University of Massachusets Athletics
2017 Football Roster
Jersey Number 27
Jesse Monteiro
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Brockton, Mass.
- High School:
- Tabor Academy
2017 - Redshirt Senior
• Phil Steele All-Independent Second Team (Safety)
• Served as a team captain during the season
• Had six total tackles against Hawai’i (8/26), including a fourth down assisted sack of Rainbow Warriors quarterback Dru • Brown Earned seven stops, split between his role in the secondary and on special teams, at Coastal Carolina (9/2)
• Added a five-tackle outing against Old Dominion (9/9) and added seven at Temple (9/15)
• Notched 1.5 TFLs for five yards lost, including an assisted sack, among six total takedowns against Ohio (9/30)
• Recorded seven tackles, including a TFL for two yards lost, against Appalachian State (10/28)
• Tied his career high with 12 tackles, including 1.0 TFLs, and added a pass breakup at No. 21 Mississippi State (11/4)
• Logged five tackles, a pass breakup and his first career interception against Maine (11/11)
• Made seven tackles, including an assisted TFL, at FIU (12/2) and broke up one pass
2016 - Redshirt Junior
• Phil Steele All-Independent Second Team (Safety)
• Appeared in 12 games, starting eight at safety
• Second on the team in tackles with 73, including 45 unassisted
• Logged 5.5 tackles for a loss of 18 yards and had four pass breakups
• Set season high with 11 tackles vs. Mississippi State (9/24), including one tackle for a loss
• Matched season high with another 11-tackle performance against Louisiana Tech (10/15), which included an assisted TFL, and had one pass breakup
• Posted seven stops, including an eight-yard TFL, at Troy (11/5)
• Ended the season with eight stops, including a four-year TFL, at Hawai'i (11/26)
2015 - Redshirt Sophomore
• Appeared in 12 games, starting three
• Finished with 41 tackles and one fumble recovery
• Started the final three games of the year
• Led the team with 12 stops in the season finale at Buffalo
• Also had eight tackles vs. Eastern Michigan and Miami
2014 - Redshirt Freshman
• Appeared in 12 games, totaling nine tackles
• Accrued nine tackles over 12 appearances as a reserve in the secondary and member of special teams
• Totaled two tackles against Eastern Michigan
2013 - Freshman
• Redshirted the season
Personal
• Majoring in communication
• Phil Steele All-Independent Second Team (Safety)
• Served as a team captain during the season
• Had six total tackles against Hawai’i (8/26), including a fourth down assisted sack of Rainbow Warriors quarterback Dru • Brown Earned seven stops, split between his role in the secondary and on special teams, at Coastal Carolina (9/2)
• Added a five-tackle outing against Old Dominion (9/9) and added seven at Temple (9/15)
• Notched 1.5 TFLs for five yards lost, including an assisted sack, among six total takedowns against Ohio (9/30)
• Recorded seven tackles, including a TFL for two yards lost, against Appalachian State (10/28)
• Tied his career high with 12 tackles, including 1.0 TFLs, and added a pass breakup at No. 21 Mississippi State (11/4)
• Logged five tackles, a pass breakup and his first career interception against Maine (11/11)
• Made seven tackles, including an assisted TFL, at FIU (12/2) and broke up one pass
2016 - Redshirt Junior
• Phil Steele All-Independent Second Team (Safety)
• Appeared in 12 games, starting eight at safety
• Second on the team in tackles with 73, including 45 unassisted
• Logged 5.5 tackles for a loss of 18 yards and had four pass breakups
• Set season high with 11 tackles vs. Mississippi State (9/24), including one tackle for a loss
• Matched season high with another 11-tackle performance against Louisiana Tech (10/15), which included an assisted TFL, and had one pass breakup
• Posted seven stops, including an eight-yard TFL, at Troy (11/5)
• Ended the season with eight stops, including a four-year TFL, at Hawai'i (11/26)
2015 - Redshirt Sophomore
• Appeared in 12 games, starting three
• Finished with 41 tackles and one fumble recovery
• Started the final three games of the year
• Led the team with 12 stops in the season finale at Buffalo
• Also had eight tackles vs. Eastern Michigan and Miami
2014 - Redshirt Freshman
• Appeared in 12 games, totaling nine tackles
• Accrued nine tackles over 12 appearances as a reserve in the secondary and member of special teams
• Totaled two tackles against Eastern Michigan
2013 - Freshman
• Redshirted the season
Personal
• Majoring in communication
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