MJ Sherman

UPDATES

Week 1: Nebraska opens with a lost to Minnesota 13-10. Sherman recorded 1 tackle for a loss and one missed takle and one quarterback hurry for the game.

Week 0: DNP

HISTORY — from college profile

2023: Transferrred to Nebraska from Georgia.

—at the University of Georgia—

2022: Saw action as a reserve LB and on kick coverage units in 14 of 15 games...had two solo tackles in kickoff coverage in win over Kent State...assisted on a tackle for lost yardage and had a QB pressure in win over Georgia Tech...had one tackle in CFP National Championship win over TCU.

2021:  Saw action in all 15 of Georgia’s games as a reserve LB and on kickoff coverage unit...finished with eight total stops...had two tackles and two QB pressures in win over Charleston Southern...credited with an assisted tackle for a loss of three yards in win over UAB...had a tackle in fourth-quarter action vs. South Carolina...had one tackle and a QB pressure in win at Vanderbilt.

2020:  Saw action in nine of 10 games...had a third-quarter tackle vs. Tennessee on KO coverage unit...also had a kick coverage tackle vs. South Carolina.

High School: St. John’s College High School in Washington DC, coached by Joe Casamento...honored as one of five finalists for the 2019 Butkus Award for the best high school linebacker, which was awarded to Georgia linebacker Nakobe Dean in 2018...selected to play in the 2020 Under Armour All-America Game...247sports.com composite four-star prospect, #32 prospect nationally and #2 outside linebacker prospect...PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, Top 150 Dream Team, #2 OLB, #19 prospect nationally...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #18 prospect nationally, #1 OLB prospect nationally, #4 prospect in the East region...rivals.com four-star prospect, #39 prospect nationally, #2 OLB nationally,  #2 player from D.C...as a senior, returned to lead the Cadets to a 7-5 record against a national schedule, with wins over Miami Southridge and Deerfield Beach from Florida as well as nationally-ranked foes in No. 38 DeMatha and No. 9 Good Counsel to claim the top spot in Maryland’s prestigious Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC)... named a preseason first-team All-American at LB by MaxPreps, as well as the No. 6 defensive player in high school football...one of 20 Washington D.C. high school players listed as the best of the area for 2019 by the Washington Post...as a junior, he was named to the 2018 MaxPreps Preseason Junior All-American First Team defense before suffering a season-ending ACL injury...underwent surgery in October 2018 and was cleared in August 2019 according to his Twitter account...selected to represent Team Hype as a rare junior invite to Nike’s The Opening 2018 Finals, where he clocked a 4.53 40-yard dash as the fastest linebacker at the event...named to the USA Today 2017 ALL-USA D.C. First Team defense following his sophomore campaign...notched 51 tackles, 18 tackles for loss, seven sacks, one forced fumble and one interception that season.

PERSONAL 

Full name MEKHAIL JACQUES SHERMAN...major:  Exercise and Sport Science...recipient of the Frank G. Lumpkin, Jr. Football Scholarship.