2017-18 Track & Field Roster
Biography
2017-18
Indoor: Earned Second-Team All-American honors in the 60-meter hurdles at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships, finishing 15th with a time of 7.99...earned his spot at the NCAA Championships with a second-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles at the MVC Championships...his personal-best mark of 7.75 not only earned him All-Conference honors, but ranks second all-time in ISU history...recorded a personal-best in every 60-meter hurdles competition he ran in during the regular season...finished second in the 60-meter hurdles at the Meyo Invite (7.95), Illini Classic (7.99) and Notre Dame Invite (8.02)...placed third at the Iowa State Classic with a time of 7.86.
Outdoor: Did not compete.
PRIOR TO ISU
East Lansing HS: Standout on the track as a hurdler, ranking No. 2 in the country in the 60-meter hurdles as a senior...2016 indoor state champion in the 60-meter hurdles...2016 outdoor state champion in the 110-meter hurdles…three-time conference champion in the 110-meter hurdles...holds school records in the 60-meter hurdles (7.75) and 110-meter hurdles (13.94)…New Balance National champion…also played four seasons of football for head coach Bill Feraco...amassed 1,674 receiving yards and scored 22 career touchdowns, both all-time records at the school…earned all-state honorable mention honors as a senior at wide receiver…also garnered Lansing State Journal All-Area honors in final season…three-time All-Conference selection.
Personal: Born June 20, 1999, in Lansing, Michigan … son of Kenyatta Patterson and Kameko Jefferson … one of four children … his father, Kenyatta, played football at the Arkansas-Pine Bluff...also a wide receiver on the Redbird football team.