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19 T.J. Searcy

  • Position Edge
  • Class Sophomore
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 262
  • Hometown Thomaston, Ga.
  • High School Upson-Lee
  • Instagram tj.searcy
  • Twitter tj_searcy23
  • Season at UF 2nd

Biography

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COLLEGIATE HONORS ACADEMIC HONORS
  • Two-time SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll (2023-24)
2024 SEASON: Started five games and played all 12 regular-season games on the defensive line. Logged 34 tackles (20 solo), 4.0, tackle-for-loss, 2.0 sacks, two forced fumbles, fumble recovery and a quarterback hurry… Made a tackle-for-loss (2 sacks) in four of the last six games and forced fumbles in back-to-back games against Texas & LSU.
  • vs. No. 19 Miami: Recorded first career start and finished second on the team in tackles with five (two solo).
  • vs. Samford: Started and finished with a solo tackle.
  • vs. Texas A&M: Notched four tackles (three solo). 
  • at Mississippi State: Set a career-high with seven tackles (two solo). 
  • vs. UCF: Assisted on a tackle. 
  • at No. 8 Tennessee: Finished with a solo tackle.
  • vs. Kentucky: Made his first career solo sack and had a quarterback hurry.
  • vs. No. 2 Georgia: Notched a solo tackle. 
  • at No. 5 Texas: Graded as UF’s best defender and had his first solo sack (-9-yards) and forced fumble on his first snap of the game to stop Texas on the opening drive. Totaled three tackles.
  • vs. No. 21 LSU: Forced his second straight fumble and had a tackle-for-loss of -12 yards.
  • vs. No. 9 Ole Miss: Had three tackles, including a third-down stop (3rd & 4) on an Ole Miss rush attempt. 
  • at Florida State: Turned in third game with five-plus tackles with 1.0 tackle-for-loss and a fumble recovery, that gave Florida the ball to secure the victory.
2023:  Played in all 12 games… Finished with 26 tackles (nine solo), 3.5 tackles-for-loss, 0.5 sacks, two quarterback hurries and a forced fumble… Assisted on three tackles with a tackle-for-loss vs. No. 5 Florida State (Nov. 25)... Notched two tackles at No. 9 Missouri (Nov. 18)... Recorded a tackle at No. 18 LSU (Nov. 11)... Assisted on two tackles against Arkansas (Nov. 4).. Made a solo tackle vs. No. 1 Georgia (Oct. 28)... Finished with 1.5 tackles-for-loss and forced a quarterback hurry leading to the game-winning interception at South Carolina (Oct. 14)... Forced first career fumble and had two tackles vs. Vanderbilt (Oct. 7)... Made a season-best six tackles with assisting on a tackle-for-loss at Kentucky (Sept. 30)... Had a quarterback hurry vs. Charlotte (Sept. 23)... Made a tackle against No. 11 Tennessee (Sept. 16)... Assisted a tackle-for-loss in the home opener vs. McNeese (Sept. 9) and totaled two tackles… Had three tackles in his collegiate debut in the season opener at No. 14 Utah (Aug. 31).

High School
Rated as a consensus four-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN, On3 and Rivals… Named the No. 22 defensive lineman overall and the No. 22 player in Georgia in the 2023 class by Rivals… Had 39 tackles and six quarterback hurries his senior year… Chose Florida over Clemson, Georgia, Florida State, Michigan and Tennessee, among others.

Statistics

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2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2023Freshman

    EDGE
    6'5" 245 lbs
    19
  • 19

    2024Sophomore

    Edge
    262 lbs
    19

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