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23 Jack Fairman

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 225
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
  • Highschool Cranbrook-Kingswood School

Biography

Career Honors
2024: Honorable mention All-Ivy
2023: Second-team All-Ivy
2023: William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalist
2022: Honorable mention All-Ivy

2024: Honorable mention All-Ivy … Made a start at linebacker in all 10 games … Finished second on the team by completing 65 tackles and had 33 solo stops … Also finished with four TFLs, a sack, and four pass breakups … Secured a season-high nine tackles against Dartmouth (10/5) and Brown (11/2) ... Had a sack, 2.5 TFLs, and seven tackles vs. Harvard (11/16) … Registered five total tackles at Princeton (11/23) … PhillySIDA Academic All-Area.

2023: Started all 10 games at linebacker … Closed year with most total tackles on team (73) with 35 solo stops … Had 6.5 TFLs for a loss of 22 yards and 1.5 sacks … Totaled three pass breakups with one in back-to-back games to open the season against Colgate (9/16) and Bucknell (9/23) … Had a sack for a loss of 13 yards against the Bison … Picked up nine tackles (six solos) in the home opener against Dartmouth (9/30) … Finished with two TFLs at Columbia (10/14) … Tallied a season-high 10 total tackles twice—at Yale (10/21) and Cornell (11/4)—and had a TFL in back-to-back contests to close the year against Harvard (11/11) and Princeton (11/18) … William V. Campbell Trophy semifinalist.

2022: Honorable mention All-Ivy selection … Solid campaign at linebacker, making starting all 10 games … Totaled 70 tackles, the second-most on the team, which included 34 solo stops … Finished the year with 6.0 TFLs for 24 yards and an interception, which he grabbed at Georgetown (10/8) … Reached double-digit tackles for the first time in the season finale at Princeton (11/19), leading the team.

2021: Appeared in four games before being sidelined due to injury.

2020: All 2020 Ivy League fall sports were canceled on July 8 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.

High School: Four-year letter winner … Served as a team captain for two seasons … His team went 10-2 in 2017 to capture the program's first-ever district championship … A four-time all-conference honoree … Earned all-state distinction in 2018 and 2019 … Also a member of the varsity baseball and basketball teams.
 
Personal: Son of Sarah and Andrew Fairman … His dad, Andrew, played baseball at the University of Michigan from 1989-91 … Sister, Elizabeth, is a rower at Bates … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Historical Player Information

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    2020Freshman

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    6'1" 215 lbs
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    2021Sophomore

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    6'1" 215 lbs
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    2022Junior

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    6'1" 225 lbs
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    2023Senior

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    6'1" 230 lbs
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    2024Senior

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    6'1" 225 lbs
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