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2016 Football Roster

24 Jihaad Pretlow

  • Position DB
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Elizabeth, N.J.
  • Highschool Blair Academy (Temple)

Biography

A 2016 Second Team All-Patriot League honors at both defensive back and as return specialist as a senior… Led the Patriot League and ranked fifth in the NCAA FCS in kickoff return average… Tied for fourth on the 2016 squad in total tackles… Earned All-Patriot League honors in his first year with the Rams in 2015, both at defensive back and on special teams…record second most kickoff return yards in a season at Fordham in 2015… led team in pass breakups and fourth in tackles… a transfer from Temple.
 
2016 (Senior Season)
• Started all ten games in the defensive backfield in 2016.
• Recorded 46 total tackles, 38 solo, including two for loss and one sack.
• Also had a team-high eleven pass breakups and one interception.
• Tied for second in the Patriot League and 43rd in the NCAA FCS in passes defended/game (1.1).
• Returned 18 kickoffs for 511 yards (28.4 average).
• Led Patriot League and was sixth in the NCAA FCS in kickoff return average.
• Recorded eight stops, seven solo, and broke up two passes in win over Penn.
• Made seven tackles, five solo, and broke up a pass at Monmouth.
• Made six solo stops, including one for loss, and broke up two passes in win over Colgate.
• Finished with five tackles, four solo, and returned a kickoff 62 yards in Yale win.
• Finished with five tackles, four solo, including one for loss and returned three kickoffs for 112 yards at Bucknell.
• Made four solo stops, intercepted a pass and broke up two others in Georgetown win.
• Had three tackles and returned five kickoffs for 191 yards at Lehigh.
• Finished with two solo tackles and broke up four passes in win over Elizabeth City State.
 
2015
• Named First Team All-Patriot League at defensive back and Second Team as a kick returner.
• Started all 12 games at cornerback as a junior in 2015.
• Recorded 65 total tackles, 46 solo, fourth best on the team.
13918• Had three tackles for loss.
• Led team with 12 pass breakups and also intercepted two passes.
• Ranked third in the Patriot League and 37th in the NCAA FCS in passes defended.
• Also recovered a fumble.
• Returned 33 kickoffs for 864 yards and one touchdown (87 yards).
• Led Patriot League and was 18th in the NCAA FCS in kickoff return average (26.2).
• 864 kickoff return yards is second best single season in Fordham history.
• Returned three kickoffs for 172 yards, including one 87 yards for a touchdown, in Holy Cross game while also recording three solo stops and an interception.
• Notched a season-best 13 tackles, six solo, including one for loss in Columbia win.
• Led team with ten tackles, eight solo, including one for loss, against Villanova.
• Had nine tackles, eight solo, and returned an interception 23 yards for a score against Lehigh
• Made two solo stops against Army West Point.
• Recorded two tackles and broke up two passes against Monmouth.
• Had seven stops, six solo, and broke up a pass at Lafayette.
• Finished with five tackles, four solo, and broke up two passes while also recovering a fumble and returned a kickoff 64 yards at Penn.
• Made five stops, three solo, and returned two kickoffs for 51 yards against Bucknell.
 
Before Fordham
• A transfer from Temple where he played for two years in the defensive backfield.
• Appeared in eleven games for the Owls in 2014, starting nine, at strong safety.
• Finished the year with 32 total tackles, 23 solo, including one for loss.
• Also had a pass breakup and a forced fumble.
• Best game came against Memphis when he notched seven solo stops.
• As a freshman at Temple in 2013, was one of three rookies to appear in all 12 games, making 40 total tackles, seventh best on the squad.
• Also had four pass breakups and four pass deflections for the Owls in 2013.
• A graduate of Blair Academy in Blairstown, N.J., where he played running back for coach Jim Stone.
• Graduated a semester early (Dec. 2012) and enrolled at Temple in January of 2013.
• Rushed for 838 yards and scored 19 touchdowns as a junior as the Bucs went 7-0 overall.
• Also intercepted four passes as a defensive back and played two seasons with the nationally ranked basketball team at Blair Academy.

Personal
• A Political Science major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2015Junior

    DB
    5'11" 195 lbs
    14
  • 24

    2016Senior

    DB
    5'11" 195 lbs
    24