AS A JUNIOR (2012): Played in all 10 games forUNCP … Totaled 36 tackles (19 solo), including 7-1/2 tacklesfor loss (-36 yards) … Also recorded 5-1/2 sacks (-34yards), an interception, one pass break-up and seven quarterbackhurries … Also produced a forced fumble and a safety… Turned in four or more tackles against six opponents,including a season-best five stops against both Fayetteville State(two solo) and Carson-Newman (three solo) … Recorded hisfirst sack (-8 yards) of the season against Fayetteville State,while also forcing and recovering a fumble against the Broncos… Registered an assist on a sack (-3 yards) and a pair ofquarterback hurries at Wingate … Grabbed two sacks (-13yards) at Tusculum, while also logging a trio of quarterbackhurries … Also registered a lone sack at bothVirginia-Lynchburg (-1 yard) and at West Liberty (-9 yards)… Sack against the Hilltoppers produced a second-quartersafety … Lone pass break-up of the season came in seasonopener at Winston-Salem State.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2011): Played in all 11 gamesfor UNCP … Recorded 31 tackles (10 solo), including seventackles for loss (-25 yards) … Tackle for loss numbers alsoincluded a team-best four sacks (-18 yards) … Also posted afumble recovery … Turned in three or more tackles againstfive opponents … Grabbed three tackles in season opener atFayetteville State … Tallied five tackles (two solo),including a five-yard sack, against Chowan … Turned in apair of tackles (one solo) against Wingate … Recorded fourtackles (one solo) against Glenville State, as well as a tackle forloss assist (-3 yards) and a fumble recovery ... Booked an assiston a tackle for loss at Catawba … Tallied three tackles (onesolo), including a three-yard sack, against Tusculum …Registered both a solo and a tackle assist against bothCarson-Newman and Newberry … Performance against the latteralso included a tackle for loss (-3 yards) … Registeredseven tackles (three solo) against Winston-Salem State, includingthree tackles for loss (-11 yards) … Also registered a pairof sacks (-10 yards) against the Rams … Closed out seasonwith two tackles in season finale with West Liberty.
AS A FRESHMAN (2010): Played in six games forUNCP … Recorded 17 tackles (eight solo), including 6-1/2tackles for loss (-32 yards) … Tackle for loss tallyincluded a team-best six sacks (-31 yards) … Also forcedthree fumbles … Registered three or more tackles againstfour opponents … Tallied three tackles, all sacks (-24yards) and forced a fumble in season opener with Fayetteville State… Tallied three tackles (two solo), including 2-1/2 tacklesfor loss (-3 yards), against Saint Paul’s …Performance against the Tigers also included a pair of sacks (-2yards) and a forced fumble … Recorded a season-best fourtackles at Wingate … Tallied two tackles against bothWinston-Salem State and Concord (two solo) … Also turned ina sack (-5 yards) and a forced fumble against the Mountain Lions… Tallied three tackles (one solo) in season finale againstNorth Greenville.
2009 (FRESHMAN): Redshirted. Did not seevarsity action.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Seventy-First High Schoolfor coach Bob Paroli … Helped lead Falcons to a 14-2 recordas a prep senior, including a perfect 8-0 clip on the road, and thestate championship … Recorded 85 tackles, including 15tackles for loss, and seven sacks … Two of his sacksresulted in safeties … Garnered second consecutiveall-conference accolades at season’s end … Benchpressed 185 pounds 28 times at the Shrine Bowl Combine … Wasalso a standout on the track and field team for the Falcons.
PERSONAL: The son of Nicole and Jubar McDanielwas born on Nov. 4, 1991 … Has a younger sister, Naimah, anda younger brother, Ezekiel … Maintained a 3.2 cumulativegrade point average at Seventy-First High School and graduated inthe top 22 percent of his 396-member senior class … A sportsmanagement major at UNCP.
