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2021 Football Roster

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
  • Instagram jafarmstrong
  • Twitter jafararmstrong3

Biography

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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