Didn't play in a game last fall. Played a bit in 2023. Is in Mechanical Engineering. I wonder if he is graduating this spring. Looks like a cool and smart kid, and big.
"In April 2022, Jemtegaard’s father, Shawn, was shot and killed in Hawks Prairie [I saw an article saying it was Road Rage]. The former youth football coach was honored in a celebration of life event at Yelm High School on Sunday, May 21, 2023. H
“My father was not only a pillar of guidance and strength but also an inspiration to those who got to interact with him regularly,” Jemtegaard wrote in the magazine. “Navigating the grief of such inexplicable loss while balancing the physical-mental toll of football and a rigorous mechanical engineering program was and has been overwhelming at times.”
Jemtegaard said the experience of losing his father gave him resilience and purpose, adding he believes “you can learn a lot about yourself in the way you choose to respond to adversity and how long you allow yourself to lie on the floor when knocked down.”
Yelm High School class of 2021 graduate Dylan Jemtegaard is making strides in the classroom and on the gridiron as a mechanical engineering student and football player at the University of …
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