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2021 Football Roster

Sulaiman Kamara
Photo by: Jaylynn Nash LLC
Sulaiman Kamara
Sulaiman Kamara
Photo by: Jaylynn Nash LLC
Sulaiman Kamara
Sulaiman Kamara
Jersey Number 1

Sulaiman Kamara

  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    291
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Richmond, VA
  • High School:
    Hermitage
Career Summary
Suited up in 59 career games heading into 2021, missing just three games over the last five seasons...Totaled 98 career tackles including 41 solo tackles and 10.0 tackles for loss as well as three forced fumbles

2021 (Redshirt Senior)
Ended the 2021 season with 18 tackles including six solo tackles…Recorded a tackle for loss in victories over Syracuse and Norfolk State during the Deacs program-record 8-0 start to the 2021 season…Against Norfolk State, he also recorded his second career sack…Tallied multiple tackles against Army and North Carolina…Notched quarterback hurries in crucial ACC wins over Duke and at Boston College, helping clinch the ACC Atlantic Division title...Set a career high in tackles for loss (1.5) against NC State (11/13)...Tied a career high in tackles (5) versus Duke (10/30).

2020 (Redshirt Senior)
Appeared in eight contests, making seven starts ... Totaled 15 tackles on the season ... Posted a season-high four defensive stops against ] NC State (9/19) and Campbell (10/2) ... Had three total tackles for loss on the year ... Earned fourth varsity letter. 

2019 (Redshirt Junior)
Played in 12 games, making eight starts ... First career start vs. Boston College (9/28) as he made a career-high five tackles ... Recorded three tackles each against Rice (9/6) and Syracuse (11/30) … On the field for 489 plays with season-best 62 vs. Boston College (9/28) ... Awarded his third varsity letter.

2018 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Saw action in all 13 games in earning his second varsity letter ... Was on the field for 375 snaps during the season ... Finished 15th on the team with 28 total tackles ... Had four tackles and a fumble recovery at Tulane (8/30) ... Added four tackles against Rice (9/29) and Pittsburgh (11/17) ... Had three or more tackles in each of the final three games of the season.

2017 (Redshirt Freshman)
Had a pair of tackles in his college debut vs. Presbyterian (8/31) ... Had two tackles and a tackle for loss at Syracuse (11/11) ... Had one tackle in the Belk Bowl (12/29) ... On the field for 275 snaps on the season ... Finished his freshman campaign with 12 tackles and three tackles for loss ... Season-high 47 plays at Syracuse ... Earned his first varsity letter. 

2016 (True Freshman)
Redshirted.

High School
Team captain for the Hermitage Panthers ... Three-star recruit ranked among the top 15 players in Virginia by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals ... Considered the No. 29 defensive tackle in the nation by Scout ... Ranked No. 14 on the Roanoke Times list of top 100 players in Virginia ... Member of the 2015 American Family Insurance All-USA Virginia Football Team ... First team All-State VHSL Group 5-A ... Named Conference 11 Defensive Player of the Year in 2015 ... Rare four-year starter for the Panthers ... Had 85 tackles, 12 tackles for loss and four sacks as a senior ... Was also utilized as a fullback in goal-line situations ... Played in the Virginia High School Coaches Association All-Star game and the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl ... Named the Richmond Times-Dispatch Defensive Player of the Year as a junior ... Collected 108 total tackles and school record 18 tackles for loss with eight sacks ... Named the Region 5-A South and Conference 11 Defensive Player of the Year in 2014 ... Second Team all-state as a junior ... First Team All-Region 5-A South in 2013 ... Coached by Patrick Kane.

Personal
Native of Sierra Leone who immigrated to the United States when he was 3 ... Son of Zainab Fofanah Kamara ... Born Oct. 15, 1996 ...Graduated with an undergraduate degree in Communication in Fall 2020. Currently pursuing a minor in studio Art.