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Daquan Newkirk Season 2020

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Daquan Newkirk Season 2020

PositionDT
Weight317 lbs
Height6-3
ClassSenior
HometownOrlando, Fla.
Previous SchoolMississippi Gulf Coast CC

2020: Senior at defensive tackle … 39 career tackles … 6 tackles, sack, 2 TFL against Kentucky … 5 tackles at Georgia … 2 tackles, 2 QB hurries against LSU … 6 tackles against Tennessee … 2 tackles vs. Texas A&M

2019: Defensive tackle who played in 12 games … five tackles for the season … TFL against Samford

2018: Junior college transfer at defensive tackle … first action came against Alabama State … tackle against Arkansas … two stops at Mississippi State and at Ole Miss ... January enrollee at Auburn 

Junior College: Nation’s top-ranked junior college defensive end prospect … recorded 48 tackles, 9 TFL at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College last fall … ESPN, Rivals, 247Sports three star … nationally ranked as a Top 10 overall JUCO prospect by ESPN and 247Sports

High School: Played at The First Academy in Orlando for Coach Leroy Kinard … Class 3A all-state … Florida Athletic Coaches Association all-district at running back and defensive line … Blue-Grey All-America Game

Personal: Birthday is January 1 … son of Patricia Sowell … has one brother, Benjamin … Chi Alpha Sigma national student-athlete honor society ... working toward a second bachelor's degree in the College of Liberal Arts

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Sophomore
2018

Defensive Line
6-3 / 306 lbs
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Junior
2019

Defensive Tackle
6-3 / 306 lbs