2019 Football Roster
Roster
Jabari Zuniga
- Position:
- DL
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 246
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Marietta, Ga.
- High School:
- Sprayberry
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Finished his collegiate career with 118 tackles (54 solo), 34.5 tackles for loss and 18.5 sacks in 42 game appearances. 2019: Appeared in six contests (5 starts), tallying 14 defensive stops (7 solo), 7.0 tackles for loss (32 yds.) and 3.0 sacks for 20 yardsβ¦ Named to the Preseason First Team All-SEC. 2018: Appeared in and started all 13 gamesβ¦ Recorded 45 tackles on the season and finished second on the team with 11.0 tackles-for-loss, 6.5 sacks and four quarterback hurriesβ¦ He and his teammate Jachai Polite became the first pair of Gators with at least 11 tackles-for-loss in a season since the trio of Jon Bullard (17.5), Antonio Morrison (12.0) and Jarrad Davis (11.0) all reached that mark in 2015... They are also the first pair of Gators defensive linemen to reach that total in a season since Jaye Howard (12.0) and Justin Trattou (11.0) did it in 2010β¦ Earned SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week honors following Floridaβs win vs. Colorado State after he posted a career-best 2.5 sacks, five tackles and a QB hurryβ¦ Named to the Ted Hendricks Award Watch List during the seasonβ¦ Notched a pair of six tackle performances against UGA and Missouriβ¦ 2017: Played in 10 games and recorded six startsβ¦ Battled some injuries throughout the seasonβ¦ Totaled 34 tackles, 8.0 tackles-for-loss, four sacks, one forced recovery and a six quarterback hurriesβ¦ Β Ranked second on the team in sacks and third in tackles-for-lossβ¦ One of three players to recover a fumble (UAB)β¦ Recorded a career-high seven tackles against Florida Stateβ¦ Tallied a pair of tackles-for-loss against Kentucky and LSUβ¦ 2016: Played in all 13 games and started three timesβ¦ Recorded his first-career start against Georgiaβ¦ Β Totaled 25 tackles on the season, including one forced fumble, 8.5 tackles-for-loss and a team-best 5.0 sacks and 11 quarterback hurries... In his collegiate debut against UMass, Zuniga totaled four tackles, two tackles-for-loss and two sacksβ¦ Also recorded a pair of sacks against North Texasβ¦ In the SEC Championship Game against Alabama, he blocked Alabamaβs extra point attempt with 1:42 left in the first quarter, and linebacker David Reese returned it for a defensive PAT (two points)β¦ That marked the first blocked extra point in the SEC Championship since 2003 (Georgiaβs Kedric Golston blocked LSUβs Chris Jackson) and it was the blocked extra point returned for a defensive PAT in the SEC Championship since 1997 (Auburnβs Charles Dorsey blocked Tennesseeβs Jeff Hall, and Auburnβs Quinton Reese returned the block)β¦ Garnered Coachesβ Second Team All-SEC honorsβ¦ 2015: Did not see any game action and redshirted.
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PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
Helped his team improve to 6-4 in his senior season after going 2-8 the year before... Played for Coach Billy Shackelford.
