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Jersey Number 97
Joey Slackman
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Height:
- 6-3.5
- Weight:
- 300
- Hometown:
- Commack, N.Y.
- High School:
- Commack
- Prev School:
- Pennsylvania
- Season at UF:
- 1st
PronunciationΒ SeasonΒ Stats (PDF)Β Career Stats (PDF)Β Feature Clips
COLLEGIATE HONORS
2024 SEASON:Β Transferred and joined the Gators in the spring semester... Appeared in nine games this season with a tackle in five of them and one quarterback hurry.
Prior to Florida
2023 at Penn:Β Received All-America honors from two publications including the AFCA (second team) and Phil Steele (third team)... Named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year, Pennβs first recipient of the Asa S. Bushnell Cup since 2015 and 10th all-timeβ¦ First-team All-Ivy selectionβ¦ An All-ECAC selection on defense... Fourth-team Phil Steele FCS Midseason All-Americβ¦ Totaled 12.0 tackles for loss, ranked first on the team and second among Ivy League defendersβ¦ Also finished with four sacks for a loss of 30 yardsβ¦ Tallied 50 total tackles (with 23 solos), ranked fourth on the teamβ¦ Finished the year with four QB hurries, a pass breakup and a blocked field goalβ¦ Picked up 3.5 TFLs with a sack in a win at Bucknell (Sept. 23)β¦ Registered a season-high 11 tackles vs. Brown (Oct. 27)β¦ Picked up sacks in back-to-back games to end his season against Cornell (Nov. 4) and at Harvard (Nov. 11)β¦ Ranked the third-best interior defensive lineman in all of college football and the best in FCS by Pro Football Focus (PFF)β¦ Academic All-Ivy recipient... PhillySIDA Academic All-Area selection... Member of the CSC Academic All-District team.
2022 at Penn: Honorable mention All-Ivy selection⦠Started all 10 games⦠Totaled 49 tackles, fourth-most on the roster⦠Tallied the second-most sacks on the team with 4.5 for a loss of 26 yards⦠Finished with four QB hurries and two pass breakups, both leading to interceptions⦠Named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week after picking up seven total tackles with 1.5 sacks and a pass breakup against Yale (Oct. 22).
2021 at Penn: Appeared in nine games⦠Finished the season with 16 tackles and 3.5 TFLs⦠Had 0.5 sack at Bucknell (Sept. 18)⦠Recorded a sack against Dartmouth (Oct. 1)⦠Had a season-high five tackles at Yale (Oct. 23)⦠Registered a sack versus Brown (Oct. 30).
High School
Captained football teamβ¦ First-team All-State football selection in 2018β¦ Named All-Long Island in football in 2018β¦ Named All-County in football in 2018β¦ New York State Wrestling Champion in 2019... Ranked Top 12 in the country at 285 pounds...Β Named All-State in wrestling in 2018β¦ Named All-Long Island in wrestling in 2018β¦ Finalist for 2018 LaBue Award presented annually to the top academic football player in Suffolk Countyβ¦ National Honor Society memberβ¦ Ranked No. 12 in the country at 285 pounds by InterMatβ¦ Ranked No. 17 in the country at 285 pounds by FloWrestlingβ¦ Ranked No. 17 in the country at 285 pounds by TheOpenMat.comβ¦ 2018 Fargo Junior All-American in Grecoβ¦ 2017 USA Wrestling Folkstyle All-Americanβ¦ 2018 New York state championships runner-upβ¦ 2018 and 2019 Eastern States championβ¦ 2018 County runner-upβ¦ Four-year letterwinnerβ¦ Also lettered in football and tennisβ¦ Served as team captainβ¦ National Spanish Honor Society memberβ¦ Volunteer coach with Commackβs middle school wrestling team... Volunteer football coach... Father played football at Ithaca College and sister is on the fencing team at the Air Force Academy.
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COLLEGIATE HONORS
- Second-team AFCA All-America (2023)
- Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year (2023)
- Third-team Phil Steele All-America (2023)
- First-team All-Ivy (2023)
- All-ECAC Defense (2023)
- Fourth-team Phil Steele FCS Midseason All-America (2023)
- Honorable mention All-Ivy (2022)
- Earned his master's degree in Sport Management (Summer 2025)
- Earned his bachelor's degree in Political Science (Fall 2023)
- CSC Academic All-District Team (2023)
- PhillySIDA Academic All-Area (2023)
- Academic All-Ivy (2023)
- SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll (2024)
2024 SEASON:Β Transferred and joined the Gators in the spring semester... Appeared in nine games this season with a tackle in five of them and one quarterback hurry.
- vs. No. 19 Miami: Made Gator debut starting on the defensive line and finished with one tackle.
- vs. Texas A&M: Delivered one solo tackle against the Aggies.
- vs. Kentucky: Recorded one tackle on five snaps played in win versus the Wildcats.
- vs. No. 2 Georgia: Notched one solo tackle on 18 snaps played versus Georgia.
- at No. 5 Texas: Competed on 10 downs on the defensive line.
- vs. No. 21 LSU: Registered a tackle on 16 snaps played in win over LSU.
- vs. No. 9Β Ole Miss: Recorded a third-down quarterback hurry to force a field goal in the home victory.
- at Florida State: Played on nine downs in victory at Florida State.
- Gasparilla Bowl vs. Tulane: Appeared in six defensive snaps
Prior to Florida
2023 at Penn:Β Received All-America honors from two publications including the AFCA (second team) and Phil Steele (third team)... Named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year, Pennβs first recipient of the Asa S. Bushnell Cup since 2015 and 10th all-timeβ¦ First-team All-Ivy selectionβ¦ An All-ECAC selection on defense... Fourth-team Phil Steele FCS Midseason All-Americβ¦ Totaled 12.0 tackles for loss, ranked first on the team and second among Ivy League defendersβ¦ Also finished with four sacks for a loss of 30 yardsβ¦ Tallied 50 total tackles (with 23 solos), ranked fourth on the teamβ¦ Finished the year with four QB hurries, a pass breakup and a blocked field goalβ¦ Picked up 3.5 TFLs with a sack in a win at Bucknell (Sept. 23)β¦ Registered a season-high 11 tackles vs. Brown (Oct. 27)β¦ Picked up sacks in back-to-back games to end his season against Cornell (Nov. 4) and at Harvard (Nov. 11)β¦ Ranked the third-best interior defensive lineman in all of college football and the best in FCS by Pro Football Focus (PFF)β¦ Academic All-Ivy recipient... PhillySIDA Academic All-Area selection... Member of the CSC Academic All-District team.
2022 at Penn: Honorable mention All-Ivy selection⦠Started all 10 games⦠Totaled 49 tackles, fourth-most on the roster⦠Tallied the second-most sacks on the team with 4.5 for a loss of 26 yards⦠Finished with four QB hurries and two pass breakups, both leading to interceptions⦠Named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week after picking up seven total tackles with 1.5 sacks and a pass breakup against Yale (Oct. 22).
2021 at Penn: Appeared in nine games⦠Finished the season with 16 tackles and 3.5 TFLs⦠Had 0.5 sack at Bucknell (Sept. 18)⦠Recorded a sack against Dartmouth (Oct. 1)⦠Had a season-high five tackles at Yale (Oct. 23)⦠Registered a sack versus Brown (Oct. 30).
High School
Captained football teamβ¦ First-team All-State football selection in 2018β¦ Named All-Long Island in football in 2018β¦ Named All-County in football in 2018β¦ New York State Wrestling Champion in 2019... Ranked Top 12 in the country at 285 pounds...Β Named All-State in wrestling in 2018β¦ Named All-Long Island in wrestling in 2018β¦ Finalist for 2018 LaBue Award presented annually to the top academic football player in Suffolk Countyβ¦ National Honor Society memberβ¦ Ranked No. 12 in the country at 285 pounds by InterMatβ¦ Ranked No. 17 in the country at 285 pounds by FloWrestlingβ¦ Ranked No. 17 in the country at 285 pounds by TheOpenMat.comβ¦ 2018 Fargo Junior All-American in Grecoβ¦ 2017 USA Wrestling Folkstyle All-Americanβ¦ 2018 New York state championships runner-upβ¦ 2018 and 2019 Eastern States championβ¦ 2018 County runner-upβ¦ Four-year letterwinnerβ¦ Also lettered in football and tennisβ¦ Served as team captainβ¦ National Spanish Honor Society memberβ¦ Volunteer coach with Commackβs middle school wrestling team... Volunteer football coach... Father played football at Ithaca College and sister is on the fencing team at the Air Force Academy.
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