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2024 Football Roster

51 Jeff Decker

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 280
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Jamison, Pa.
  • High School Germantown Academy
  • Position DL
  • Major Business, Organizations & Society

Biography

Career Honors

  • Third-team D3football.com All-Region (2023)
  • Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference (2023, 24)
  • Second-team All-Centennial Conference (2022)
  • MVP of the Centennial-MAC Bowl Series (2024)
  • Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week (9/23/22)
  • National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society (2024)

2024: Team captain … First-team All-Centennial Conference defensive lineman … Named Most Valuable Player of the Centennial-MAC Bowl Series … Member of the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society … Started all 11 games at defensive end … Totaled 48 tackles, featuring 23 solo stops … Made 17.5 tackles for loss, resulting in 76 yards lost for the opponents … Totaled 8.5 sacks for a net loss of 58 yards … Recovered a fumbled versus McDaniel (10/26), broke up a pass at Johns Hopkins (10/19), and blocked a kick at Gettysburg (11/16) … Had at least five tackles during five different games … Had five stops, 2.5 tackles for loss, and two sacks at The College of New Jersey (9/14) … Made a season-high nine tackles (six solo) at Johns Hopkins (10/19) … Registered three sacks against the Green Terror … Finished with multiple stops behind the line of scrimmage in seven different games.

2023: Third-team D3football.com All-Region defensive lineman … First-team All-Centennial Conference defensive lineman … Started all 11 games … Led the team with 17 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks … Tied for fourth on the team with 53 tackles, including 36 solo stops … Forced three fumbles and recovered another … Had multiple tackles during every game, including a season-high nine tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss versus Johns Hopkins (10/14) … Made four of his eight tackles in the backfield against Kean – including two sacks (10/28) … Posted a season-high 2.5 sacks during the Centennial-MAC Bowl Series win at King’s (Pa.) (11/18) … Also registered sacks against Lebanon Valley (9/1) and Muhlenberg (11/4).

2022: Second-team All-Centennial Conference defensive lineman … Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week (9/23) … Started all 10 games on the defensive line … Finished sixth on the team in tackles, including 19 solo stops … Tied for second on the team with three sacks, making a team-best 10 tackles behind the line of scrimmage … Recorded at least five tackles during six different contests, including a season-high nine stops during the rivalry win versus Dickinson (10/22) where he registered 1.5 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss … Made seven tackles, including one sack at McDaniel (9/17) … Matched his season best with 2.5 tackles for loss at Muhlenberg (10/29).

2021: Appeared in four games during his rookie season on the defensive line … Made three tackles and registered two sacks as all of his stops came behind the line of scrimmage … Recorded a strip sack for an eventual touchdown against Juniata (10/16) … Also registered a sack against Moravian (11/5).

High School: Team captain … First-team All-Inter-Ac … First-team All-Intelligencer … Mini Maxwell Award winner.

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Historical Player Information

  • 57

    2021First-Year

    DL
    6'2" 235 lbs
    57
  • 51

    2022Sophomore

    DL
    6'2" 240 lbs
    51
  • 51

    2023Junior

    DL
    6'2" 255 lbs
    51
  • 51
    C

    2024Senior

    DL
    6'2" 280 lbs
    51
    C