Jyheam Ingram

Represented UNA at the UAC Media Day event in both 2025 and 2026 ... Wears the #44 jersey in honor of 1995 Harlon Hill winner Ronald McKinnon ... This number is given to a current defensive leader in honor of the former UNA and NFL linebacker — selected by the coaching staff and announced to the team by McKinnon ... Ingram was selected to wear the number before the 2024 season ... UNA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee member. Played in and started all 12 games ... Team captain ... Finished the season with 26 tackles, including eight solo ... Three tackles for loss for 31 yards — all sacks ... Tied for the team lead with four QB hurries ... Came up with a field goal block at the end of regulation against No. 6 Illinois State on the road, ultimately forcing overtime against the eventual FCS runner-up ... Added two pass breakups, a forced fumble and a recovery ... Had one solo tackle to open the season at WKU (8/30) ... Had a season-high and career-high seven tackles, including a sack, in week two at SEMO (9/6) ... Also had sacks against Northeastern State (9/13) and Southern Utah (11/22) in home games ... Forced a fumble in the Northeastern State win ... Recovered a fumble at Austin Peay (10/25) ... Ended the season with five tackles and a sack in the Southern Utah game. College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection ... Started all 12 games on the defensive line ... Totaled 28 tackles, including 13 solo ... Added 3.5 tackles for loss for a loss of 13 yards ... 1.5 sacks for 11 lost yards ... Two quarterback hurries ... Scored his first collegiate touchdown on Oct. 5 against Utah Tech with a 40-yard scoop and score in a 60-14 win ... Had two tackles for loss — both solo — and one sack in the home opener against No. 21 Illinois State on Sept. 7 ... Had a season-high six tackles at Southern Utah on Nov. 9. Phil Steele Fourth Team Freshman All-American ... United Athletic Conference Freshman of the Week on Oct. 30 ... Played in all 11 games with eight starts ... Totaled 25 tackles as a rookie, including 10 solo ... Had 4.0 tackles for loss for -16 yards and 1.5 sacks for -8 yards ... Had his first career tackles at the FCS Kickoff against Mercer ... Had two tackles, including his first career tackle for loss in a win over Chattanooga ... Had four tackles with an assisted sack in a home win against Utah Tech, marking his first career sack ... Had a career-high eight tackles against Austin Peay en route to winning UAC Freshman of the Week ... Had his first career solo sack against Central Arkansas. Played defensive line and offensive line at Muscle Shoals High School under head coach Scott Basden … Helped lead the Trojans to a semi-final appearance in 2022 and a quarter-final appearance in 2021 … Earned all-state and all-area honors and participated in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star game … National Honors Society member. Birthday is September 9 … Son of LaTasha and Elvin Ingram and has one sibling … Has served multiple years as a football representative on the UNA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) ... Major is Business Administration.