11 J Jensen III
J Jensen III
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Weight:
    180
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Katy, Texas
  • High School:
    Katy Taylor
  • Position:
    QB
  • gp
    10
  • yds
    2594
  • td
    25
  • yds/g
    259.4

Bio

Honors & Awards
  • One-time A-R-C All-Conference Award (2024)
  • Two-time A-R-C Offensive Player of the Week (10/31/22, 9/30/24)
  • School record for most passing TDs (80)
  • Four-time letterwinner (2021, 22, 23, 24)
2024 | senior
  • Played in all 10 games
  • Broke the school’s career passing TD record in the final game of the season
  • Threw for 2,594 yards and 25 touchdowns
  • Competed 244 of his 369 pass attempts for a 66.1% completion percentage
  • Tied a career-high in passing touchdowns in a single with five against Loras
  • Averaged 259.4 passing yards per game
  • Named first team A-R-C All-Conference
2023 | junior
  • Played in every game for the Storm, throwing for 2,904 yards and 27 touchdowns
  • Threw a season high five touchdowns on three separate occasions
  • Completed 276 of 446 passes
  • Became the fifth quarterback in program history to surpass 5,000 career passing yards on Oct. 21
2022 | sophomore
  • The Storm’s starting quarterback, completed 202 of 361 passes for 2,635 yards, recording 23 touchdowns and 11 interceptions
  • Posted an efficiency rating of 132.2 and ran for an additional two touchdowns
  • Named A-R-C Offensive Player of the Week after going 18 of 27 for 371 yards and seven touchdowns (six passing) in the win over Nebraska Wesleyan
  • Set a career-high in passing yards with 455 against Luther, also throwing three touchdowns
2021 | freshman
  • Participated in six games, completing 29 of 63 passes for 429 yards
  • Ranked second on the team with five touchdown passes
  • Led all Simpson QB’s in efficiency rating (116.7)
High School
  • A 2021 graduate of Katy Taylor High School
  • Holds school records in passing yards and touchdowns
  • Named District 19-6A Newcomer of the Year
Personal
  • Son of J and Sonya Jensen
  • Has a brother, Cole
  • Majoring in sports administration with minors in statistics and analytics

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 5 at Central (Iowa) L, 59-14
Oct 12 Neb. Wesleyan W, 21-14
Oct 19 at No. 12/13 Wartburg L, 46-21
Oct 26 Buena Vista W, 24-16
Nov 9 at Coe L, 47-10
Nov 16 Luther W, 29-15
  Overall Conf
Completions 244 213
Attempts 369 311
Completion % 66.1% 68.5%
Yards 2594 2134
Yards per game 259.4 266.8
Yards per attempt 7.0 6.9
Touchdowns 25 21
Interceptions 9 6
Sacks 19 18
Yards lost 112 108
Pass Efficiency 142.7 144.6

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 7 at Augustana (Ill.) L, 30-13 19 36 52.8% 219 6.1 1 1 1 4
Sep 14 Crown (Minn.) W, 45-7 12 22 54.5% 241 11.0 3 2 0 0
Sep 21 at Dubuque L, 28-14 12 20 60.0% 91 4.5 2 1 6 30
Sep 28 Loras W, 66-14 32 41 78.0% 343 8.4 5 0 1 8
Oct 5 at Central (Iowa) L, 59-14 18 29 62.1% 205 7.1 2 1 5 28
Oct 12 Neb. Wesleyan W, 21-14 22 33 66.7% 348 10.5 2 0 1 10
Oct 19 at No. 12/13 Wartburg L, 46-21 44 65 67.7% 374 5.8 3 2 3 23
Oct 26 Buena Vista W, 24-16 28 39 71.8% 246 6.3 3 0 0 0
Nov 9 at Coe L, 47-10 32 52 61.5% 250 4.8 1 2 2 9
Nov 16 Luther W, 29-15 25 32 78.1% 277 8.7 3 0 0 0

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 7 at Augustana (Ill.) L, 30-13 3 0 0.0 4 0 1 0
Sep 14 Crown (Minn.) W, 45-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Dubuque L, 28-14 10 -8 -0.8 10 0 - -
Sep 28 Loras W, 66-14 2 0 0.0 8 0 - -
Oct 5 at Central (Iowa) L, 59-14 5 -27 -5.4 0 0 1 1
Oct 12 Neb. Wesleyan W, 21-14 3 -6 -2.0 3 0 - -
Oct 19 at No. 12/13 Wartburg L, 46-21 3 -23 -7.7 0 0 - -
Oct 26 Buena Vista W, 24-16 4 28 7.0 14 0 1 1
Nov 9 at Coe L, 47-10 2 -9 -4.5 0 0 - -
Nov 16 Luther W, 29-15 2 12 6.0 6 0 - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 7 at Augustana (Ill.) L, 30-13 - - - - - 1 0
Sep 14 Crown (Minn.) W, 45-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Dubuque L, 28-14 - - - - - - -
Sep 28 Loras W, 66-14 - - - - - - -
Oct 5 at Central (Iowa) L, 59-14 - - - - - 1 1
Oct 12 Neb. Wesleyan W, 21-14 - - - - - - -
Oct 19 at No. 12/13 Wartburg L, 46-21 - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Buena Vista W, 24-16 - - - - - 1 1
Nov 9 at Coe L, 47-10 - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Luther W, 29-15 0 0 - 0 0 - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 7 at Augustana (Ill.) L, 30-13 - - - - - 0
Sep 14 Crown (Minn.) W, 45-7 - - - - - 0
Sep 21 at Dubuque L, 28-14 - - - - - 0
Sep 28 Loras W, 66-14 - - - 0 0 0
Oct 5 at Central (Iowa) L, 59-14 - - - - - 0
Oct 12 Neb. Wesleyan W, 21-14 - - - - - 0
Oct 19 at No. 12/13 Wartburg L, 46-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 26 Buena Vista W, 24-16 - - - - - 0
Nov 9 at Coe L, 47-10 - - - - - 0
Nov 16 Luther W, 29-15 - - - 0 0 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 7 at Augustana (Ill.) L, 30-13 - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Crown (Minn.) W, 45-7 - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Dubuque L, 28-14 - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 Loras W, 66-14 - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 at Central (Iowa) L, 59-14 - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Neb. Wesleyan W, 21-14 - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 at No. 12/13 Wartburg L, 46-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Buena Vista W, 24-16 - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 at Coe L, 47-10 - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Luther W, 29-15 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 7 at Augustana (Ill.) L, 30-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Crown (Minn.) W, 45-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Dubuque L, 28-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 Loras W, 66-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 at Central (Iowa) L, 59-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Neb. Wesleyan W, 21-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 at No. 12/13 Wartburg L, 46-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Buena Vista W, 24-16 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 at Coe L, 47-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Luther W, 29-15 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 7 at Augustana (Ill.) L, 30-13 1 0 - - - 0
Sep 14 Crown (Minn.) W, 45-7 1 - - - - 0
Sep 21 at Dubuque L, 28-14 1 -8 - - - -8
Sep 28 Loras W, 66-14 1 0 - - - 0
Oct 5 at Central (Iowa) L, 59-14 1 -27 - - - -27
Oct 12 Neb. Wesleyan W, 21-14 1 -6 - - - -6
Oct 19 at No. 12/13 Wartburg L, 46-21 1 -23 - - - -23
Oct 26 Buena Vista W, 24-16 1 28 - - - 28
Nov 9 at Coe L, 47-10 1 -9 - - - -9
Nov 16 Luther W, 29-15 1 12 0 - - 12

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 7 at Augustana (Ill.) L, 30-13 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Sep 14 Crown (Minn.) W, 45-7 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 21 at Dubuque L, 28-14 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 28 Loras W, 66-14 0 0 - - - - - 0 - - 0 -
Oct 5 at Central (Iowa) L, 59-14 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Oct 12 Neb. Wesleyan W, 21-14 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 19 at No. 12/13 Wartburg L, 46-21 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 26 Buena Vista W, 24-16 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Nov 9 at Coe L, 47-10 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 16 Luther W, 29-15 2 0 0 - - - - 0 - - 0 1

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 7 at Augustana (Ill.) L, 30-13 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 14 Crown (Minn.) W, 45-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Dubuque L, 28-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 Loras W, 66-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 at Central (Iowa) L, 59-14 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 12 Neb. Wesleyan W, 21-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 at No. 12/13 Wartburg L, 46-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Buena Vista W, 24-16 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Nov 9 at Coe L, 47-10 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Luther W, 29-15 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2021-22 6 29 63 46.0% 429 71.5 6.8 5 4 53 116.7
2022-23 10 202 361 56.0% 2635 263.5 7.3 23 11 80 132.2
2023-24 10 276 446 61.9% 2904 290.4 6.5 27 18 94 128.5
2024-25 10 244 369 66.1% 2594 259.4 7.0 25 9 97 142.7
Total 36 751 1239 60.6% 8562 237.8 6.9 80 42 97 133.2

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2021-22 6 13 -22 -3.7 -1.7 0 7 1 1
2022-23 10 56 -93 -9.3 -1.7 2 14 7 4
2023-24 10 34 -105 -10.5 -3.1 0 14 3 1
2024-25 10 34 -33 -3.3 -1.0 0 14 3 2
Total 36 137 -253 -7.0 -1.8 2 14 14 8

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2021-22 6 - - - - - - -
2022-23 10 - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 - - - - - - -
2024-25 10 0 0.0 0 0.0 - 0 0
Total 36 0 0.0 0 0.0 - 0 0

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2021-22 6 - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2023-24 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2024-25 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Total 36 - - - - 0 0 - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2021-22 6 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 10 3 101 33.7 42 2 0 0 0
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - -
2024-25 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 36 3 101 33.7 42 2 0 0 0

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2021-22 - - - - - - - - - -
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 - - - - - - - - - -
2024-25 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2021-22 6 -22 - - - -22 -3.7
2022-23 10 -93 - - - -93 -9.3
2023-24 10 -105 - - - -105 -10.5
2024-25 10 -33 0 - - -33 -3.3
Total 36 -253 0 - - -253 -7.0

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2021-22 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 12 1.2 2 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
2023-24 2 0.2 0 - - - - - 0 - 1 0
2024-25 2 0.2 0 0 - - - - 0 - 1 0
Total 16 0.4 2 0 - - - - 0 - 2 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2021-22 6 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 10 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024-25 10 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 36 1 0 1.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Splits Stats - Passing

    gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event Total 10 244 369 66.1% 2594 259.4 7.0 25 9 97 142.7
Conference 8 213 311 68.5% 2134 266.8 6.9 21 6 71 144.6
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location Home 5 119 167 71.3% 1455 291.0 8.7 16 2 97 173.7
Away 5 125 202 61.9% 1139 227.8 5.6 9 7 43 117.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result Wins 5 119 167 71.3% 1455 291.0 8.7 16 2 97 173.7
Losses 5 125 202 61.9% 1139 227.8 5.6 9 7 43 117.0
Month September 4 75 119 63.0% 894 223.5 7.5 11 4 97 149.9
October 4 112 166 67.5% 1173 293.3 7.1 10 3 71 143.1
November 2 57 84 67.9% 527 263.5 6.3 4 2 44 131.5

Splits Stats - Rushing

    gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event Total 10 34 -33 -3.3 -1.0 0 14 3 2
Conference 8 31 -33 -4.1 -1.1 0 14 2 2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 11 34 6.8 3.1 0 14 1 1
Away 5 23 -67 -13.4 -2.9 0 10 2 1
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 5 11 34 6.8 3.1 0 14 1 1
Losses 5 23 -67 -13.4 -2.9 0 10 2 1
Month September 4 15 -8 -2.0 -0.5 0 10 1 0
October 4 15 -28 -7.0 -1.9 0 14 2 2
November 2 4 3 1.5 0.8 0 6 - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

    gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event Total 10 0 0.0 0 0.0 - 0 0
Conference 8 0 0.0 0 0.0 - 0 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 - 0 0
Away 5 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 - 0 0
Losses 5 - - - - - - -
Month September 4 - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - -
November 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 - 0 0

Splits Stats - Kicking

    gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event Total 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Conference 8 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 5 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 5 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Losses 5 - - - - - - - 0
Month September 4 - - - - 0 0 - 0
October 4 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - 0 0 - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

    gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 5 - - - - - - - -
Losses 5 - - - - - - - -
Month September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

    kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

    gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event Total 10 -33 0 - - -33 -3.3
Conference 8 -33 0 - - -33 -4.1
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location Home 5 34 0 - - 34 6.8
Away 5 -67 - - - -67 -13.4
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result Wins 5 34 0 - - 34 6.8
Losses 5 -67 - - - -67 -13.4
Month September 4 -8 - - - -8 -2.0
October 4 -28 - - - -28 -7.0
November 2 3 0 - - 3 1.5

Splits Stats - Scoring

    pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event Total 2 0.2 0 0 - - - - 0 - 1 0
Conference 2 0.3 0 0 - - - - 0 - 1 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 2 0.4 0 0 - - - - 0 - 1 0
Away 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 2 0.4 0 0 - - - - 0 - 1 0
Losses 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
Month September 0 0.0 0 - - - - - 0 - - 0
October 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
November 2 1.0 0 0 - - - - 0 - 1 0

Splits Stats - Defense

    gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event Total 10 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conference 8 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Away 5 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 5 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Losses 5 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Month September 4 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
October 4 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
November 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

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