Jaguar Highlights: Ended spring drills listed as the backup at one of two cornerback slots ... Collected three tackles and broke up a pass to help the Blue squad to a 17-10 victory in the annual spring contest.
As A Redshirt Junior (2011): Sat out the year as an academic redshirt.
As A Junior (2010): Participated in all 10 contests his first season on the Division I level, with six starts ... Finished with 21 total tackles (14 solo), five passes broken up — which tied for the team lead — and an interception after switching from cornerback to safety in the middle of the year ... Posted three stops in his USA debut against Pikeville (Ky.) ... Credited with a season-high four tackles in consecutive victories over UC Davis, Georgia State (all unassisted) and Henderson (Ark.) State, breaking up two pass attempts against the latter ... Also recorded a pass defensed at UCD, while his first career interception came late in the second quarter against the Aggies ... Had two unassisted tackles in victories over Nicholls State and Missouri S&T.
Junior College Highlights (2008-09): Played two seasons at Mississippi Gulf Coast C.C. ... As a sophomore, was credited with 39 total tackles — two of those were behind the line including one sack ... Collected a career-best 11 stops in a 34-point victory over Hinds (Miss.) C.C. as well as six tackles against East Central (Miss.) C.C. in a game in which MGCCC earned a 49-19 win ... Efforts helped the Bulldogs post a 9-3 mark as they finished eighth in the final NJCAA rankings after playing in the C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl ... Was part of an MGCCC squad that went 10-2 en route to a fourth-place finish in the final NJCAA poll after a 41-7 defeat of Georgia Military J.C. in the inaugural Mississippi Bowl his freshman year ... Finished the season with 13 total stops while appearing in seven contests, with a season-high total of four coming in a 41-8 victory over Jones County (Miss.) C.C. ... Also added three tackles in the regular-season finale, a 52-7 win over Pearl River (Miss.) CC.
High School Highlights: Played in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic after the conclusion of his senior season at Puckett High, where he lettered all four years ... Finished with 438 total tackles and five interceptions in his career ... Was named the defensive player of the year after posting 138 stops as a senior, when he helped lead the Wolves to a runner-up finish in the state A playoffs ... PHS claimed the state title the previous fall ... Also earned four letters in basketball and track for the Wolves.
Personal: Full name is Jonathan Kendell Cameron ... Born Nov. 22, 1988, in Jackson, Miss. ... Son of Mary Kemp ... Is the youngest of three children ... Favorite movie is “Friday Night Lights” ... Favorite teams are the Tennessee Titans and Cleveland Cavaliers ... Favorite athletes are Ed Reed and LeBron James ... Favorite musical artist is Lil’ Boosie ... Favorite food is catfish ... Favorite subject is geography ... Also recruited by Mississippi State and East Carolina in high school, and ECU, Northern Illinois and Western Michigan among others in junior college ... An interdisciplinary studies major.
