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97 Kevin Abrams-Verwayne

  • Position Defensive Lineman
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 245
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Marietta, Ga.
  • High School Marietta
  • Prev School Garden City C.C.

Biography

2025: All-Sun Belt third-team performer …  … Appeared in all 13 games, starting seven of the last eight … Named to All-G6 team by PFF for Week 1 (four tackles, two PBUs, 0.5 TFLs) … Totaled 45 tackles, 7.0 tackles for loss and a team-high 5.0 sacks while also forcing four fumbles … One of four players nationally with at least 45 tackles, five sacks and four forced fumbles (along with Miami’s Akheem Mesidor, Buffalo’s Khalil Murdock and Western Michigan’s Nadame Tucker) … Had career highs with 10 tackles and 2.5 sacks in the regular season finale against Arkansas State, plus 1.5 sacks vs. Lindenwood … Recorded five quarterback hurries, two pass breakups and a blocked kick.
 
2024: Team captain … Appeared in the first four games, starting two, before suffering a season-ending injury (and receiving a medical hardship waiver) … Totaled nine tackles with half a sack (against ETSU in the 2024 opener) and one tackle for loss … Started at defensive end against ECU and South Alabama.

2023: Appeared in 13 games at defensive end and started the final five … Totaled 17 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and two forced fumbles … Tied for fourth on the team with 16 quarterback pressures, according to PFF … Forced a fumble while recording a sack for a 6-yard loss in the win at JMU … Also contributed to a sack against Coastal Carolina and forced a fumble in the opener against Gardner-Webb … Stepping in for an injured starter, had two tackles apiece in his first three starts.

2022: Appeared in the first three games before missing the rest of the season due to injury ... Totaled three tackles (one in each game) and contributed to one tackle for loss at Texas A&M.

Prior to App State: Played at Garden City Community College in Kansas, producing 7.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and 37 tackles for an 8-3 team during the 2021 fall season … Had three sacks, eight tackles for loss and 38 tackles in eight games during the 2021 spring season (Garden City didn't play in the fall of 2020) after playing in six games during the 2019 fall season … Appeared in six games as a Garden City freshman … Graduated from Marietta High School in 2019, after playing for coach Richard Morgan.

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Historical Player Information

  • 97

    2022Junior

    Defensive Lineman
    6'3" 225 lbs
    97
  • 97

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Defensive End
    6'3" 240 lbs
    97
  • 97

    2024Redshirt Senior

    Defensive End
    6'3" 260 lbs
    97
  • 97

    2025Redshirt Senior

    Defensive Lineman
    6'3" 245 lbs
    97