A Sanford, Floride native, Jerod Fernandez began his football career playing under high school Head Football coach Scott Perry at Lake Mary High School. From there, the passion grew for the game. Originally recruited by, then, North Carolina State Wolfpack HC Tom O'brien, Fernandez arrived to Raleigh, NC in the Fall of 2013, but instead, would arrive on campus with newly hired HC David Doeren. Doeren, who previously coached the NIU Huskies, would go 3-9 in his first year.

By his secomd year, in Jerod Fernandez's redshirt freshman season, it would serve as the foundation to what would be an illustrious collegiate career for Fernandez. Not only would the Wolfpack go 8-5, but Fernandez would notch 76 tackles and be the Wolfpack's leading tackler in 2014. By his senior season, Fernandez would finish his career on 311 tackles, 2 sacks, 5 INT's, and 9 TFL's.

In 2017, Fernandez would go undrafted, signing with the, then, Washington Redskins as an undrafted rookie free agent. In August of 2017, Fernandez would shine early on in the preseason. However, Fernandez would come up just short of his shot in the NFL.

After a stint in the Canadian Football League (cut short by COVID=19) Fernandez decided to return south to the United States to play in the, then, United States Football League for the New Orleans Breakers. Now, after being drafted in the supplemental draft by the Michigan Panthers, Fernandez looks to return to his role as middle linebacker.

This week, in his second appearance on the podcast, Fernandez sits down with Keegan Hartman to discuss his football career.

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