Notre Dame Fighting Irish–No. 24 | |
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Position | Linebacker |
Class | Senior |
Personal information | |
Born: | Royal Center, Indiana, U.S. | September 10, 2000
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight | 231 lb (105 kg) |
Career history | |
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Bowl games | |
High school | Pioneer (Royal Center, Indiana) |
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Jack Kiser (born September 10, 2000) is an American football linebacker for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
Kiser attended Pioneer Junior-Senior High School in Royal Center, Indiana where he played both quarterback and linebacker. [1] He won back-to-back Indiana Class A state championships in his junior and senior years and was named the winner of the 2018 Indiana Mr. Football Award. [2]
He committed to the University of Notre Dame to play college football. [3] As a redshirt freshman, Kiser made his first start against South Florida and led the team in tackles with eight. [4] He played in every game of his next three seasons, making frequent appearances on special teams. [5]
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||
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GP | GS | Total | Solo | Ast | Sack | PD | Int | Yds | TD | FF | FR | TD | ||
2019 | Notre Dame | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | Notre Dame | 11 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | Notre Dame | 13 | 8 | 45 | 26 | 19 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 | 109 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | Notre Dame | 13 | 6 | 58 | 28 | 30 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | Notre Dame | 13 | 3 | 62 | 41 | 21 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | Notre Dame | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 57 | 21 | 202 | 122 | 80 | 4.0 | 6 | 4 | 136 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Kiser is engaged to Meagan Chan. [6]
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