2023: Led team with 86 tackles … leading tackler in the season opener with UMass with 6 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sack … career-best 12 tackles, 11-yard sack, 1.5 TFL, 2 QB hurries and a PBU in the win at Cal … SEC defensive player of week: California … 67-yard fumble return for a touchdown at Texas A&M; also led the Tigers with 9 tackles against the Aggies … 7 tackles vs. Georgia … 12 tackles, sack, TFL at LSU … 5 tackles, 0.5 sack vs. Ole Miss … 10 tackles, TFL vs. Mississippi State … 5 tackles, 6-yard sack at Vanderbilt … 8 tackles, TFL at Arkansas … 5 tackles against Alabama … DC Touchdown Club player of week …… all-SEC (CFN, Phil Steele 3rd tm)

2022: Transfer linebacker who played in first four games of season

Before Auburn: Experienced defender who makes plays at linebacker … played three seasons at North Carolina, recording 62 tackles in 37 games … career-best 10 tackles vs. Texas A&M (2020) … first team all-state and all-USA Virginia at Westfield High for Coach Kyle Simmons … Region 6D and Concorde District defensive player of year as a senior … Concorde district offensive player of year as junior, when 15-0 Westfield won the state title … Northern Virginia player of year … Washington Post all-met … also a track and field letterman

Personal: Birthday is January 22 … son of Juliana Mensah and Paul Manu … brother Larry Asante played at Nebraska and for four NFL teams … enjoys painting … May, 2024, graduate of the College of Liberal Arts ... 2024 SEC Football Leadership Council