Jeff Jefferson

Jeff Jefferson is a major character in ''How to Survive High School. ''Jeff is a member of Mangrove Cove High's football team, and is considered the second best player after Ace. Because of this as well as Ace's past relationship with Jeff's current girlfriend Charlene Charleston, there is a lot of animosity between Ace and Jeff. Jeff is a popular jock, yet despite this dislikes popularity and most of the other popular kids like Venice, Natalie, Ace, and Brian. He is a solitary guy who mostly works and plays for himself. Although he is kinder to Leo than the other jocks, that is only because he knows he can use Leo as a way to get to Ace. He is starting his sophomore year of high school in Book 1.

Personality
Jeff is dark, brooding, and moody. He doesn't talk much, but when he does he says what needs to be said. Jeff is a mysterious character with vague intentions, motives, and ideas. At one minute he can seem a good guy who wants to help Leo out; the next, he's vain, malicious, and downright conniving. Jeff is ultimately the kind of guy who just likes to be by himself, brooding and mulling over everything everyone has ever done.

Appearance
Jeff is a tall and muscular African-American with thick, curly black hair, a large bulbous nose, and brown eyes. Jeff usually wears a white t-shirt with colored lines across it and jeans, but is also sometimes seen wearing his Letterman jacket.

Book 1: The New Kid
Jeff is one of the first characters Leo meets, although he doesn't learn Jeff's name until later in the book. He is there when Leo first meets the jocks, and is not nearly as eager to mess with Leo as Ace, Martin, and Wyatt are.

Trivia

 * Like Charlene, his name is supposed to be alliterative: Jeff Jefferson the Jock.
 * His football number is 40.