2024 Butkus Award Watch List
2024 Team Captain
2023 Comeback Player of the Year Semifinalist
2023 Fourth Team All-Big Ten (Phil Steele)
2023 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (Coaches & Media)
2023 Team Captain
2024 (Senior): Did not see game action ... member of the Reese's Senior Bowl watch list (8/21) ... voted a team captain for the second time (8/20) ... selected to the
Butkus Award watch list (8/13) ... picked to the Shrine Bowl 1000 (7/23) ... named Preseason All-Big Ten by
Athlon Sports (second team) (6/28) and
Phil Steele (second team) (6/17).
2023 (Senior): Played in all 13 games with eight starts at linebacker ... named to the
Comeback Player of the Year watch list (10/11) and selected as a
semifinalist (11/30) ... selected Fourth Team All-Big Ten by
Phil Steele (12/22) ... voted honorable mention All-Big Ten (11/28) by the coaches and media ... led the team with 9.5 tackles-for-loss and 4.5 sacks ... second on the defense with 93 tackles ... ranked 12th in the Big Ten with 7.2 tackles per game ... had at least five stops in every game and collected double digits twice ... added two pass breakups, an interception and a forced fumble ... rated as the No. 7 linebacker in the Big Ten by
Pro Football Focus ... contributed two tackles-for-loss with a sack on eight stops in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl win over Miami (12/28) ... recorded a season-high 11 tackles with a sack against Maryland (11/25) ... in on six stops with one for loss at No. 12 Penn State (11/18) ... picked up 10 tackles at No. 22 Iowa (11/11) ... recorded an interception with a sack and eight tackles versus No. 1/3 Ohio State (11/4) ... registered seven tackles with one for a loss and a pass breakup at Indiana (10/21) ... collected six stops in the comeback win over Michigan State (10/14) ... posted eight tackles with a forced fumble at Wisconsin (10/7) ... led the team with seven tackles with a sack against Wagner (9/30) ... added five tackles at No. 2 Michigan (9/23) ... in on five stops in win over Virginia Tech (9/16) ... contributed six tackles and a pass breakup against Temple (9/9) ... picked up a sack on six tackles in return to the field versus Northwestern (9/3) ... voted a team captain (9/2).
2022 (Junior): Did not see game action.
2021 (Sophomore): Played in all 13 games with five starts on the defensive line ... totaled 52 tackles with eight for loss and 4.5 sacks ... had six games with at least five stops ... in on a tackle-for-loss in eight different games ... contributed 1.5 sacks on a team-high seven tackles in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl versus No. 20 Wake Forest (12/31) ... posted a sack on five tackles against Maryland (11/27) ... registered a tackle-for-loss on four stops at Penn State (11/20) ... picked up a sack on five stops and recovered a fumble on the first snap of the game in the win at Indiana (11/13) ... earned first collegiate start versus Wisconsin (11/6) and posted six tackles with one for a loss ... collected a season-high seven tackles at Northwestern (10/16) ... contributed six stops at No. 19 Michigan (9/25) ... assisted on a tackle-for-loss versus Delaware (9/18) ... picked up a sack on three stops at Syracuse (9/11) ... recorded a tackle-for-loss in the win over Temple (9/4).
2020 (Sophomore): Played in all nine games ... led the team with 4.5 sacks ... ranked eighth in the Big Ten with 0.50 sacks per game ... totaled 20 tackles overall with five for loss ... added two forced fumbles, an interception and a pass breakup ... one of two players on the defense to record a sack, an interception and a forced fumble on the season ... second on the team with six tackles on special teams, all on kickoff coverage ... collected 1.5 sacks in the win at Maryland (12/12) ... notched an interception that led to the go-ahead touchdown in the win at Purdue (11/28) ... posted six tackles with one for a loss against Michigan (11/21) ... added a sack on four tackles versus Illinois (11/14) ... recorded two strip sacks and a pass breakup in the season-opening win at Michigan State (10/24).
2019 (Freshman): Played in two games ... added two tackles against Michigan State (11/23) ... made collegiate debut in the win over Massachusetts (8/30) and recorded a tackle on kickoff coverage.
Prior to Rutgers: Played for head coach Chris Sacco at Pleasantville ... helped guide the Greyhounds to an 8-3 record as a senior ... a running back and linebacker at Pleasantville ... recorded 69 tackles, including 10 for loss with five sacks ... rushed for 981 yards and 11 touchdowns ... named First Team All-South Jersey on defense by the
Philadelphia Inquirer ... Third Team All-State selection on defense by
NJ.com ... Second Team All-USA New Jersey by
USA Today ... selected to the
USA Today Network 2018 All-New Jersey defensive team ... First Team All-Group 2 selection on defense ... First Team West Jersey Football League United Division All-Star (coaches) ... named to the 2018
Jersey Sports Zone All-Zone Team ... posted 93 tackles and four sacks in 2017 ... added 909 rushing yards and 10 total touchdowns ... rated No. 29 prospect in New Jersey by
NJ.com.
Personal: Teammates with brother, Famah Toure, and cousin of former Scarlet Knight and seven-year NFL veteran, Kemoko Turay.
Major: Education (Grad)
