Lowote Jurkin

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 245
Position:
J
Hometown:
Pflugerville, Texas
High School:
Weiss HS

2026 Phil Steele Preseason All-SLC Second Team Defense (DL)

2026 (SFA): Named a single-digit honoree and team captain as voted on by his Lumberjack peers during the spring and dons the #1 this fall as a result...

2025 (SFA): Played in all 14 games...Totaled 25 tackles (14 solo, 11 assists), 7 tackles for loss for 19 yards and 3 sacks for 16 yards...Added 12 quarterback hurries, 1 forced fumble and 1 pass breakup...Recorded a season-high 5 tackles (season-high 3 solo) at Houston on Aug. 28, adding 1 sack for 5 yards, 1 TFL for 5 yards and 1 pass breakup...Forced a fumble vs. Cal Poly on Sep. 20...Notched a season-high 3 quarterback hurries vs. Nicholls on Oct. 18 and vs. Lamar on Nov. 15...Generated season highs of 7 sack yards and 7 tackle-for-loss yards at Houston Christian on Nov. 8, recording 1 sack...Collected a season-high 3 assisted tackles and season-high 2 assisted tackles for loss in regular season finale at Northwestern St. on Nov. 20...

2024 (SFA): Played in one game...Recorded first career sack (4 yards) vs. Houston Christian on Oct. 26...

PREP: Earned first team All-District 12-6A honors, All-CenTex honors, All-State Honorable Mention, and Academic All-District honors at Weiss HS...As a senior in 2023, Jurkin posted a standout year with 62 tackles, 16 tackles for loss, 8 sacks, 3 pass breakups, and 3 forced fumbles...Key contributor on a Weiss team that won a District 12-6A championship...As a junior in 2022, Jurkin recorded 30 tackles with five tackles for loss in 11 games played...For the final two seasons of his prep career, Jurkin manufactured a combined 92 tackles, 21 TFLs, 8 sacks, 3 PBUs, and 3 forced fumbles...

PERSONAL: Son of Lilian Loro and Lado Jurkin and brother to Loro Jurkin...Lowote also has a stepmother, Rita Ford...