Southeast Spotlight: Jesse Hosket

Southeast Quarterback, Jesse Hosket is preparing for his senior season at Southeast Missouri State. Jesse has been playing football since his days in junior-high school. Hosket takes some time to share his past experiences with football from the beginning of his career until now.

__When was the earliest you played on a football team, like pee wee or little league?__

No, I was from a really small town, so the first time I was actually on a team was junior high, but my dad was always a coach so I always grew up around football, so I was always on the field throwing the ball around as a really young kid. But I actually hadn’t been on a team until my junior-high years.

__Were you the quarterback then, was it your first time playing quarterback?__

Yeah, I played quarterback all the way through since seventh grade.

__Can you please describe what your high-school football experience was like?__

Just a very rural community. I mean, people love football there, there’s not a whole lot to do on Friday nights, so you know everybody comes to the games, and it gets pretty packed out, and you know we had a great crowd and great fans, and just, we grew up with those guys since, first, second grade. So playing with those guys you’ve known for a long time and having the relationship with them it was a great experience, and we had some pretty good teams.

__When did you know you were going to play at the collegiate level?__

Growing up I always dreamed I was going to continue playing football. I feel like I was always gonna do that, I knew just from my size I would get the opportunity. I didn’t always know where, or where I would be, but I knew I’d get that chance, and it eventually worked out.

I see this is your senior year of playing football, how do you describe playing football for Southeast up until now?

I transferred in, got my junior year under my belt and I’m just really excited. I’ve been working hard, all offseason, all summer, just excited to get this first game underway.

__What are you looking to do with your future?__

I always dreamed of getting the chance to play football somewhere, but you know that’s a long shot, gonna have to put together a great season for that to happen, but other than that, move back to French Camp, Mississippi, just find a job back home and live in a small rural town. I love that place.