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Jersey Number 7
Jawon Hamilton
- Year:
- Redshirt Junior
- Position:
- Running Back
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-8 / 195
- Hometown:
- Miami, Fla.
- High School:
- South Dade
- Previous:
- UCF
- Major:
- Sociology
Bio
2020-21 as a Redshirt Senior: Played in all eight games, making four starts at running back… VaSID Second Team All-State… Had 89 carries for 566 yards and five touchdowns… Averaged 6.1 yards per rush… Also had three catches for 10 yards… Ranked 10th nationally and second in CAA in yards per carry… Ranked fourth in the CAA in yards per play (6.1) and rushing touchdowns, eighth in rushing yards per game (67.8), tied for ninth in total offensive scores (5) and 10th in all-purpose yards (80.0)… Rushed for a career-high 171 yards and a touchdown in FCS First Round against VMI (Apr. 24), which included a JMU and FCS-playoff record 99-yard touchdown run… Ran for 74 yards and a score vs. Robert Morris (Feb. 27)… Also rushed for 86 yards and two scores vs. Morehead State (Feb. 20)… Scored two touchdowns also at William & Mary (Mar. 27)…. Ran for at least 60 yards in five games.
2019 as a Redshirt Junior: Played in all 16 games, making eight starts at running back… Third Team All-CAA running back... Had 168 carries for 919 yards and five touchdowns, averaging 5.5 yards per rush… Also had 15 receptions for 124 yards and a touchdown… Returned nine kickoffs for 263 yards, averaging 29.2 per return… Ranked 38th nationally and third in the CAA in yards per carry… Also ranked ninth in the CAA in rushing yards per game (57.4)… Recorded two 100-yard rushing performances, including a season-high 150 yards and a touchdown at Rhode Island (Nov. 23)… Had a season-long 72-yard run and a 44-yard score in the URI win, averaging 16.7 per carry… Rushed for 105 yards and two touchdowns, including overtime game-winner at Stony Brook (Oct. 5)… Ran for 95 yards in FCS Second Round versus Monmouth (Dec. 7)… Rushed for 81 yards and a score at Elon (Sept. 28)… Had a 50-yard receiving touchdown and a season-long, 56-yard kickoff return against Morgan State (Sept. 14)… Also had a 47-yard return in home opener versus Saint Francis (Sept. 7)… Ran for at least 50 yards in nine games… Had at least two receptions in the four games… Had five kickoff returns of at least 30 yards... CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2020).
2018 as a Redshirt Sophomore: Played in 12 games, serving as team's primary kick-return specialist... Third Team All-CAA kick returner... Had 15 kick returns for 417 yards and a touchdown, averaging 27.8 yards per return... Also had nine rushes for 49 yards and a touchdown, as well as one reception for six yards... Ranked second in the CAA and 11th nationally in kick-return average... Returned opening kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown at Richmond (Sept. 29)... Scored a rushing touchdown against Robert Morris (Sept. 13)... Season-long 18-yard rush against William & Mary (Sept. 22)... Had 49-yard kick return at New Hampshire (Nov. 3) and 44-yard return against RMU... Produced six kick returns over 30 yards.
Prior to JMU: Transferred to JMU after spending two seasons at UCF, where he was part of the undefeated Knights team that went 13-0 and won the Peach Bowl in 2017… Played in all 13 games as a freshman and received a medical redshirt after being injured in the second game of his sophomore season… Appeared in 15 games, making 11 starts at running back… Had 139 carries for 495 yards and four touchdowns as a freshman in 2016… Rushed 12 times for 56 yards and a score as a sophomore… Also caught 17 passes for 73 receiving yards as a freshman… Season-high 81 rushing yards and a touchdown at Cincinnati in 2016… Had four games over 50 rushing yards as a freshman.
High School: No. 100 on the Orlando Sentinel 2016 Florida Top 100 List… Miami Herald All-Dade Class 8A-6A First Team… 2015 Tournament of Champions South Florida Player of the Year… Florida 8A First Team All-State… Helped lead South Dade to 2015 FHSAA Class 8A regional championship game… Rushed for 1,259 yards and 16 touchdowns on 131 carries, averaging 9.6 yards per attempt… Dual-sport athlete who also ran track.
Personal: Full name is Jawon Deonte Hamilton… Son of Demetress Hamilton and Tanesha Toft… Has two brothers and two sisters… Majoring in sociology.
2019 as a Redshirt Junior: Played in all 16 games, making eight starts at running back… Third Team All-CAA running back... Had 168 carries for 919 yards and five touchdowns, averaging 5.5 yards per rush… Also had 15 receptions for 124 yards and a touchdown… Returned nine kickoffs for 263 yards, averaging 29.2 per return… Ranked 38th nationally and third in the CAA in yards per carry… Also ranked ninth in the CAA in rushing yards per game (57.4)… Recorded two 100-yard rushing performances, including a season-high 150 yards and a touchdown at Rhode Island (Nov. 23)… Had a season-long 72-yard run and a 44-yard score in the URI win, averaging 16.7 per carry… Rushed for 105 yards and two touchdowns, including overtime game-winner at Stony Brook (Oct. 5)… Ran for 95 yards in FCS Second Round versus Monmouth (Dec. 7)… Rushed for 81 yards and a score at Elon (Sept. 28)… Had a 50-yard receiving touchdown and a season-long, 56-yard kickoff return against Morgan State (Sept. 14)… Also had a 47-yard return in home opener versus Saint Francis (Sept. 7)… Ran for at least 50 yards in nine games… Had at least two receptions in the four games… Had five kickoff returns of at least 30 yards... CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2020).
2018 as a Redshirt Sophomore: Played in 12 games, serving as team's primary kick-return specialist... Third Team All-CAA kick returner... Had 15 kick returns for 417 yards and a touchdown, averaging 27.8 yards per return... Also had nine rushes for 49 yards and a touchdown, as well as one reception for six yards... Ranked second in the CAA and 11th nationally in kick-return average... Returned opening kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown at Richmond (Sept. 29)... Scored a rushing touchdown against Robert Morris (Sept. 13)... Season-long 18-yard rush against William & Mary (Sept. 22)... Had 49-yard kick return at New Hampshire (Nov. 3) and 44-yard return against RMU... Produced six kick returns over 30 yards.
Prior to JMU: Transferred to JMU after spending two seasons at UCF, where he was part of the undefeated Knights team that went 13-0 and won the Peach Bowl in 2017… Played in all 13 games as a freshman and received a medical redshirt after being injured in the second game of his sophomore season… Appeared in 15 games, making 11 starts at running back… Had 139 carries for 495 yards and four touchdowns as a freshman in 2016… Rushed 12 times for 56 yards and a score as a sophomore… Also caught 17 passes for 73 receiving yards as a freshman… Season-high 81 rushing yards and a touchdown at Cincinnati in 2016… Had four games over 50 rushing yards as a freshman.
High School: No. 100 on the Orlando Sentinel 2016 Florida Top 100 List… Miami Herald All-Dade Class 8A-6A First Team… 2015 Tournament of Champions South Florida Player of the Year… Florida 8A First Team All-State… Helped lead South Dade to 2015 FHSAA Class 8A regional championship game… Rushed for 1,259 yards and 16 touchdowns on 131 carries, averaging 9.6 yards per attempt… Dual-sport athlete who also ran track.
Personal: Full name is Jawon Deonte Hamilton… Son of Demetress Hamilton and Tanesha Toft… Has two brothers and two sisters… Majoring in sociology.
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