#8 Jafar Armstrong 2019-20 Football Roster

HONORS & AWARDS

• Doak Walker Award Watch List (2019)

SENIOR SEASON (2020)

• Caught two passes for 20 yards, also rushing twice for a total of five yards in the season-opening win vs. Duke (9/12). His 20-yard reception gave the Irish first-and-goal, setting up Kyren Williams two-yard rushing TD, the first of the game. 
• Rushed seven times for seven net yards and a touchdown in the 52-0 win vs. South Florida (9/19).
• Brought back one kickoff return for 36 yards in the win vs. Florida State (10/10).
• Saw action in the 12-7 win vs. Louisville (10/17).
• Saw action in the 45-3 win at Pitt (10/24).
• Saw action in the 31-13 win at Georgia Tech (10/31).
• Saw action in the 47-40 2OT win over then-No. 1 Clemson (11/7).
• Saw action in the 45-31 win at Boston College (11/14).
• Saw action in the 31-17 win at No. 19 North Carolina (11/27).
• Played in the 41-25 regular season finale win over Syracuse (12/5).
• Marked one fair catch in the ACC Championship game (12/19).
• Saw action in the CFP Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game (1/1/21).

JUNIOR SEASON (2019)

• Saw actions in nine games, starting a pair of contests
• Rushed for 122 yards on the year with a touchdown, while also catching 13 passes for 97 yards
• Ran for a score in the Camping World Bowl victory over Iowa State
• Missed games against New Mexico, Georgia, Virginia and Bowling Green due to an injury suffered in the opener against Louisville

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2018)

• Played in 10 games and started two contests (missed three games due to a knee injury)
• Ran for 383 yards and seven touchdowns on the season, with a long rush of 42 yards
• Racked up 159 receiving yards off 14 catches on the year
• Ran for a pair of TDs in season-opening win over No. 14 Michigan
• Gained 98 rushing yards and TDs in win at Wake Forest
• Had nine rushes for 52 yards with a TD and five catches for 64 yards against Navy in return from injury

FRESHMAN SEASON (2017)

• One of 11 scholarship freshmen, five on offense, who spent the season on the scout team and did not see the field
• Joined OL Aaron Banks, QB Avery Davis, OL Dillan Gibbons and OL Josh Long as rookies who helped the Irish on their offensive scout team

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA

• Led Bishop Miege to a 12-1 record as a senior in 2016
• Helped Bishop Miege to the 2016 Kansas State High School Activities Association Class 4A DI State Championship (third straight state championship)
• Set a Kansas high school record for career TD receptions with 45
• Caught 172 passes for 3,744 yards in his career
• Recorded 50 overall career TDs
• Caught 54 passes for 1,277 yards and 21 TDs in 2016
• Averaged 98.2 receiving yards/game and 23.6 yards/reception
• Recorded seven games with at least 100 yards receiving, including 222 yards on eight grabs in the state title game
• Registered more than 1,200 yards and 16 TDs as a junior in 2015
• Captured 2016 Kansas state titles in the 100-meter (10.83), 200-meter (22.13) and 4×100-meter relay (42.70)
• Won the 2016 Otis Taylor Award, an honor given to Kansas City’s top high school receiver
• Named 2016 American Family Insurance First Team ALL-USA Kansas
• 2016 Kansas Football Coaches Association Top 11 selection
• 2016 Kansas Football Coaches Association First Team Class 4A DI All-State
• Kansas City Star 2016 First Team All-Metro
• 2016 American Family Insurance Kansas Offensive Player of the Year
• 2016 MaxPreps Medium Schools All-American
• No. 107 wide receiver by Scout.com, No. 68 wide receiver by 247Sports.com, No. 76 wide receiver by ESPN.com and No. 77 wide receiver by Rivals.com
• Kansas’ No. 7-ranked player by Scout.com, No. 3-ranked player by 247Sports, No. 6-ranked player by ESPN and No. 3-ranked player by Rivals
• Played for coach Jon Holmes at Bishop Miege
• Enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business