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Career Highs
Tackles – 5; two times, last vs. UAPB (9/29/18)
Tackles for Loss – 2.0 vs. UAPB (9/29/18)
Sacks – 1.0; six times, last vs. Middle Tennessee (10/13/18)
Fumbles Recovered – 1 vs. Tulane (10/14/17)
 
2018 (SENIOR): Appeared in 13 games at defensive end, making four starts… Sheriff recorded a total of 33 total tackles including 19 solo tackles, 14 assisted tackles, 5.5 tackles-for-loss, and 2.5 sacks… Those season totals were all career highs… He logged the third-most amount of sacks on the team and the fourth-most tackles-for-loss… Sheriff’s 19 solo tackles were third-most of any defensive lineman on the team, and his 14 assisted tackled ranked fourth on the unit.

2017 (JUNIOR): Appeared in 13 games on the defensive line for the Panthers, earning the starting nod in seven of the last nine games... Recorded 20 total tackles with three tackles for loss... Totaled two sacks and two quarterback hurries... Also recovered a fumble.

2016 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 11 games on the defensive line for the Panthers, starting in nine…Recorded 28 total tackles (14 solo) with 6.0 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks…Also registered a quarterback hurry…Finished No. 3 on the team in both tackles for loss and sacks…Notched multiple tackles in seven games, including a career-high five versus Louisiana Tech (10/22)…Had at least a half tackle for loss in seven games…Collected four tackles (two solo) at Old Dominion (11/26)…Notched four tackles (one solo), including a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss with one sack versus Middle Tennessee (10/29)…Set a career-mark in tackles with five (four solo) versus Louisiana Tech (10/22)…Also recorded a half sack versus the Bulldogs…Totaled three tackles (two solo) with a tackle for loss (-5) at Charlotte (10/15)…Recorded four tackles (all solo), including a six-yard sack and a quarterback hurry versus UCF (9/24)…Tallied three tackles with one tackle for loss (-2) at UMass (9/17)…Made season debut versus Maryland (9/9), recording one tackle.

2015 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Appeared in one game for the Panthers...Made FIU debut versus WKU (11/21), recording one tackle.

2014 (FRESHMAN): Redshirted the 2014 season.

PREP CAREER: Played football at Hialeah... Third-Team All-Dade County 8A-6A selection in 2013…honorable Mention All-Dade County recognition in 2012…played for Marc Berman at Hialeah High School from 2010-13…tallied 86 tackles and 12 sacks during his senior campaign…enjoys weightlifting, with a 325 bench and 240 power clean…was an honor roll student at Hialeah and was President of the 5000 Role Models of Excellence…also played basketball.

PERSONAL INFO: Parents – Jermaine Sheriff and Wendy Byrd…siblings – Kristina Brown, Jermecia Sheriff, Charles Osbourne and Rhoini Tyson…cousin, Tory Liuget, is a defensive end for the San Diego Chargers…started playing football in ninth grade…Majoring in hospitality.