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2024 Football Roster

8 JoJo Forest

8 JoJo Forest

  • Position:
    Defensive Back
  • Ht./Wt.:
    5-11 / 170
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Gardena, Calif.
  • Highschool:
    Mission Viejo HS
  • Prev School:
    Oregon State

Summary

Biography

2024:

  • Played in the team’s season opener versus Delaware State.


2023:

  • Appeared in eight games with two starts at cornerback.
  • Finished second on the team in pass breakups with eight, despite missing the final five games of the season.
  • Registered 12 tackles on the season.
  • Recorded a season-high four tackles and three pass breakups and in a win against UAlbany.

2022:

  • Appeared in eight games with four starts at cornerback.
  • Started the first three games of the season.
  • Registered 26 tackles and two pass break-ups on the season 
  • Recorded a season-high five tackles in games versus Western Kentucky, Fresno State and Utah State. 
  • Registered a total of nine tackles and two pass breakups in the first two games of the year against Vanderbilt and Western Kentucky to open the season.

Prior to UH:
  • Spent two seasons at Oregon State University.
  • Appeared in 10 career games, all during his freshman season in 2019.
  • Made two starts versus Hawai’i and UCLA. 
  • Recorded 25 tackles, including 18 solo, and a half tackle for loss.
  • Picked up a career-best five tackles on four occasions, including against Hawaii in 2019. 
  • Sat out the 2021 season as a transfer and opted out of the 2020 season.
Prep:
  • A 2019 graduate of Mission Viejo High School in California.
  • Ranked as a three-star recruit by 247Sports.
  • Ranked among the top 80 recruits in California.
  • Named first-team South Coast on offense and also earned Defensive Back of the Year honors in 2019. 
  • As a senior recorded 43 tackles with seven interceptions.
  • Also accounted for 1,346 all-purpose yards, including 1,188 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns on 64 receptions as a wide receiver.
  • Also attended Orange Lutheran and Mater Dei during high school tenure.
Personal:
  • Born in Beverly Hills, Calif.
  • Given first name is Joseph.
  • Majoring in economics.
  • Has four brothers and two sisters.
  • Parents are Kris Forest of Gardena, Calif., and Rachel Chatman of Lancaster, Calif.
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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2022Junior

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 165 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2023Senior

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 175 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2024Senior

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 170 lbs
    8