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Jersey Number 16
Jesse Layne
- Year:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Position:
- Tight End
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 223
- Hometown:
- Broadway, Va.
- High School:
- Broadway
- Major:
- Geographic Science
2018 as a Redshirt Freshman: Did not see any action... CAA Football Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll.
2017 as a Freshman: Redshirted to retain a year of eligibility.
High School: All-Valley District quarterback as a senior and utility as a junior... All-Conference 29 quarterback as a senior... Part of Broadway's Valley District championship team as a sophomore... Passed for 1,500 yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior and 833 yards and six touchdowns as a junior... Rushed for 313 yards and four touchdowns as a senior and 277 yards and four scores as a junior... Dual-sport athlete who also played basketball... Was named Second Team All-Conference and All-District at forward... WHSV Student-Athlete of the Week.
Personal: Full name is Jesse Lee Layne... Son of Aaron and Darla Turner... His brother, Zach Lantz, was video coordinator for JMU football for the 2015 and 2016 seasons... Majoring in geographic science.
2017 as a Freshman: Redshirted to retain a year of eligibility.
High School: All-Valley District quarterback as a senior and utility as a junior... All-Conference 29 quarterback as a senior... Part of Broadway's Valley District championship team as a sophomore... Passed for 1,500 yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior and 833 yards and six touchdowns as a junior... Rushed for 313 yards and four touchdowns as a senior and 277 yards and four scores as a junior... Dual-sport athlete who also played basketball... Was named Second Team All-Conference and All-District at forward... WHSV Student-Athlete of the Week.
Personal: Full name is Jesse Lee Layne... Son of Aaron and Darla Turner... His brother, Zach Lantz, was video coordinator for JMU football for the 2015 and 2016 seasons... Majoring in geographic science.
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