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Jersey Number 11
Khairi Manns
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Defensive Lineman
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 240
- Hometown:
- New Rochelle, N.Y.
- High School:
- New Rochelle
- Previous:
- Colorado
- Major:
- Professional and Continuing Education
2024:
Prior to JMU:
High School:
- HERO Sports Group of Five Third Team All-American
- Second Team All-Sun Belt defensive lineman
- VaSID First Team All-State
- First Team All-ECAC
- JMU's Defensive Lineman of the Year
- Played in all 13 games, making 12 starts at defensive line
- Had 66 tackles (28 solo) to go with 12.5 tackles for loss, 9.0 sacks, one forced fumble, two fumble recoveries and two pass breakups
- Ranked tied for 19th in the FBS and tied for second in the Sun Belt in fumble recoveries
- Also ranked 20th in the FBS and fourth in the Sun Belt in sacks per game (0.69)
- Made six tackles with career highs of 2.5 TFL and 2.5 sacks at Old Dominion (Nov. 16)
- Registered 2.0 sacks vs. Ball State (Sept. 28)
- Tallied seven tackles with 2.0 TFL, 1.0 sack and a PBU at ULM (Oct. 5)
- Also had seven stops and a sack vs. Southern Miss (Oct. 26)
- Season-high 10 tackles with a TFL vs. Marshall (Nov. 30)
- Had a strip sack to seal victory vs. Western Kentucky in Boca Raton Bowl (Dec. 18)
- Made seven tackles at App State (Nov. 23) and six against both Charlotte (Aug. 31) and Gardner-Webb (Sept. 7)
- Recovered a fumble at North Carolina (Sept. 21)
- Had at least a full TFL in eight games
- Made a full sack or more in six outings
- Had 6+ tackles in seven games
Prior to JMU:
- Transferred to JMU after one season at Colorado (2023) and four at Maine (2019-22)
- Played in 37 career games with 15 starts between the two schools
- Appeared in 11 games with one start for the Buffaloes in 2023
- Saw action in 26 career games with 14 starts for the Black Bears between 2020-22
- One-time CAA Defensive Player of the Week in 2022
- Combining CU and UM, had 117 career tackles with 16.5 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, one pass breakup, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery
- In 2023, had nine tackles with 1.0 TFL and 1.0 sack
- In 2022, tallied 43 tackles with 6.5 TFL, 4.0 sacks and one forced fumble
- In 2021, produced 42 tackles with 6.0 TFL, 3.0 sacks and one fumble recovery
- In 2020, accrued 23 tackles with 3.0 TFL, 1.5 sacks and a PBU
- Redshirted 2019 season
- Career-high 11 tackles vs. Monmouth (2022)
- Maine career-high 2.0 TFL vs. Monmouth (2022)
- Maine career-high 1.5 sacks vs. Monmouth (2022), at Albany (2021) and at Stony Brook (2020)
- Two career games with 10+ tackles prior to JMU
High School:
- Two-time All-State selection, including First Team as a senior
- Three-time All-Conference honoree
- Super 11 honoree, being named one of the best 11 players in the area
- Helped New Rochelle to four league and section championships
- Reached state title game once
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