Wingate University Athletics

2014: Jon Jimenez is a pre-season All-South Atlantic Conference selection…
 
2013: Led Wingate with 88 tackles…All-SAC second team choice…Recorded 46 solo stops and 42 assists…Four pass break-ups, 3.5 tackles for loss and two interceptions…Posted four games with 10-plus tackles, with a season-high 13 tackles in a come-from-behind victory at Catawba…11 tackles each against Newberry and Carson-Newman and 10 stops versus North Greenville…Interceptions against Newberry and Mars Hill...
 
2012: Saw time in 11 of 11 games at the safety position…Played the nickel-back position as the Bulldogs’ fifth defensive back, leading to two quarterback hurries on his statistical ledger…Recorded 22 tackles and one tackle for loss…
 
2011: Posted nine tackles…Three stops each against Mars Hill and Tusculum…Shared a tackle for loss in the Tusculum game…Returned a kick-off for seven yards against Lenoir-Rhyne…
 
2010: Did not play in 2010, as he spent Wingate’s SAC championship campaign as a redshirt…
 
Personal: At Kell High, Jimenez was a three-year football letter winner for head coach Derek Cook. A team captain his senior season, Jimenez finished his career by winning the team Defensive Player of the Year award and collecting All-County honors. Jimenez has earned SAC Commissioner’s Honor Roll during his tenure. Jon is the son of Alfred Jimenez and Toni Novellino.