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Jersey Number 13
Ishmael Hyman
- Year:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 185
- Hometown:
- Manalapan, N.J.
- High School:
- St. John Vianney
- Previous:
- Kansas
- Major:
- Sociology
Bio
2017 as a Redshirt Senior: Played in 14 games, making six starts at wide receiver… Had 29 receptions for 408 yards and four touchdowns… Had 93 receiving yards and a career-high two touchdowns after matching his career best of six catches against ETSU (Sept. 9)… Tallied four catches for 70 yards against Richmond (Nov. 11)… Also had two grabs for 51 yards at Delaware (Sept. 30)… Season-long 45-yard reception versus Richmond… Also had a 37-yard catch at William & Mary (Oct. 21)… Four games with three or more catches.
2016 as a Redshirt Junior: Played in 10 games… Had five receptions for 75 yards… Made season-long 34-yard reception in FCS semifinals at No. 1 North Dakota State (Dec. 16)… Also had a 21-yard catch against William & Mary (Oct. 8)… Missed first four games due to preseason injury.
2015 as a Redshirt Sophomore: Played in 11 games, making four starts… Had 23 receptions for 379 yards and four touchdowns… Ranked 33rd nationally and second in the CAA in yards per catch (16.5)… Had first 100-yard game against Richmond (Oct. 24), making six catches for 101 yards, both career highs… Caught two passes for 86 yards in opener against Morehead State (Sept. 5), which included a career-long 66-yard receiving touchdown… Also had four receptions for 75 yards against Stony Brook (Oct. 3)… Tallied three catches of 40 or more yards.
2014 as a Redshirt Freshman: Played in all 13 games… Had 15 receptions for 199 yards and three touchdowns... Made four catches for a season-best 80 yards and a touchdown at Villanova (Sept. 20), which included a season-long 56-yard catch for his first career TD... Also had four catches against Towson (Oct. 10)... His other scores included an eight-yard reception at Charlotte (Oct. 25) and a 47-yard catch at Stony Brook (Nov. 8)... Had three kick returns for 52 yards at Villanova.
Prior to JMU: Transferred to JMU from Kansas, where he redshirted as a true freshman to retain a year of eligibility.
High School: A three-star prospect according to Rivals... Ranked as the No. 21 prospect out of the state of New Jersey according to ESPN... Named MVP of the Chesapeake Bowl after scoring two TDs and leading the North Team to a 38-13 win... Selected to play in the 2013 USA Football International Bowl... Lettered twice for head coach Andrew Carlstrom at St. John Vianney... Recorded 24 catches for 428 yards and four TDs during his senior season, which was cut short by injury... Selected First Team All-Shore Conference and Honorable Mention All-Monmouth County in 2011... Named division special teams MVP... Collected 29 catches for 951 yards and 10 TDs during his junior season... Also returned a pair of kickoffs for TDs in 2011... Lettered three years in track and field... Finished fourth in the state in the 200-meters... Had the top times in the 200 meters and 300 meters in Monmouth County.
Personal: Full name is Ishmael Hyman... Son of Tonya Hornsby and Godday Hornsby... Majoring in sociology.
2016 as a Redshirt Junior: Played in 10 games… Had five receptions for 75 yards… Made season-long 34-yard reception in FCS semifinals at No. 1 North Dakota State (Dec. 16)… Also had a 21-yard catch against William & Mary (Oct. 8)… Missed first four games due to preseason injury.
2015 as a Redshirt Sophomore: Played in 11 games, making four starts… Had 23 receptions for 379 yards and four touchdowns… Ranked 33rd nationally and second in the CAA in yards per catch (16.5)… Had first 100-yard game against Richmond (Oct. 24), making six catches for 101 yards, both career highs… Caught two passes for 86 yards in opener against Morehead State (Sept. 5), which included a career-long 66-yard receiving touchdown… Also had four receptions for 75 yards against Stony Brook (Oct. 3)… Tallied three catches of 40 or more yards.
2014 as a Redshirt Freshman: Played in all 13 games… Had 15 receptions for 199 yards and three touchdowns... Made four catches for a season-best 80 yards and a touchdown at Villanova (Sept. 20), which included a season-long 56-yard catch for his first career TD... Also had four catches against Towson (Oct. 10)... His other scores included an eight-yard reception at Charlotte (Oct. 25) and a 47-yard catch at Stony Brook (Nov. 8)... Had three kick returns for 52 yards at Villanova.
Prior to JMU: Transferred to JMU from Kansas, where he redshirted as a true freshman to retain a year of eligibility.
High School: A three-star prospect according to Rivals... Ranked as the No. 21 prospect out of the state of New Jersey according to ESPN... Named MVP of the Chesapeake Bowl after scoring two TDs and leading the North Team to a 38-13 win... Selected to play in the 2013 USA Football International Bowl... Lettered twice for head coach Andrew Carlstrom at St. John Vianney... Recorded 24 catches for 428 yards and four TDs during his senior season, which was cut short by injury... Selected First Team All-Shore Conference and Honorable Mention All-Monmouth County in 2011... Named division special teams MVP... Collected 29 catches for 951 yards and 10 TDs during his junior season... Also returned a pair of kickoffs for TDs in 2011... Lettered three years in track and field... Finished fourth in the state in the 200-meters... Had the top times in the 200 meters and 300 meters in Monmouth County.
Personal: Full name is Ishmael Hyman... Son of Tonya Hornsby and Godday Hornsby... Majoring in sociology.
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