2022 Football Roster
Jersey Number 13
Hershey McLaurin
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 204
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Friendship, Miss.
- High School:
- Collins
- Prev School:
- Jones College
2022 (So.)
- Played in all 12 games and started two at free safety
- Finished with 45 tackles, including 25 solo stops, a tackle for loss and a pass breakup
- Totaled four tackles at Oklahoma State
- Made two tackles vs. Kansas State
- Assisted on two tackles and broke up a pass vs. TCU
- Tallied a career-high nine tackles, with seven solo stops, at Texas Tech
- Registered five tackles and his first career tackle for loss vs. Baylor
- Finished with four tackles at Texas
- Earned his first career WVU start against Towson and tallied four stops against the Tigers
- Posted a team-high eight tackles against Kansas
- Made his Mountaineer debut at Pitt; finished the game with a pair of tackles
- Enrolled at WVU in January 2022
2021 (Fr.) - Jones County JC
- Played safety for coach Steve Buckley at Jones Junior College in Ellisville, Mississippi
- Two-time All-Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference honoree
- In 2021, he finished with 36 tackles and five interceptions
- Tied for No. 4 nationally in interceptions and big part of a defense that led the nation in interceptions (22)
- Defense gave up 16.3 points per game, ranking No. 6 nationally
- Helped lead Jones to an 8-2 record and 5-1 mark in the conference
- Season-high nine tackles, including four solo stops, a tackle for loss and an interception at Pearl River
- Season-high two interceptions and a pass breakup at Copiah-Lincoln
- Had seven tackles at Itawamba
2021 (COVID) - Jones County JC
- In his first year in 2020, played in all five games in a COVID-19 shortened season
- Had 21 tackles and one tackle for loss
- Added two interceptions, a fumble recovery and four breakups
- 27-yard fumble return for a touchdown vs. East Central
- MACCC Defensive Player of the Week
- Had a season-high eight tackles, an interception and a tackle for loss vs. Pearl River
- Distinguished Academic All-MACCC and two-time JC Honor Roll member
- Played for coach Eric Booth at Collins High
- Four-year starting quarterback for the Tigers
- Won a combined 29 games over his final three seasons
- First team all-area selection
- Threw for over 6,000 yards and 73 touchdowns in his career
- Named offensive player of the year in both football and basketball
- Basketball MVP
- Earned Dean's List honors
Personal
- Son of Marcus and Cassandra McLaurin
- One of three children (1 brother, 1 sister)
- Majoring in health and well-being
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