2023 Football Roster
Sep 20 (Sat)
7:30 p.m.
James Monds III
- Position:
- DB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 180
- Year:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Fort Pierce, Fla.
- High School:
- Vero Beach
2023 (Redshirt Freshman Season)
Season: Appeared in 11 games.
Indiana State (9/8): Had two total tackles ... logged his first career tackle, an assisted tackle with Myles Jackson in the fourth quarter. Akron (9/23): Logged one tackle. at Illinois (11/11): Made one stop.
2022 (Freshman Season)
Appeared in two games and redshirted his initial collegiate season ... made collegiate debut against Michigan (10/8) ... one of 33 student-athletes to make collegiate debut in 2022 ... one of 15 true freshman to debut in 2022 ... Enrolled in 2022 spring class and participated in practice.
Michigan (10/8): Played on special teams in collegiate debut.
Prep/Personal
Defensive back for head coach Lenny Jankowski at Vero Beach High School ... spent his junior season at Fort Pierce Westwood High School and his sophomore season at Port St. Lucie High School ... Class 6A first-team all-state ... garnered first-team all-area as a sophomore ... logged nine pass breakups as a junior ... returned one punt and one kickoff for a touchdown ... piled up 31 tackles as a sophomore ... returned three punts for TDs ... also lettered in soccer ... named all-area after a 21-goal junior season ... parents are Erica and James Monds ... James; cousin, Mario Monds; and uncle, Wonder Monds; all played college football ... Mario was a sixth-round pick by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2001 NFL Draft ... Wonder was a fourth-round selection in the 1976 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers ... human biology major ... born on Nov. 10, 2003.
