2022 USC Football Roster
Roster
Sekona, Jamar
Jersey Number 77
Jamar Sekona
- Position:
- Defensive Lineman
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 295
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Fairfax, Calif.
- High School:
- Marin Catholic HS
Bio
CAREER: He has appeared in 16 games (with 1 start) in his career, making 11 tackles, including 1 for loss (with 1 sack) and 2 QB hurries.
2023: Sekona will work to get into the defensive line mix as a redshirt junior in 2023.
2022: Sekona saw action in 5 games as a redshirt sophomore in 2022. He totaled 3 tackles, including 1 for loss of 4 yards (with 1 sack for minus 4 yards). He recorded 2 tackles, including 1 for loss of 4 yards (with 1 sack for minus 4 yards) against Rice, 1 tackle and 1 QB hurry against Stanford and 1 QB hurry against Washington State.
2021: Sekona saw action in 10 games (all but Arizona and Arizona State), with 1 start (at California), on the defensive line as a redshirt freshman in 2021. Overall in 2021, he had 8 tackles (1 against San Jose State, 2 at Colorado, 1 at Notre Dame, 3 versus UCLA and 1 against BYU). He missed the Arizona and Arizona State games with an elbow injury.
2020: Sekona saw brief action in 1 game (Washington State) as a backup defensive lineman as a first-year freshman in 2020, but did not make a tackle.
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2019 PrepStar All-American, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State Medium Schools first team and All-Marin County Athletic League Player of the Year and Lineman of the Year as a senior offensive and defensive lineman at Marin Catholic High in Kentfield (Calif.). He was a 3-year starter with 150-plus tackles and 21 sacks. He had 82 tackles with 10 sacks in 2019.
As a 2018 junior, he made USA Today All-California second team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State Medium Schools first team, Max Preps All-State Medium Schools second team, Cal-Hi Sports Junior All-State first team, San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro and All-Marin County Athletic League Lineman of the Year.
He made Cal-Hi Sports Sophomore All-State first team as a 2017 sophomore.
He also was on Marin Catholic’s track team, with bests of 48-8 in the shot put and 108-3 in the discus.
He spent his 2016 freshman season at Tamalpais High in Mill Valley (Calif.).
PERSONAL: He is majoring in Social Sciences with an emphasis in Psychology at USC. His uncle is Haloti Ngata, who played defensive line at Oregon (2003-05, earning All-American honors in 2005) and in the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens (2006-14, including on the XLVII Super Bowl champs), Detroit Lions (2015-17) and Philadelphia Eagles (2018).
2023: Sekona will work to get into the defensive line mix as a redshirt junior in 2023.
2022: Sekona saw action in 5 games as a redshirt sophomore in 2022. He totaled 3 tackles, including 1 for loss of 4 yards (with 1 sack for minus 4 yards). He recorded 2 tackles, including 1 for loss of 4 yards (with 1 sack for minus 4 yards) against Rice, 1 tackle and 1 QB hurry against Stanford and 1 QB hurry against Washington State.
2021: Sekona saw action in 10 games (all but Arizona and Arizona State), with 1 start (at California), on the defensive line as a redshirt freshman in 2021. Overall in 2021, he had 8 tackles (1 against San Jose State, 2 at Colorado, 1 at Notre Dame, 3 versus UCLA and 1 against BYU). He missed the Arizona and Arizona State games with an elbow injury.
2020: Sekona saw brief action in 1 game (Washington State) as a backup defensive lineman as a first-year freshman in 2020, but did not make a tackle.
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2019 PrepStar All-American, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State Medium Schools first team and All-Marin County Athletic League Player of the Year and Lineman of the Year as a senior offensive and defensive lineman at Marin Catholic High in Kentfield (Calif.). He was a 3-year starter with 150-plus tackles and 21 sacks. He had 82 tackles with 10 sacks in 2019.
As a 2018 junior, he made USA Today All-California second team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State Medium Schools first team, Max Preps All-State Medium Schools second team, Cal-Hi Sports Junior All-State first team, San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro and All-Marin County Athletic League Lineman of the Year.
He made Cal-Hi Sports Sophomore All-State first team as a 2017 sophomore.
He also was on Marin Catholic’s track team, with bests of 48-8 in the shot put and 108-3 in the discus.
He spent his 2016 freshman season at Tamalpais High in Mill Valley (Calif.).
PERSONAL: He is majoring in Social Sciences with an emphasis in Psychology at USC. His uncle is Haloti Ngata, who played defensive line at Oregon (2003-05, earning All-American honors in 2005) and in the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens (2006-14, including on the XLVII Super Bowl champs), Detroit Lions (2015-17) and Philadelphia Eagles (2018).
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