2021 Football Roster
Jersey Number 8
Jafar Armstrong
- Position:
- WR
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 220
- Hometown:
- Lee's Summit, Mo.
- High School:
- Bishop Miege
- Prev School:
- Notre Dame
2020 Senior (Notre Dame)
- Played in 12 games
- Caught two passes for 20 yards and rushed twice for a total of five yards in the season-opening win vs. Duke 9/12/20
- Rushed seven times for seven yards and a touchdown in the 52-0 win vs. South Florida 9/19/20
- 36-yard kickoff return in win vs. Florida State 10/10/20
- Played in the CFP Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game 1/1/21
2019 Junior (Notre Dame)
- Played in nine games with two starts at running back
- Rushed for 122 yards on the year with a touchdown, while also catching 13 passes for 97 yards
- Ran for a score in the Camping World Bowl victory over Iowa State
- Missed four games due to injury
2018 Sophomore (Notre Dame)
- Played in 10 games and started two at wide receiver
- Missed three games due to injury
- Ran for 383 yards and seven touchdowns on the season, with a long rush of 42 yards vs. Ball State 9/8/18
- Racked up 159 receiving yards off 14 catches on the year
- Ran for a pair of TDs in season-opening win over No. 14 Michigan
- Gained 98 rushing yards and TDs in win at Wake Forest
- Had nine rushes for 52 yards with a TD and five catches for 64 yards against Navy in return from injury
2017 Freshman (Notre Dame)
- Did not play in a game
High School
- Led Bishop Miege to a 12-1 record as a senior in 2016
- Helped Bishop Miege to the 2016 Kansas State High School Activities Association Class 4A DI State Championship (third straight state championship)
- Set a Kansas high school record for career TD receptions with 45
- Caught 172 passes for 3,744 yards in his career
- Recorded 50 overall career TDs
- Caught 54 passes for 1,277 yards and 21 TDs in 2016
- Averaged 98.2 receiving yards/game and 23.6 yards/reception
- Recorded at least 100 yards receiving in seven games, including 222 yards on eight grabs in the state title game
- Registered more than 1,200 yards and 16 TDs as a junior in 2015
- Captured 2016 Kansas state titles in the 100-meter (10.83), 200-meter (22.13) and 4x100-meter relay (42.70)
- Won the 2016 Otis Taylor Award, an honor given to Kansas City’s top high school receiver
- 2016 American Family Insurance All-USA Kansas first team
- 2016 Kansas Football Coaches Association Top 11 selection
- 2016 Kansas Football Coaches Association Class 4A DI All-State first team
- Kansas City Star 2016 All-Metro first team
- 2016 American Family Insurance Kansas Offensive Player of the Year
- 2016 MaxPreps Medium Schools All-American
- No. 107 wide receiver by Scout.com, No. 68 wide receiver by 247Sports.com, No. 76 wide receiver by ESPN.com and No. 77 wide receiver by Rivals.com
- Kansas’ No. 7-ranked player by Scout.com, No. 3-ranked player by 247Sports, No. 6-ranked player by ESPN and No. 3-ranked player by Rivals
- Played for coach Jon Holmes at Bishop Miege
Personal
- Born January 5, 1999
- Graduated with a degree in business from Notre Dame in 2021
- Majoring in recreation, sport, and tourism (second bachelor’s)
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