2025 Football Roster
Roster
Machado, Jesus

Jersey Number 2
Jesus Machado
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Miami, Fla.
- High School:
- Champagnat Catholic
- Prev School:
- Tulane
Bio
PRIOR TO UH
HIGH SCHOOL
- 45 games played at Tulane from 2020-23
- Did not play in 2024 due to injury
- 150 total tackles and 5.5 tackles for loss at Tulane
- Single-season high 98 tackles in 2023
- Had a career-high seven tackles against UCF (12/3/22) in the AAC Championship Game win
HIGH SCHOOL
- Prepped at Champagnat Catholic
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports.com
- Earned 2019 Preseason All-American honors from Max Preps
- Led Champagnat Catholic to the 5-A State Championship
- Was selected as the 5A Defensive Player of the Year
- Earned All-Dade County honors from the Miami Herald
- Nickname: Zeus
- Hobbies: fishing and barbecuing
- Hidden talent: barbecue
- Chose UH because he thought it was a great fit
- One word to describe him on the field: dominate
- If he could eat one food for the rest of his life: steak sandwich
- Biggest motivation for working hard: his dad and family
- Favorite childhood memory: playing with cousins
- Sports hero: Kobe Bryant and Ray Lewis because them wanting to be the best and having the mindset and work ethic
- Most memorable athletic accomplishment: being named linebacker of the year
- Gameday ritual: quit time before listening to two songs he sets for the year, then listen to a Ray Lewis motivational speech
Recap: Houston vs Colorado
Monday, September 15
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. Colorado
Friday, September 12
Postgame Press Conference: Football at Rice
Saturday, September 06
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. Stephen F. Austin
Friday, August 29