Richard Jibunor

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Week 0: DNP

HISTORY — from college profile

2022 (jr): Earned All-Sun Belt Third Team honors … Tied for 17th nationally with a tackle for loss in 10 different games and was third with a sack in nine games … Finished the season with 11 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, an interception, two pass break ups, seven quarterback hurries and three forced fumbles … One of five players in the country with at least three forced fumbles, 7.5 sacks, 10 tackles for loss and an interception … Forced fumbles in back-to-back games in the fourth quarter – at Western Kentucky with Troy leading 34-27, WKU had 2nd-and-8 from the Troy 32-yard line with 1:01 to play in the game, and against Southern Miss with Troy leading 20-10 … Forced and recovered a fumble and intercepted a pass in Troy's victory over UTSA in the Cure Bowl.

2021 (soph): Earned All-Sun Belt Third Team honors … Only player in the country with at least eight sacks, 10 tackles for loss and two interceptions … Became just the fourth player in Sun Belt history to reach eight sacks in the first seven games of the season … Finished the season with 41 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, eight sacks, two interceptions, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery … Recorded a tackle for loss in seven different games, including a streak of five straight contests – had a sack in all five of those games as well … Finished fifth in the Sun Belt with 0.73 sacks per game and eighth with 0.91 tackles for loss per game, this despite splitting time with Javon Solomon … Finished with 35 pressures on the year in just 410 snaps; averaged a pressure every 4.97 pass rushing snaps, which ranked fifth nationally among players with at least 150 pass rush snaps (Jibunor had 174) … Had 2.5 sacks, an interception and seven tackles in Troy’s win at Southern Miss … Sixth-rated pass rusher in the Sun Belt per Pro Football Focus … Forced a fumble and recovered it in Troy’s near upset at South Carolina; also had 1.5 sacks in the game. 

2020 (soph): Named to the All-Sun Belt Third Team … Ranked eighth in the Sun Belt with 31 total pressures with 22 coming from hurries, five from sacks and four from hits on the quarterback … Finished his first season at Troy with 4.5 sacks, 7.0 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and five quarterback hurries … Had season highs in tackles for loss (2.5) and sacks (1.5) to go along with a forced fumble in Troy’s shutout over South Alabama in the Battle for the Belt … Forced a fumble that was returned for a touchdown at Arkansas State … Recorded a tackle for loss in six of the final eight games of the season … Started four games and played in all 11.

2019 (RS-fr): Sat out season due to NCAA transfer rules.

—at Auburn—

2018 (fr): True freshman playing buck ... saw first game action against Washington … 13-yard sack vs. Alabama State … 13-yard sack and a forced fumble vs. Arkansas ... recorded five tackles, TFL vs. Purdue in Music City Bowl ... Redshirted

High School: Defensive prospect who played on both sides of the football for Coach Chris Williams at Athens Christian (Ga.) High School … First team GSWA Class A all-state ... ESPN, Rivals, 247Sports four star … Two-time state track champion in the 300m hurdles … Also a soccer and basketball letterman

PERSONAL

Native of Delta State, Nigeria … Birthday is May 17 … Son of Alex and Victoria Jibunor … Has three siblings: Victor, Lynda and Emmanuel … Majoring in social science; on track to graduate this fall.

2022

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
1.0	0.0	0.0

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
11.0	4.0	36.0	0.0	1.0	6.5	16.0

interceptions
TD	AVG	YDS	INT
0.0	14.0	14.0	1.0

2021

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
1.0	0.0	0.0

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
9.0	2.0	41.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	20.0

interceptions
TD	AVG	YDS	INT
0.0	12.5	25.0	2.0

2020

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
6.0	4.0	30.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	15.0