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2021 Football Roster
Washington, Aakil
Jersey Number 24
Aakil Washington
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Position:
- DE
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 240
- Hometown:
- Marietta, Ga.
Bio
2022 (Jr.):
- Saw playing time in all 13 games
- Started three out of the last four games of the season
- Ranked eighth on the team with 46 tackles (16 solo, 30 assisted)
- Also added 3.5 tackles for a loss (22 yards) and 1.5 sacks (16 yards)
- Add two pass breakups
- Three assisted tackles during a road overtime win at Southern Miss
- Two solo stops at Wake Forest
- Six assisted tackles against Akron
- Two assisted stops and a pass breakup against Gardner-Webb
- Three assisted tackles and a pass breakup at Arkansas
- Recorded a season-best 10 tackles against Virginia Tech
- Finished with seven tackles during the Boca Ration Bowl game against Toledo, including 1.5 sacks
- Saw playing time in all 13 games, starting six games
- Made the transition to linebacker during the offseason
- Finished the season with 27 tackles (13 solo, 14 assisted)
- Added 5.5 tackles for a loss (24 yards) and 4.5 sacks (23 yards)
- One of seven players on the team with a forced fumble
- Three solo stops in a road win at UAB, including a six-yard sack
- Posted a season-high six tackles at ULM, including five assisted tackles
- Also recorded a blocked field goal at ULM
- Four solo tackles against UMass, including two tackles for a loss and a force fumble
- Seven-yard sack against Louisiana
- Saw playing time in nine of 11 games
- Finished the season with seven tackles (four solo, three assisted)
- Third on the team with four quarterback hurries
- Solo tackle and a quarterback hurry against ULM
- Assisted tackle to help Liberty knock off Virginia Tech for the first time in program history
- Three tackles, including two assisted tackles and a 13-yard sack, at NC State
- Helped the Flames defeat No. 9/11 Coastal Carolina in the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl by finishing the season with a solo tackle and a quarterback hurry
- Graduated from Wheeler High School in Marietta, Ga.
- Also received offers from Akron, Buffalo, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Eastern Kentucky, Florida A&M, Georgia Southern, Illinois State, Jacksonville State, Kent State, Mercer, Troy, Tulane and Western Carolina
- Finished his senior season with 77 tackles, 18 sacks, 19 tackles for a loss and 22 quarterback hurries
- 7A Defensive Player of the Year as a senior
- Three-time first-team all-region honoree
- Also participated in track
- Son of Eloisa Reynoso and Nicholas Washington
- Interdisciplinary studies major
- Birthday is January 3
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