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2025 Football Roster

56 Lamont Lester Jr.

  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 230
  • Class Redshirt Freshman
  • Position Defensive Line
  • Hometown Jersey City, NJ
  • Highschool Don Bosco

Biography

2025 (Redshirt Freshman)
  • Played in all 12 games totaling 37 tackles (17 Solo & 20 Assisted), with 2 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks combing for 84 loss yards; 1 pass deflection, 2 forced fumbles, and 10 quarterback hits
  • Started the season at Colgate with 3 solo tackles and 2 assisted (5 total), with a sack for an 8 yards loss and a forced fumble (8/29)
  • At Fordham had 4 assisted tackles, with another sack for an 8 yard loss and a quarterback hit (9/6)
  • At Charlotte had 2 solo tackles and 2 assisted (4 total), with a sack for an 4 yard loss (9/13)
  • Vs. Villanova with 1 solo tackle and 2 assisted (3 total), with 0.5 a sack for a 5 yard loss and 2 quarterback hits (9/20)
  • Vs. Delaware St. had 2 solo tackles and 3 assisted (5 total), with 1.5 sacks for 25 loss yards (10/4)
  • At Towson had 1 solo tackle and 1 assisted (2 total) and a quarterback hit (10/11)
  • Vs. Stony Brook had 1 solo tackle and 1 assisted (2 total), with 1.5 sacks for 8 loss yards, a forced fumble, and a quarterback hit (10/18)
  • At Hampton had 2 solo tackles and 1 assisted tackle (3 total), with 0.5 tackles for a loss of 1 yard and a sack for a 6 yard loss (10/25)
  • At Bryant had 1 solo tackle that was for a 5 yard loss and a quarterback hit (11/1)
  • Vs. New Hampshire had 1 assisted tackle and 3 quarterback hits (11/8)
  • At N.C. A&T had 1 solo tackle that was a sack for an yard loss (11/15)
  • Finished the season Vs. UAlbany with 3 solo tackles and 3 assisted (6 total), with 0.5 tackles for a loss of a yard and a sack for a 5 yard loss, and a quarterback hit (11/22)

2024 (Freshman)
  • Played in one game on the defense line as a true freshman
  • Made his collegiate debut in the win over No. 8/9 Villanova (11/16)
Before Monmouth
  • Played defensive end at Don Bosco Prep High School for head coach Dan Sabella
  • First Team All-State and All-County defensive line as a senior
  • First Team All-County defensive line as a junior
  • Second Team All-County as a sophomore
  • First Team All-League as a freshman
  • Recorded 21 sacks and 200+ total tackles
  • A key contributor to 25 career wins in four seasons, including nine as a junior
  • Offensively, scored three touchdowns while lined up at running back
  • Also competed in wrestling and track and field 
Personal
  • Parents are Sharon Holmes and Lamont Lester Sr.
  • Major is undecided

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 56

    2024Freshman

    Defensive Line
    6'2" 230 lbs
    56
  • 56

    2025Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive Line
    6'2" 230 lbs
    56