Jacob Elimimian Class: Senior Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif. High School: Crenshaw HS Height / Weight: 5-11 / 185 Position: Defensive Back Birthdate: 08/01/1983 Experience: 3L

Enters his senior season as an experienced corner who is looking to return to his role as a starter ... Was a starter as a sophomore and had a strong season ... Began his junior season on the sidelines as he concentrated on academics ... Was a standout during 2005 spring drills.

2004: Played his way into the secondary rotation down the stretch ... Was not credited with any statistics.

2003: Was one of the big reasons for SDSU's defensive development into a top-10 unit ... Earned honorable mention all-conference honors in his first year as a starting cornerback ... Led the Mountain West Conference in passes defended with 18 and his four interceptions ranked third in the league and 50th nationally ... Was rated as the Mountain West's 30th best player, regardless of position ... Picked off a pass on the first play of the game to set up a touchdown in SDSU's 16-13 loss at No. 2 Ohio State ... Returned an interception 85 yards for a touchdown against Texas-El Paso in what was the fourth-longest interception return in Aztec history ... Had another interception against the Miners that set up a touchdown and broke up three passes and caused a fumble against UTEP ... Also had three pass break-ups against Eastern Washington ... Fourth pick of the year came in the win over Wyoming ... Had seven tackles against UCLA ... His four interceptions (along with four picks by Garret Pavelko in 2001) were the most by an Aztec since Jason Moore had five in 1996 ... Finished seventh on the team with 35 tackles ... Had 106 return yards on his interceptions.

2002: Played in 10 games and was credited with nine tackles, including five solo stops ... Had two tackles each against Utah, New Mexico and Hawai'i ... Teamed with Freddie Keiaho to block a punt at Wyoming that the Aztecs recovered for a touchdown in the narrow 24-20 win.

2001: Redshirted as a true freshman.

High School: Attended the same high school that produced numerous Aztecs, including Kabeer and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila and SDSU basketball players Al Faux and Tommy Johnson ... Was a prep standout on both sides of the ball, twice earning all-Coliseum League accolades ... Was a second-team all-league choice as a receiver (junior year) and a first-team all-conference selection as a defensive back during his senior season... Credited with 60 tackles and 18 pass break-ups as a senior ... Was selected to play in the City vs. Southern Section CIF game.

Personal: Jacob Uduehi Elimimian was born Aug. 1, 1983, in Nigeria ... Son of Isaac and Theresa Elimimian ... Father is a retired professor and mother is a psychologist ... Brother, Abraham, was a defensive back at Hawai'i and played against SDSU in the 2002 season finale and later signed a free agent contract with the San Diego Chargers ... Another brother, Solomon, will be a freshman linebacker at Hawai'i in the fall ... Considers ex-Aztec and current Detroit Lion Az Hakim as his favorite athlete ... Majoring in political science.

Elimimian's Career Defensive Stats

Year	G	UA-AT-TT	TFL-Yds.	Sacks	Int.	PD	FF	FR
2002	10	5-4-9	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	12	29-6-35	0	0	4-106	14	1	0
2004	3	0-0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	25	34-10-44	0	0	4-106	14	1	0

Career Highs
Tackles: 7 at UCLA (9/27/03);
Int.: 2 at Texas-El Paso (9/13/03);
FF: 1 at Texas-El Paso (9/13/03);
PD: 3 at Texas-El Paso (9/13/03) and Eastern Washington (8/30/03);
Int. Return for TD: 1 at Texas-El Paso (9/13/03)

                
                
            

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