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Jersey Number 55
Rasheed Lovelace
- Year:
- Fifth Year
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Hometown:
- Pensacola, Fla.
- High School:
- Pine Forest
- Previous:
- Nicholls
2025 at Nicholls:
2024 at Nicholls:
2023 at Nicholls:
2022 at Nicholls:
High School:
- Started five games at nose tackle
- Had 19 tackles (10 solo) to go with 2.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack
- Season-high four tackles with a sack at Troy (Aug. 30)
- Also had a full TFL vs. West Georgia (Sept. 6)
- Stats Perform Buck Buchanan Preseason Watch List
- Stats Perform FCS Preseason First Team All-American
- FCS Football Central Preseason Third Team All-American
2024 at Nicholls:
- First Team All-Southland defensive lineman
- Second Team All-Louisiana
- Played in 11 games with 10 starts at nose tackle
- Had 46 tackles (11 solo) to go with 2.5 tackles for loss, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one interception (pick-six)
- Career-high seven tackles with 1.0 TFL, a forced fumble and recovery at Southern (Oct. 5)
- Tied career high with seven tackles vs. Southeastern Louisiana (Nov. 21)
- Made five tackles vs. McNeese (Oct. 26) and at Lamar (Nov. 16)
- Had a full TFL vs. Mississippi Valley (Sept. 21)
- Returned an interception 25 yards for a touchdown at Louisiana Tech (Aug. 31)
- Four or more tackles in eight games
2023 at Nicholls:
- Stats Perform Jerry Rice Award Finalist (FCS freshman of the year)
- Stats Perform FCS Freshman All-American
- FCS Football Central Freshman All-American
- Phil Steele FCS Freshman First Team All-American
- Southland Conference Freshman of the Year
- Second Team All-Southland defensive lineman
- Started all 11 games at nose tackle
- Had 27 tackles (6 solo) to go with 2.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sack and one interception
- Made six tackles with a half sack at Texas A&M-Commerce (Oct. 21)
- Recorded first career interception vs. Lamar (Nov. 11)
- Had full TFL vs. SEMO (Oct. 28)
- Three or more tackles in four games
2022 at Nicholls:
- Played in two games
High School:
- Anchored defensive line at Pine Forest High School
- Tallied 121 tackles, 26.0 tackles for loss, 5.0 sacks, one interception and a pass breakup as a senior
- Led team to 12-1 record and appearance in Florida 6A state title game
- Finished career with 250 tackles, 49.0 TFL and 20.0 sacks
- Eight-time Maxpreps Player of the Week in career
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