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Jersey Number 2
Azeez Al-Shaair
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 228
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Tampa, Fla.
- High School:
- Hillsborough
- Major:
- Public Safety Administration
- Birthday:
- 8/4/1997
Bio
At FAU
Senior (2018)
Recipient of the Wilma Rudolph Student-Athlete Achievement Award (Presented by N4A)
- Honored as a 2018 C-USA Preseason first team Athlon selection
- Ranked as the country's 79th best player by @CFB/Sports Illustrated
- C-USA Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
- Bednarik Watch List
- Bronko Nagurski Watch List
- Butkus Watch List
- At Oklahoma he recorded four (3-1) tackles, including a sack for a loss of seven and a half TFL for a loss of one
- Vs. Air Force he was second on the team with 10 (3-7) tackles, including 1 for a loss of two
- Short night versus Bethune included three tackles
- Had a game high 15 tackles (6-9=15) and a QBH versus No. 16 UCF
- Recorded six solo tackles at UCF and added two quarterback hurries and a pass breakup
- Saw first have action only versus ODU and recorded five tackles, including a sack for a loss of six yards
Junior (2017)
- Second team preseason selection by Athlon Sport & Life
- College Sports Madness Preseason Second Team All-Conference
- Tallied a team leading 14 tackles in the season opener versus Navy
- Hit the double-digit mark for the second consecutive game with 10 versus Wisconsin, including eight solo and a tackle for a loss of three yards
- Saw first half action versus Bethune where he recorded five tackles, including two solo and one for a loss of a yard
- Returned to action versus MT, a game that he tallied seven tackles including three solo
- Led the Owls in a record-setting win over ODU with 10 tackle, including one for a loss of two yards
- Had a team and game leading 14 tackles through three quarters of work versus North Texas
- Recorded a game-high 14 tackles at WKU with a TFL and a pass breakup, one a tipped ball that led to an INT
- Led all tacklers with 13 tackles, including nine assists versus Marshall
- Once again led all tacklers, and he did so in just three quarters of work at La Tech, with 14, including 10 solo and he had a sack for a loss of seven, a half TFL for a loss of 1 and a pass breakup
- Led the 2017 Shula Bowl vs FIU with a total of 14 tackles, including seven solo and 1.5 TFL of 16 yards
- Tallied a team high seven tackles in limited play at Charlotte in the team's final regular season conference game to remain perfect at 8-0
- Had a game high 11 tackles in the 2017 C-USA Championship, despite giving way to second teamers. His night included a tackle for a North Texas loss of two yards, a forced fumble, two pass breakups and a quarterback hurry
- Tallied a team high 13 tackles, one sack, and two and a half TFLs
- Named First Team C-USA
- Named to Phil Steele's Magazine's First Team All-Conference team
- Led Conference USA in total tackles
Sophomore (2016)
- Preseason C-USA All-Conference
- Led the team with 10 total tackles (4-6) in the SIU victory
- Recorded 2.5 TFL versus the Salukis
- Tallied four tackles, including one for a loss of two yards, versus UM, had three solo tackles, include one for a loss of eight
- Led the team with 10 tackles versus Ball State, including a 0.5 TFL and a quarterback hurry
- Recorded 12 tackles, including a half tackle for a loss, at FIU and recorded his first interception, which he returned for a score
- Added five tackle assists versus Charlotte
- Had a season high 15 tackles at Marshall, including two tackles for a loss of seven yards
- Tallied a team high nine tackles versus WKU as well as 1.5 tackles for a loss of two yards
- Had a game-high 12 tackles, including two sacks versus Rice
- Had a game-high 11 tackles versus UTEP
- Recorded a game-high 12 tackles, the third-consecutive game as the game's leader, with 12 tackles...0.5 was for a loss of one ODU yard
- Finished the season as the team's leading tackler after a double-digit performance of 10 solo tackles at MT, including one TFL
- Honored as the team's Defensive MVP at the season-ending banquet
- Named to the C-USA Honorable Mention Team
- Finished his sophomore campaign No. 24 nationally with 93 Total Tackles
True Freshman (2015)
- Recorded a pass breakup at Tulsa
- Tallied four tackles (2-2) versus Miami
- Led the team versus Buffalo with his first double-digit tackle performance (11), one was for a loss of one yard
- Led the team with nine tackles at Charlotte, two were for a loss of four yards
- Posted his second double-digit game of the year with 16 tackles (11-5) versus Rice...his day included a tackle for a loss of four yards and a quarterback hurry
- One of four Owls to record eight tackles (4-4=8) versus Marshall
- Led the Owls at UTEP with eight tackles (3-5=8), including 0.5 tackle for a loss of one yard...added a pass breakup
- Led the team in tackles, for the second-consecutive game, in FAU's Shula Bowl victory over FIU...was credited with a half sack for a loss of four and forced a fumble on the same play that ended up setting up FAU for its first scoring drive of the game
- Was third on the team with six tackles (3-3), including a tackle for a loss of six yards at WKU.
- Had 13 (9-4) total tackles against Middle Tennessee marking the third time he recorded double digit tackles
- Led the squad with nine tackles (6-3) at Florida, including one for a loss of five yards
- Recorded three tackles (2-1=3), including a sack for a loss of six yards at ODU
- Named FAU's Co-Newcomer of the Year
- Earned a spot on C-USA's All-Freshman team
- Named Freshman All-American by USA Today and Scout.com
High School
- Played for Earl Garcia at Hillsborough High School where he was credited with 236 career tackles for an average of 11.2 tackles per game
- His career tackles included 151 solo tackles, 15 sacks, two interceptions and five forced fumbles
- As a senior, he was credited with 11 games played and 126 tackles, 6.5 sacks, six blocked field goals, a blocked punt, two interceptions, three forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries
- Also credited with eight blocked field goals
- As a junior, saw action in 10 games and recorded 110 tackles
- Was a two-time all-state, two-time all-county and all-conference selection
- Earned the team's Defensive MVP honors, twice
- Earned NUC All-American honors and played in the Hillsborough County Blue & Grey game
- Holds a three-star rank by 247 Sports
Personal
- Public Safety Administration major
- Son of Naadhirah Lennon
- Born Aug. 4, 1997 in Tampa, Fla.
Career Game-by-Game
2015: Tulsa (0-0, 1 brup); Miami (2-2=4); Buffalo (6-5=11, 1.0-1 TFL); Charlotte (3-6=9, 1.5-4 TFL); Rice (11-5=16, 1.0-4 TFL); Marshall (4-4=8); UTEP (3-5=8, 0.5-1, 1 brup); FIU (2-5=7, 0.5 sacks/TFL, 1 FF); WKU (3-3=6, 1 TFL); MT 13 (9-4); UF (6-3=9, 1 TFL); ODU (2-1=3, 1 sack/TFL)
2016: SIU (4-6=10, 2.5 TFL); UM (4-0=4, 1 TFL); K-State (3-0=3); Ball State (3-7=10, 0.5 TFL, 1 QBH); FIU (5-7=12, 0.5-1 TFL, 1 INT return for 30 yards and a score); Charlotte (0-5=5); Marshall (4-11=15, 2 TFL); WKU (7-2=9, 1.5 TFL); Rice (9-3=12, 2.0 sacks); UTEP (6-5=11); ODU (2-10=12, 0.5 TFL); MT (10-0=10, 1 TFL)
2017: Navy (7-7=14), Wisconsin (8-2=10), Bethune (2-3=5, 1.0-1 TFL); MT (3-4=7); ODU (4-6=10, 1 TFL); NT (6-8=14); WKU (8-7=15, , 0.5 TFL, 1 BrUp); Marshall (4-9=13); La Tech (10-4=14, 1.0/7 sack,1.5/8, 1 PBrUp); FIU (7-7=14, 1.5 TFL); Charlotte (2-5=7, 0.5/6 sack, 1 TFL, 1 QBH); NT (6-5=11, 1 TFL, 1 FF, 2 BrUps, 1 QBH)
2018: Oklahoma (3-1=4, 1 sack for 7, 0.5 TFL 1); Air Force (5-5=10, 1 TFL for 2 yards); Bethune (2-1=3); UCF (6-9=15); MT (6-0=6, 2 QBH, 1 PBrUp); ODU (2-3=5, 1 sack, 0.5 TFL)
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