Brandon Jensen

Position:
Defensive Line
Height:
6-4
Weight:
271
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Ankeny, Iowa
High School:
Ankeny

Awards and Honors
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (2014)

2014
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team selection … started the first nine games before an injury ended his season … saw limited action in his last two games vs. Oklahoma and Kansas … had his 21-game starting streak end against Texas Tech … tallied 10 tackles, two tackles for loss and one sack … against Iowa, set career highs in tackles (3), tackles for loss (2.0) and sacks (1.0) … ended career with 39 tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss, two sacks and four pass breakups … started 21 games in 45 career games played.

2013
Started all 12 games at nose guard … recorded 18 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss and one sack … had a pair of tackles in six games … recorded a sack at Tulsa … had a TFL and pass breakup vs. Oklahoma State.

2012
Saw action in all 13 games ... finished season with eight tackles ... had a pair of stops against Western Illinois and Kansas.

2011
Played in 11 games … recorded three tackles.

2010
Redshirted initial collegiate season.

High School
Prepped at Ankeny High School, the same high school Iowa State head coach Paul Rhoads attended ... recorded 80 tackles, including 15 for loss as a senior for the Hawks ... recorded double-digit tackles three times, including season-high 15 in win over Urbandale ... was also the team’s punter, averaging 40.5 yards per punt ... 2009 Des Moines Sunday Register Elite All-State team ... 2009 INA and Des Moines Register Class 4A first-team All-State ... first-team All-CIML Central conference in 2009 ... collected 55 tackles, nine for loss and five sacks as a junior ... second-team All-CIML Central conference in 2008 ... coached by Jerry Pezzetti ... also lettered in wrestling and track ... finished fifth at the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships in the shot put.

Personal
Born April 7, 1992 in Killeen, Texas ... son of Brian and Wendy Jensen ... liberal studies major.