University of South Alabama Athletics

High School Highlights: Lettered in football, basketball, and track and field at Northlake Christian School ... Helped the Wolverines make four straight appearances in the state Division III playoffs ... Set a school record with seven sacks in a season ... Also recorded a program-record 42 points in a basketball game ... Named the school’s Male Athlete of the Year.

Personal: Full name is Jacob Maxwell Herrington ... Born Aug. 8, 2000, in Memphis, Tenn. ... Son of James and Lisa Herrington ... Mother, Lisa, is a women’s fiction and young adult novelist ... Favorite movie is “White Men Can’t Jump” ... Favorite book is “Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else” ... Favorite athletes are Kobe Bryant and Charles Barkley ... Likes sushi and Vietnamese food ... Favorite subjects are math and science ... Likes to fish and play basketball in his free time ... Is majoring in information technology.