TFRRS Profile

Awards
2024 All-CCS First Team (4x100m Relay)
Two-Time CCS Academic All-Conference

2023-24 (First Year)
CCS Results: Ran opening leg of Maryville's 4x100m championship relay team that crossed in 41.73 seconds ... Defeated second-place Piedmont by 0.99 seconds ... Qualified for 100m finals and finished fifth in 11.09 seconds, earning four points for Scots ... Also qualified for 200m finals and placed sixth in 23.14 seconds ... Clocking of 22.83 seconds in 200m qualifying was season-best time ... Finished eighth in long jump with PR distance of 6.40m ... Combined to score eight points plus relay over two-day meet.
Other Highlights: Helped Scots win 4x100m relay at home Cole Piper Open, clocking 42.12 seconds ... Also in that meet, set PR during qualifying for 100m dash with time of 11.33 seconds ... Finished fourth in 100m finals with time of 11.53 seconds ... Qualified for 100m finals at Maryville Scots Invitational and placed seventh in 11.42 seconds ... Placed third at Cole Piper Open for 100m with PR time of 11.04 seconds ... Helped Scots to first-place result in 4x100m relay at Landon Bond Classic, crossing tape in 42.41 seconds.

2022-23 (Sophomore)
Squad member

Football
Highlights: In 2023, team leader with 5 sacks for 49 yards ... Started all nine games in which he appeared ... Returned partially blocked punt 30 yards at Brevard for second career touchdown ... Matched career high with six tackles against both Centre and North Carolina Wesleyan ... Two sacks for combined minus-13 yards in 35-7 victory against Greensboro ... Added 1½ sacks for minus-11 against Centre to help snap six-game losing streak against Colonels with 34-23 triumph ... 22-yard sack and forced fumble at Sewanee helped spark 28-8 victory ... 2-yard sack and pass breakup against LaGrange in 26-6 win ... Shared sack at North Carolina Wesleyan ... Two tackles-for-loss against both Centre (minus-12 yards) and Greensboro (minus-13) ... Among special teams tackle leaders with three ... Pair of quarterback hurries against Belhaven in 20-7 overtime victory ... 2022 Scots leader with 16 special teams tackles ... Named USA South Special Teams Player of the Week after recovering bad punt snap for touchdown and punting one time for 40 yards in 45-7 victory at Southern Virginia ... Season-high six tackles against Brevard ... Punted four times for 38.3-yard average in collegiate debut against Berry ... Long punt of 61 yards during big Homecoming victory against North Carolina Wesleyan.

Before Maryville
Attended Oak Ridge High School in Oak Ridge.

Get to Know: Member of National Honor Society.

Personal
Born: Jacob Clay Bervin in Camp Lejuene, North Carolina.
Family: Parents are Matt and Samantha Berven … One sister, Anna; and three brothers, Brennon, Asher and Landon … Grandmother, Ella Berven, is a Maryville College graduate.