Points For-Against | Big Ten Champs. W-L |
NCAA Champs |
Pins For-Against | Tech Falls For-Against | Major Dec. For-Against |
| 2018-19* | 12-7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 |
| 2019-20 | 16-17 | 5-8 | 3-6 | 19-31 | -- | -- | 2-2 | 1-0 | 2-8 |
| 2020-21 | 1-7 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 3-21 | -- | -- | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-2 |
| 2021-22 | 3-13 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-16 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-5 |
| 2022-23 | 3-7 | 0-1 | -- | 0-4 | -- | -- | 0-2 | 1-0 | 0-2 |
| 2023-24 | 8-10 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 10-21 | 1-2 | -- | 1-1 | 0-2 | 4-2 |
| Career | 43-61 | 9-23 | 7-20 | 32-93 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 5-9 | 3-5 | 9-19 |
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