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#12 Jaxon Rexroth

Height 6-2
Weight 213 lbs.
Class So.
Hometown Cedar Rapids, Iowa
High School Xavier
Jaxon Rexroth - Football - University of Iowa Athletics

Hawk Item – – Dean’s List student (2021 fall).

2022 Honors – – Academic All-Big Ten . . . 2022 – – Saw action in 10 games . . . saw first action of career in 7-3 opening win over South Dakota State, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 10-7 loss to Iowa State but had no statistics . . . saw action in 27-0 win over Nevada but had no stats as defense allowed just 151 yards total offense . . . saw action in 27-10 win at Rutgers but had no stats as defense allowed just 61 net rushing yards . . . saw action in 27-14 loss to #4 Michigan, but had no statistics . . . did not see action in 9-6 loss at Illinois . . . did not see action in 54-10 loss at #2 Ohio State . . . saw action in 33-13 win over Northwestern but had no statistics as defense allowed just 18 net rushing yards and 177 yards total offense . . . saw action in 24-3 win at Purdue, but had no statistics as defense allowed just 87 net rushing yards and 255 yards total offense . . . saw action in 24-10 win over Wisconsin as defense allowed just 51 net rushing yards and 227 yards total offense . . . one assisted tackle vs. Wisconsin for first career stop . . . saw action in 13-10 win at Minnesota, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 24-17 loss to Nebraska, but had no statistics . . . did not see action in 21-0 Music City Bowl win over Kentucky.

2021 – – Redshirted after joining the program as a walk-on.

High school honors – – Named to Elite All-State team as a senior . . . first-team all-state, all-district and all-metro as a senior and district Player of the Year . . . second-team all-metro and all-district as a junior . . . Career – – Two-year football letterman as quarterback and defensive back . . . tied school record for rushing touchdowns in a game . . . helped team post two-year record of 19-3, reaching state playoffs as a junior and state semifinals as a senior after team won state title his sophomore season . . . totaled 2,103 total yards as a senior . . . completed 87-135 pass attempts for 1,287 yards and 13 touchdowns . . . rushed for 816 yards and 20 touchdowns on 122 attempts as a senior . . . collected 39.5 tackles on defense with three interceptions (57 yards) four recovered fumbles and two forced fumbles . . . collected 26.5 tackles as a junior, with one interception, one forced fumble and one recovered fumble . . . team captain as a senior . . . also lettered in track (4) and baseball (2).

Personal – – Born 12/25/02 in Huntington, West Virginia . . . biology major . . . earned academic all-district honors . . . five-time recipient of Distinguished Honors while ranking in Top 10 in class academically . . . parents are Teri and Jason Rexroth . . . high school coach was Duane Schulte.