Peewee Jarrett

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Peewee Jarrett
Personal information
Born: (1999-10-12) October 12, 1999 (age 25) [1]
Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school: Herbert Hoover
(Des Moines, Iowa)
College: Ellsworth (2018)
Iowa Central (2021)
West Florida (2022–2023)
Position: Quarterback
Undrafted: 2024
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Byron "Peewee" Jarrett Jr. (born October 12, 1999) [1] is an American professional football quarterback who is a free agent. He played college football at Ellsworth, Iowa Central, and West Florida.

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Early life

Jarrett grew up in Des Moines, Iowa. [2] He attended Herbert Hoover High School in Des Moines, throwing for 2,364 passing yards and 18 touchdowns as a junior and then 2,710 yards (second-best in Iowa) and 23 touchdowns as a senior. [3] He ended his high school career having thrown for over 5,000 yards and over 50 touchdowns, which included breaking the single-game Hoover passing yards record with 547. [4] However, his team won only five games across his last two years and he had no offers to play NCAA college football. [3]

College career

Jarrett was ultimately able to enroll at Ellsworth Community College in 2018, where he appeared in seven games before missing the rest of the year due to injury. [3] He then moved away to be closer to his sick grandmother, who died in February 2019. [3] He underwent two shoulder surgeries and did not play in the 2019 season. [3]

Jarrett joined Iowa Central Community College in 2020, but the season was pushed to spring 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] He said that, having not seen any playing time in over two years, "I was so set on quitting football." [3] After discussing with the team's head coach and with his father, Jarrett ultimately decided to continue his football career. [3] He played two seasons for the team – in both the spring and fall 2021 seasons – and totaled over 3,500 passing yards and 42 passing touchdowns, also rushing for close to 600 yards in the second season with 13 rushing touchdowns. [3] He was chosen a first-team National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-America selection. [3]

Having received attention from larger schools following his play at the NJCAA level, Jarrett committed to play for the NCAA Division I FCS Western Illinois Leathernecks, but decided to transfer to the Division II West Florida Argonauts after only one semester. [3] He won the starting job at West Florida, succeeding Austin Reed, and completed 165 passes for 2,719 yards and 33 touchdowns, throwing for a touchdown in all of the team's 14 games while leading them to 12 wins – second-best in program history – and an appearance in the semifinals of the Division II playoffs. [5] [6] [7]

In 2023, Jarrett threw for 2,989 yards and 32 touchdowns while running for 372 yards and three touchdowns. [8] He became the first player in school history to throw for over 5,000 yards with over 1,000 rushing yards. [9] He declared for the NFL draft after the season. [8]

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span
6 ft 3 in
(1.91 m)		221 lb
(100 kg)		32+1⁄2 in
(0.83 m)		10+1⁄4 in
(0.26 m)
All values from Pro Day [10]

After going unselected in the 2024 NFL draft, Jarrett was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent. [11] [12] He was waived by the Jets on May 6, after the team signed Andrew Peasley and Colby Suits. [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 @byron_jarrett (October 12, 2022). "Year 23, Let's Ride!! #Birthday" (Tweet). Retrieved May 15, 2024– via Twitter.
  2. ↑ Vilona, Bill (September 3, 2022). "UWF Football: Acclaimed quarterback part of intrigue for Argos season opener". Pensacola News Journal .
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Hertel, Alyssa (April 25, 2024). "Des Moines Hoover alum Byron 'Peewee' Jarrett hopeful about NFL Draft prospects". The Des Moines Register . Archived from the original on May 2, 2024. Retrieved June 1, 2024– via archive.ph.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ↑ Becker, Dana (May 2, 2024). "Former Iowa Central standout Jarrett signs with Jets as undrafted free agent". The Daily Freeman-Journal .
  5. ↑ Hollis, Greg (December 10, 2022). "UWF Football: Argos season comes to an end as they fall to Ferris State in Final Four". Pensacola News Journal .
  6. ↑ Grieco, Ben (August 22, 2023). "Jarrett, Leggett return to lead offensive squad". Pensacola News Journal . p. B1, B2 – via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  7. ↑ Napier, Briar (August 10, 2023). "Can Peewee Jarrett Take West Florida Back To The DII National Championship?". FloFootball.
  8. 1 2 Grieco, Ben (December 2, 2023). "UWF Football: Quarterback Peewee Jarrett declares for 2024 NFL Draft after two years as Argo". Pensacola News Journal – via Yahoo!.
  9. ↑ Lester, Brian (November 7, 2023). "Jarrett makes history at UWF". Navarre Press .
  10. ↑ "2024 NFL Draft Scout Peewee Jarrett College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  11. ↑ Grieco, Ben (April 28, 2024). "New York Jets sign UWF quarterback Peewee Jarrett as undrafted free agent". Pensacola News Journal .
  12. ↑ Greenberg, Ethan; Pullano, John (May 3, 2024). "Jets Sign 17 Undrafted Free Agents". NewYorkJets.com.
  13. ↑ Alper, Josh (May 6, 2024). "Jets sign QBs Andrew Peasley and Colby Suits; waive QB PeeWee Jarrett". ProFootballTalk . NBC Sports.
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