2023 Football Roster
Jersey Number 33
Jairo Faverus
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- High School:
- Bristol Academy of Sports
2023 (r-So.)
- Academic All-Big 12 Conference Second Team
- Played in seven games before sustaining a season-ending knee injury
- Added depth at linebacker and used primarily on special teams
- Used on a season-high 23 offensive snaps against Duquesne and season-high 14 special teams snaps at Houston and against Oklahoma State
- Finished with five tackles, including three solo stops and assisted on a tackle for loss
- Posted three tackles, including an assist on a tackle for loss against Duquesne
- Had solo tackles at Houston and against Oklahoma State
2022 (r-Fr.)
- Played in all 12 games
- Added depth at linebacker and used primarily on special teams
- Had a solo tackle against Towson
2021 (Fr.)
- Redshirted
2020 (COVID)
- Added depth at safety, seeing action in four games
- Season-high 14 plays, including 11 on defense against Eastern Kentucky
- Finished with two tackles, including an unassisted tackle against Eastern Kentucky
- Enrolled at WVU in January
High School
- Played cornerback for coach Benjamin Herod while traveling in the United States PPI Recruits during the DreamChasers Tour – attended camps at universities in United States
- Clocked a 4.4 40-yard dash at multiple camps – including at WVU
- Played cornerback at the Bristol Academy of Sports
- Earned team most valuable player honors
- Finished with six interceptions, 15 pass breakups and 24 solo tackles as a senior
- Graded as one of the top five defensive performers in the 247Sports European Combine in April of this year
- Was the most valuable player defensive back at the combine
- Consistently rated as one of the top DBs and overall players in all of Europe
- Most valuable player for the U-19 Dutch national championship team
- Rated as a three-star prospect by ESPN, rivals and 247Sports
- No.1-rated prospect in the UK, according to 247Sports
- Ranked as the No. 2-best recruit in Europe in the 2020 class by ESPN
- Ranked No. 67 cornerback prospect by ESPN and No. 83 by 247Sports
- Competed in multiple sports growing up, including gymnastics and Muay Thai
- Also offered by Georgia Tech, Maryland, Minnesota, Penn State and Rutgers
Personal
- Son of Christian and Marshana Faverus
- Father is an accomplished Muay Thai fighter and trainer
- One of three children (1 brother, 1 sister)
- Graduated with his bachelor’s degree in sport & exercise psychology in May 2024
- Currently pursuing his master’s degree in business administration
- Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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