2015 Football Roster
Roster
Swain, Jimmie

Jersey Number 18
Jimmie Swain
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-2
- Major:
- Applied Econ, Business & Society
- Weight:
- 235
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Olathe, Kan.
- High School:
- Olathe North
Bio
AS A SENIOR (2017)
Played in 11 games ... Started the final seven games ... Finished with 65 total tackles including three tackles for loss ... vs. Southern Utah (Sept. 2): Made four tackles ... vs. No. 11 Washington State (Oct. 7): Logged two tackles and a quarterback hurry ... at No. 23 Stanford (Oct. 14): Earned first start of the year and finished with nine tackles ... at UCLA (Oct. 21): Made eight tackles, including one tackle for loss ... at No. 11 Washington (Nov. 4): Tied career-high with 13 tackles including a career-best 1.5 tackles for loss ... vs. Arizona (Nov. 18): Logged seven tackles, one QB hurry and a forced fumble ... vs. No. 25 Boise State (Dec. 16): Led Oregon with 10 tackles in the Las Vegas Bowl.
AS A JUNIOR (2016)
Played in 11 games with six starts ... Earned his first career start close to home in Lincoln, Neb. ... Took part in 59 snaps or more on 10 occasions ... Finished the season as the Ducks’ second-leading tackler with 29 of his 77 stops coming unassisted ... vs. No. 5 Washington (Oct. 8): Led the team in tackles against (8) – parlaying them with two pass breakups – ASU, and Stanford (9) ... at California (Oct. 21): Made 11 tackles ... vs. Arizona State (Oct. 29): Posted a career-high 13 tackles, including nine solo stops ... vs. No. 11 Utah (Nov. 19): Forced a fumble late in the second quarter on Oregon’s 11-yard line that preserved its 4-point deficit in the Ducks’ 2-point win.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2015)
Played in all 13 games ... One of the Ducks' top reserve linebackers ... Posted 15 tackles ... Accumulated stops in eight appearances ... Made 10 tackles during a four-week stretch against the Panthers, Utes, Buffaloes and Washington State ... vs. Georgia State (Sept. 19): Took part in 25 plays, made two stops and 0.5 tackles for loss ... vs. no. 18 Utah (Sept. 26): Was credited with a career-high four tackles in only nine snaps ... Work ethic during the off-season could position him for a more prominent role from the line of scrimmage as well as on special teams in the coming season ... Tallied one quarterback sack among his two tackles in the 2016 Spring Game.
AS A FRESHMAN (2014)
Played in nine games ... Finished the year with 11 tackles (6 unassisted) while posting stops in seven games ... Demonstrated the promise early in fall camp to be thrust into action as a true freshman ... vs. South Dakota (Aug. 30): posted a pair of tackles in the season opener while taking part in eight plays ... vs. Wyoming (Sept. 13): Racked up a career-high three tackles ... Added a pair of takedowns while covering kickoffs in the Pac-12 Championships ... vs. Florida State (Jan. 1): Experienced his most extensive play of the season (18 snaps) in the Rose Bowl win, averaging 16 plays in the three outings immediately preceding the season finale ... vs. Ohio State (Jan. 12): Culminated the season with one tackle in the CFP National Championship Game.
BEFORE OREGON
One of the state’s top two prospects was included among the upper half of Scout.com’s final Midlands Top 125 listing after keying a defense that allowed only 15.3 points and 102 rushing yards per game ... The first-team all-Sunflower League and Kansas City All-Metro first-team honoree was credited with 92 tackles as a senior, including 11 tackles-for-loss and nine quarterback sacks ... Also added a pair of fumble recoveries and forced one fumble for a team that ended the season with an 8-4 record under and a loss in the state sectionals ... Three regular-season setbacks occurred by a total of seven points under head coach Gene Wier ... Started at outside linebacker for the Eagles his sophomore season prior to a one-year hiatus at Lee’s Summit (MO) High School ... Possesses a quick first step off the line of scrimmage and the athleticism to be effective off the edge as well as the physicality to shed blockers inside.
Played in 11 games ... Started the final seven games ... Finished with 65 total tackles including three tackles for loss ... vs. Southern Utah (Sept. 2): Made four tackles ... vs. No. 11 Washington State (Oct. 7): Logged two tackles and a quarterback hurry ... at No. 23 Stanford (Oct. 14): Earned first start of the year and finished with nine tackles ... at UCLA (Oct. 21): Made eight tackles, including one tackle for loss ... at No. 11 Washington (Nov. 4): Tied career-high with 13 tackles including a career-best 1.5 tackles for loss ... vs. Arizona (Nov. 18): Logged seven tackles, one QB hurry and a forced fumble ... vs. No. 25 Boise State (Dec. 16): Led Oregon with 10 tackles in the Las Vegas Bowl.
AS A JUNIOR (2016)
Played in 11 games with six starts ... Earned his first career start close to home in Lincoln, Neb. ... Took part in 59 snaps or more on 10 occasions ... Finished the season as the Ducks’ second-leading tackler with 29 of his 77 stops coming unassisted ... vs. No. 5 Washington (Oct. 8): Led the team in tackles against (8) – parlaying them with two pass breakups – ASU, and Stanford (9) ... at California (Oct. 21): Made 11 tackles ... vs. Arizona State (Oct. 29): Posted a career-high 13 tackles, including nine solo stops ... vs. No. 11 Utah (Nov. 19): Forced a fumble late in the second quarter on Oregon’s 11-yard line that preserved its 4-point deficit in the Ducks’ 2-point win.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2015)
Played in all 13 games ... One of the Ducks' top reserve linebackers ... Posted 15 tackles ... Accumulated stops in eight appearances ... Made 10 tackles during a four-week stretch against the Panthers, Utes, Buffaloes and Washington State ... vs. Georgia State (Sept. 19): Took part in 25 plays, made two stops and 0.5 tackles for loss ... vs. no. 18 Utah (Sept. 26): Was credited with a career-high four tackles in only nine snaps ... Work ethic during the off-season could position him for a more prominent role from the line of scrimmage as well as on special teams in the coming season ... Tallied one quarterback sack among his two tackles in the 2016 Spring Game.
AS A FRESHMAN (2014)
Played in nine games ... Finished the year with 11 tackles (6 unassisted) while posting stops in seven games ... Demonstrated the promise early in fall camp to be thrust into action as a true freshman ... vs. South Dakota (Aug. 30): posted a pair of tackles in the season opener while taking part in eight plays ... vs. Wyoming (Sept. 13): Racked up a career-high three tackles ... Added a pair of takedowns while covering kickoffs in the Pac-12 Championships ... vs. Florida State (Jan. 1): Experienced his most extensive play of the season (18 snaps) in the Rose Bowl win, averaging 16 plays in the three outings immediately preceding the season finale ... vs. Ohio State (Jan. 12): Culminated the season with one tackle in the CFP National Championship Game.
BEFORE OREGON
One of the state’s top two prospects was included among the upper half of Scout.com’s final Midlands Top 125 listing after keying a defense that allowed only 15.3 points and 102 rushing yards per game ... The first-team all-Sunflower League and Kansas City All-Metro first-team honoree was credited with 92 tackles as a senior, including 11 tackles-for-loss and nine quarterback sacks ... Also added a pair of fumble recoveries and forced one fumble for a team that ended the season with an 8-4 record under and a loss in the state sectionals ... Three regular-season setbacks occurred by a total of seven points under head coach Gene Wier ... Started at outside linebacker for the Eagles his sophomore season prior to a one-year hiatus at Lee’s Summit (MO) High School ... Possesses a quick first step off the line of scrimmage and the athleticism to be effective off the edge as well as the physicality to shed blockers inside.
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