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2016 Football Roster
Jesper Horsted
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Shoreview, Minn.
- High School:
- Roseville Area
FEATURE LINKS: Beyond The Stripes (video) l Program Cover Feature
At Princeton — 2018: capped arguably the greatest career for a Princeton wide receiver by earning All-America honors and being named a finalist for the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year Award … set Princeton career records for receptions (196) and touchdown catches (28); no other Princeton player has even 20 career touchdown catches … became the 11th player in program history to earn an invitation to the prestigious East-West Shrine Game … named a finalist for the Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete Award and a semifinalist for the William Campbell Scholar-Athlete Trophy … earned first-team All-Ivy League honors after catching 72 passes for 1,047 yards and 13 touchdowns for the highest-scoring offense in Ivy League history … led Princeton to first perfect season since 1964 and second Ivy League title in three years … led the Ivy League with 15 touchdowns scored (13 receiving, two rushing) … ranked sixth in the FCS in touchdown catches (13), seventh in receptions per game (7.2), and 12th in receiving yards per game (104.7) … named FCS National Offensive Player of the Week after catching three touchdown passes and rushing for a fourth score in the 42-14 win over Penn that clinched Princeton's perfect season … finished second on Princeton's all-time receiving yards list (2,703); total ranks 10th most in Ivy League history … set an Ivy League record with seven consecutive games with at least 100 receiving yards (last five of 2017, first two of 2018) … co-recipient of the John P. Poe - Richard W. Kazmaier, Jr. Football Trophy, the top honor given to a Princeton football player during the season-ending Lourie Football Banquet. 2017: earned unanimous first-team All-Ivy League honors after breaking Princeton single-season receptions (92) and touchdown receptions (14) records … named to the Walter Payton Award Watch List, which honors the top offensive players in the FCS … led the Ivy League in receptions, receiving yards (1226), and receiving TDs … finished third on the all-time Ivy League list with 92 catches; only Brown's Steve Campbell (120, 2000) and Chas Gessner (114, 2002) had more … finished second in Ivy League single-season history with 14 touchdowns; only Brown's Sean Morey (15, 1997) had more … finished second on the Princeton single-season receiving yards list and sixth on the Ivy list with 1,226 … caught at least one touchdown in eight games, and multiple touchdowns in six … had career highs in catches (13) and yards (246) in 52-17 win at Harvard, which was the Crimson's biggest home Ivy loss in 50 years … had over 100 receiving yards in seven games, as well as each of the last five … had career-long 88-yard touchdown catch at Yale; it was the fifth-longest touchdown reception in Princeton history. 2016: earned All-Ivy League honorable mention after catching 30 passes for 413 yards and a touchdown during Princeton's Ivy League championship season … scored first collegiate TD to open a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter of Princeton's Ivy championship-clinching win over Dartmouth … had one of the biggest plays of the season, a punt block that was ultimately returned for a TD to open scoring in a 28-0 win over co-champion Penn … caught season-best seven passes for 100 yards in 31-3 road win at Yale; earned a spot on the Ivy League Honor Roll following both the Penn and Yale games … had multiple catches in eight of Princeton's last nine games … set up two TDs at Cornell with long catches inside the 5 yard line … helped Princeton lead the Ivy League in both total (415.5) and scoring (34.6) offense. 2015: caught two passes for 17 yards, both coming in a 44-30 over eventual FCS NCAA quarterfinalist Colgate … spent most of preseason injured, but played in a handful of games throughout the season … played centerfield and served as leadoff hitter during Ivy League championship season for the baseball team.
At Roseville Area — named the 2015 Minnesota High School Athlete of the Year by the St. Paul Pioneer Press; previous winners have included Joe Mauer, Paul Molitor, Dave Winfield, and Tyus Jones … holds Minnesota state record for single-game receptions (19 for 293 yards), which he set in the 2013 state playoffs … earned first-team all-state, all-metro and all-conference honors … ranked sixth nationally in receiving stats for his class in 2013-14 (82 catches for 1484 yards and 19 touchdowns) … led team to 2013 conference title and state quarterfinal … team captain in both football and baseball … ended junior baseball season with .596 batting average (second-best in state) and 34 hits (fourth-best) [NOTE — will also play baseball at Princeton] … earned all-conference honors in basketball, where he ranked in the Top 10 in the state in rebounding twice … National Honor Society member … Academic All-State honoree.
Personal — born Feb. 27, 1997 … son of Kirk Horsted and Kyia Downing … has a younger sister Elsa … enjoys travel, fishing and camping.
