Career Honors
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2019 Second Team All-CAA Football
-2019 Third Team Phil Steele All-CAA Football
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2018 Third Team All-CAA Football
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STATS FCS National Defensive Player of the Week | Sept. 9, 2019
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CAA Football Defensive Player of the Week | Sept. 9, 2019
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CAA Football Defensive Player of the Week | Oct. 1, 2018
2019: Earned Second Team All-CAA Football distinction after the 2019 campaign...A defensive team captain, started all 11 games on the defensive line...Finished the season with 65 tackles - 32 solo stops - with 13.5 tackles for loss, 7.0 sacks, three quarterback hurries and two forced fumbles...His 7.0 tackles for loss ranked as the seventh-most in the CAA and his 13.5 tackles for loss ranked 10th...Made a season-high 14 tackles with 2.0 for loss and 1.0 sacks in the home opener against The Citadel...Closed with eight tackles apiece against New Hampshire and William & Mary, posting 1.5 TFL and 1.0 sacks against the Wildcats and 2.5 TFL and 2.0 sacks with a forced fumble against the Tribe...Also had six stops and 0.5 tackles for loss on the road at Wake Forest...Closed out the year strong with 13 tackles and 5.0 for loss with 2.0 sacks across games against Maine and No. 19 Towson, posting a season-best 3.5 TFL against the Tigers.
2018: Started all 11 games at defensive end...Finished with 58 tackles - the fourth most on the team - with 6.5 for loss and 2.5 sacks...Also had seven quarterback hurries...Made nine tackles - six solo - with 4.5 for loss and 2.0 sacks with a quarterback hurry in the win over New Hampshire and was named CAA Defensive Player of the Year for his efforts...Finished eight tackles with 1.0 for loss at No. 16 Maine...Also had seven tackles with 1.0 for loss and 0.5 sacks against No. 20 Towson...Closed the season with six tackles - four solo - against No. 12 Wofford in the first round of the FCS Playoffs...Was named a Third Team All-CAA Football honoree for his performance throughout the season.
2017: Saw action in 11 games, earning nine starts…Made 59 total tackles, including 10.0 stops for a loss and a team-best 7.0 sacks…Forced and recovered one fumble and notched three quarterback hurries…Made eight tackles, including 2.0 sacks, and forced and recovered a fumble in a league win over No. 19 Albany…Had 2.0 sacks and 2.5 total tackles for loss during a six-tackle day in a win over William & Mary…Made six stops, including a sack, in the victory over Towson…Posted seven tackles, including 2.5 for a loss and a pair of sacks, at No. 16 New Hampshire…Notched seven tackles, including 1.0 for a loss, in a playoff game against No. 22 Furman.
2016: Appeared in 10 games, earning six starts…Tallied 42 tackles, including 1.0 for a loss…Posted three quarterback hurries…Made four tackles in his collegiate debut against Gardner-Webb…Set a season high with 10 total tackles against No. 14 Villanova.
Prep: Rated as a two-star recruit by Rivals.com…Was an all-conference performer as both a junior and senior season for coach Chris Howell’s program…Named the squad’s defensive player of the year…Lettered in lacrosse and basketball…Achieved the rank of Eagle Scout and was an engineering pathway student.
Personal: Son of former North Carolina A&T State University football player Marvin and former Winston-Salem State University basketball player Jacquline Willoughby…Born July 26, 1998.
