Matthew Jester

Photo by: Jared Montano

Photo by: Sideline Photos, LLC

Height:
6-4
Weight:
250
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Spring, Texas
High School:
Klein

Accolades:
First-Team All-Ivy (2022)

2022: Team captain ... Did not miss any games … Set new career high with six tackles for a loss and matched career mark with three sacks … Season-best five stops vs. Penn … Returned an interception over 90 yards for two points vs. Cornell ... Recorded a sack vs. Harvard vs. Dartmouth.

2021: Played in every game, making 30 tackles including 25 solo … Contributed five tackles for loss and three sacks … Had a sack and three quarterback hurries at Penn …Contributed a sack vs. Yale ... Caused a fumble that was returned for a touchdown at Cornell ... Recorded a sack vs. Harvard ... Posted five tackles vs. Columbia.

2019: Played in every game, making one start ... Recorded 20 tackles including seven for loss ... Finished with three sacks ...

2018: earned time as a reserve outside linebacker and recorded two sacks … first sack came in his collegiate debut at Butler; added a sack in a nationally televised win at Columbia … helped Princeton produced the fourth-ranked scoring defense in the nation during the program's first perfect season since 1964.

Before Princeton:
Klein: Ranked in the Top 150 on the list of Top 250 national FCS recruits by HeroSports.com … earned all-district honors as linebacker … led district in turnovers as a senior (four interceptions and three forced fumbles) … featured in several local publications: VYPE Magazine, Dave Campbell's Texas Football Magazine, and the Houston Chronicle … helped Klein earn a Top 100 ranking in Texas and reach the second round of the playoffs … team captain … Academic All-State and All-District honoree … Student Council elected officer … National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society member … National AP Scholar.

Personal: — Son of Ellen and Larry Jester … has two older siblings, Kimberly and Sam … both father and uncle played football at Rice … enjoys working out, watching The Office, and playing Xbox … plans to pursue a concentration in Operations Research and Financial Engineering, and then get a certificate in either biological engineering or finance.