2017 Football Roster
Roster
Sheehan, Jimmy

Jersey Number 42
Jimmy Sheehan
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Hershey, Pa.
- High School:
- Hershey
Bio
2019 (Senior): Split time between the offensive and defensive lines ... started first three games at right guard before losing time to injury ... returned from injury to appear in final three contests on the defensive line ... made two tackles ... registered a sack against Georgetown on Senior Day.
2018 (Junior): Played in all 11 games, seeing time on the defensive line and special teams ... started five games, including Bucknell’s first three of the season ... finished with 10 tackles (four solo), topping out at three against Sacred Heart on Sept. 8 ... posted first career sack in the season finale against Fordham ... had a pass breakup against Lehigh on Nov. 3 ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2017 (Sophomore): Did not see game action as a reserve defensive lineman ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll ... named team’s Most Improved Defensive Player following spring practice.
2016 (Freshman): Did not appear in a game as a reserve defensive lineman.
Hershey High School: Member of football, basketball and track and field teams ... second-team all-conference defensive end and tight end.
Personal: Jimmy Patrick Sheehan ... born August 13, 1997 in Charlottesville, Virginia ... son of Jonas and Maryellen Sheehan ... has two younger siblings, Daniel and Meredith ... younger brother, Daniel, is a member of the Bucknell football team’s Class of 2022 … father played football at Princeton and was a member of the Class of 1992 ... grandfather, Jim Sheehan, attended graduate school at Bucknell ... majors were biology and economics.
2018 (Junior): Played in all 11 games, seeing time on the defensive line and special teams ... started five games, including Bucknell’s first three of the season ... finished with 10 tackles (four solo), topping out at three against Sacred Heart on Sept. 8 ... posted first career sack in the season finale against Fordham ... had a pass breakup against Lehigh on Nov. 3 ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2017 (Sophomore): Did not see game action as a reserve defensive lineman ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll ... named team’s Most Improved Defensive Player following spring practice.
2016 (Freshman): Did not appear in a game as a reserve defensive lineman.
Hershey High School: Member of football, basketball and track and field teams ... second-team all-conference defensive end and tight end.
Personal: Jimmy Patrick Sheehan ... born August 13, 1997 in Charlottesville, Virginia ... son of Jonas and Maryellen Sheehan ... has two younger siblings, Daniel and Meredith ... younger brother, Daniel, is a member of the Bucknell football team’s Class of 2022 … father played football at Princeton and was a member of the Class of 1992 ... grandfather, Jim Sheehan, attended graduate school at Bucknell ... majors were biology and economics.
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