Jesse Bobbit begins his first season with the Washington State Football program working with the defense as a graduate assistant.
Bobbit joins Washington State after working the 2019 season in the same role at his alma mater, South Dakota State.
A native of Palatine, Illinois, Bobbit was a four-year letterwinner (2013-16) at linebacker for South Dakota State where he served as a team captain as a senior. Bobbit was a second-team all-Missouri Valley Football Conference selection in 2016, when he racked up a career-high 110 tackles as SDSU earned a share of the league title and advanced to the Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinals for the first time. His registered 306 tackles for his career, recording 90 or more each of his last three seasons.
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Bobbit, who twice was honored on the Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Academic Team, graduated from SDSU in 2017 with a degree in physical education and a minor in health education. Following graduation, Bobbit taught elementary physical education in the Omaha Metro area and served as an assistant football coach at Bellevue West High School.
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