Jawon Chisholm

Height:
6-1
Weight:
205
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Harrisburg, Pa.
High School:
Harrisburg HS

As a Senior (2014): Named team's Offensive MVP ... Honorable Mention National Running Back of the Week by CFPA (12/1/14) ... Zips' Student-Athlete of the Week (12/1/14) ... named the Coaches' Offensive Player of the Game four times (Miami, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Kent State) ... served as team captain for the Penn State game ... became just the fourth Zip in school history to rush for more than 3,000 career yards and finished his collegiate career at No. 2 on UA's career rushing chart (3,402 yards) and second in career receptions by a running back (85) ... recorded 14 games with 100-yards of rushing ... finished the season as Akron's rushing leader with 620 yards and a team-best eight TDs on 114 carries ... played in 11 games with six starts ... in his final game as a Zip, rushed for with a season-best 184 yards and a career-high three TDs on 19 carries at Kent State ... his 80-yard touchdown run with 4:30 left to play was the longest TD run of his career ... in the win over Miami, led the Zips with 102 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries.

As a Junior (2013): Named Third-Team All-MAC ... named Akron's Fred S. Sefton Offensive MVP ... started all 12 games in the backfield ... led the Zips with 869 yards rushing and eight touchdowns on the ground ... added 27 catches for 211 yards and one TD ... finished eighth in the MAC in rushing (72.4 ypg) and tied for eighth with eight touchdowns on the ground ... named MAC East Division Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 4 ... had two 100-yard performances on the ground, including 166 yards (26 carries) vs. Ball State and 151 yards (27 carries) vs. Kent State ... became the first Zip since Bobby Hendry to lead the team in rushing for three-straight seasons (2001-03) ... helped the Zips to a road win at Miami (Ohio), scoring a career-high three touchdowns on the ground (86 yards, 16 carries) ... posted a two-touchdown performance at Northern Illinois to go with 70 yards on 20 carries.

As a Sophomore (2012): Played in 11 games with 10 starts ... was not in the starting lineup at Tennessee and did not play at Central Michigan due to injury... led the team in rushing with 953 yards on 180 attempts for an average of 5.3 yards per carry ... accounted for five of the team's nine rushing touchdowns, and had two touchdown receptions as well ... finished the season with 38 catches for 310 yards ... scored two rushing touchdowns versus Miami (Ohio) as part of a 156-yard performance (21 carries) ... credited with one rushing touchdown in each of the last three games of the campaign, at Kent State, versus UMass, and at Toledo ... TD run versus the rival Flashes was for 50 yards ... 86.6 rushing yards per game average ranked eighth in the Mid-American Conference and 47th nationally ... posted six 100-plus rushing efforts, including a season-best 177-yard effort on the strength of a season-high 28 carries at Ohio ... both of his TD catches came at FIU ... given the team's Harry "Doc" Smith Award as most outstanding offensive player in the sophomore class.

As a Redshirt Freshman (2011): Played in all 12 contests with 10 starts ... did not start versus FIU or at Western Michigan ... led the team in rushing with 961 yards on 218 attempts for an average of 4.4 yards per carry ... those 961 rushing yards was the most by a freshman in a single season in program history ... averaged 80.1 rushing yards per game, which ranked seventh in the conference and 55th nationally ... tallied four 100-plus yard rushing games, including a freshman single-game record of 188 (27 carries) in the win over VMI ... the effort versus VMI marked the middle of a three-game stretch of 100-plus yards rushing performances (133 on 25 attempts at Cincinnati; 122 on 25 attempts at Eastern Michigan) ... also registered 130 yards on 19 carries against Central Michigan ... accounted for five of the team's seven rushing touchdowns (one in five different games) ... had 12 catches for 84 yards ... went 1-for-4 passing for eight yards and one touchdown when the Zips were in a wildcat formation ... connected with Clayton Moore on an eight-yard pass for a touchdown at Eastern Michigan ... accounted for a team-high 1,045 all-purpose yards.

As a Freshman (2010): Redshirted.

High School: Named the Mid-Penn Player and Offensive Player of the Year at Harrisburg HS ... member of the Keystone 1,000-yard Club ... named to the Mid-Penn Commonwealth first team as a junior and senior ... set the school record with six touchdowns in a half ... scored 26 total touchdowns while rushing for 1,062 yards as a senior ... averaged 7.89 yards per carry during his career, surpassing the 1,000-yard mark as a junior and as a senior (2,123 yards) ... had 113 carries for 1,061 yards and 10 touchdowns as a junior (96.5 yards/game) ... also completed one pass for 15 yards and had nine grabs for 107 yards and one touchdown as junior.

Personal: Born Sept. 19, 1991 ... son of Gary Chisholm and Kimberly Fields ... has three brothers, Gary, Eric, and Nick, and two sisters, Ahshay and Gabriella, and a daughter, Paityn.