Minnesota State University - Mankato Athletics

2021: Played and started in all 11 games at quarterback for the Mavericks…Led the team with 114 completions for 1,784 yards and 17 touchdowns…Recorded a career-high 369 passing yards and five touchdown passes against Augustana…Threw four touchdown passes and 286 yards against Upper Iowa…Named to the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence…Was named the NSIC Offensive Player of the Week once and was named to the NFF Hampshire Honor Society…Recorded 302 rushing yards and a team-leading eight touchdown carries…Finished his career at Minnesota State ranked sixth in touchdown passes with 46 and seventh in passing yards with 4,805…Also recorded 1,465 career rushing yards and 22 touchdown carries.

2020: No season due to COVID-19...Named to the NSIC All-Academic Team/Team Excellence...Received the NSIC Myles Brand  Award...Was a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy...Received the Stein-Fallon Award.

2019: Played in all 15 games for the Mavericks at quarterback, including two starts…Completed 81 passes for 1,352 yards and 10 touchdowns…Also rushed for 428 yards and three touchdowns…Named to the NSIC All-Academic Team/Team of Excellence…Recorded a season-high 67 rushing yards vs. Southwest Minnesota State…Threw for a season-high 211 yards and three touchdowns against Upper Iowa…Rushed for 56 yards and threw for 161 yards against CSU-Pueblo in the second round of the NCAA Tournament…Received an NSIC Honorable Mention.

2018: Appeared in all 14 games at quarterback, including one start…Threw for 1,130 yards and 10 touchdowns…Averaged 80.7 passing yards per game…Finished third on the team in rushing yards with 380 and second on the team in rushing touchdowns with five…Named to the NSIC All-Academic Team and Team of Excellence…Tallied two touchdown passes against both Concordia-St. Paul and Minot State…Rushed for a season-high 91 yards against Southwest Minnesota State and threw for a season-high 196 yards against Sioux Falls…Completed nine passes for 172 yards against Ferris State in the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament.

2017: Played in all 14 games at quarterback for the Mavericks…Threw for 539 yards and nine touchdowns…Finished third on the team in rushing with 355 yards and six touchdown carries…Posted a season-high 84 rushing yards and two touchdowns against Concordia-St. Paul…Also posted two rushing touchdowns against Midwestern State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament…Threw two touchdown passes against both Minnesota Crookston and Augustana…Completed 55% of his passes.

2016: Redshirted.

High School: A quarterback out of Plainfield, Ill., Ekowa was a three-year starter for the Plainfield North football team… Received all-conference honors as a junior and a senior…Named a team captain during his senior season…Threw for 1,765 yards and 17 touchdown passes as a senior.

Personal: JD is the son of Joseph and Jackline Ekowa…Born May 14, 1998…Intends to major in biology