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7 Jamal Potts

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 193
  • Position Defensive Back
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Delray Beach, Fla.
  • High School American Heritage

Biography

2023: Started all 12 games at defensive back…rang up 63 tackles (36 solo) and 6.0 tackles for loss (-26)…notched half a sack…forced a pair of fumbles…broke up two passes…opened season with 10 tackles, 2.5 TFLs and two forced fumbles at Louisiana Tech (8/26)…tabbed four stops and one TFL in win over Maine (9/2)…added six tackles vs. North Texas (9/9)…registered eight stops vs. Liberty (9/23)…made five tackles and a TFL at New Mexico State (10/4)…notched six stops and half a sack vs. UTEP (10/11)…recorded four stops at Sam Houston (10/18)…made five tackles vs. Jacksonville State (10/25)…recorded five tackles at Arkansas (11/18).

2022: Saw action and made 12 starts at defensive back…recorded 56 tackles (34 solo) including 6.5 tackles for loss, two pass breakups, a forced fumble and a sack…tackle totals ranked as the fourth-highest on the team…registered a tackle in every game…posted seven stops with one TFL and two pass breakups vs Bryant (9/1)…logged six tackles including one sack and a forced fumble vs UTSA (10/14)…tabbed seven stops with a 0.5 TFL at New Mexico State (10/1)…notched six tackles and one TFL vs UConn (10/6)…rang up four stops and one TFL at Charlotte (10/22)…closed out the season with seven tackles and one TFL vs Middle Tennessee (11/26).

2021: Saw action in 10 games… posted 35 tackles (19 solo)… added a pass breakup… tabbed five tackles at Southern Mississippi (11/27)… had a season-best 12 stops vs. North Texas (11/20)… ripped off six stops vs. Old Dominion (11/6)… tabbed three stops at Marshall (10/30)… made four tackles against Western Kentucky (10/23).

2020: Played in four of FIU's five games in 2020 as a true freshman... Saw limited action during the year. 

PREP CAREER:  Rated a three-star prospect by 24/7 sports… Rated as high as the 98th-ranked cornerback in the nation by 24/7 sports… Caught 27 passes for over 600 yards and five scores as a senior… Earned 36 tackles, six pass breakups and five interceptions in 2019… Ranked as the eighth-best player on the Palm Beach Post’s Big Board… Received offers from Cincinnati, Charlotte, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, UConn and Washington State.
 
PERSONAL: Native of Delray Beach, Florida.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 29

    2020Freshman

    Defensive Back
    6'2" 185 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2021Freshman

    Defensive Back
    6'2" 185 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2022Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    6'2" 185 lbs
    29
  • 7

    2023Junior

    Defensive Back
    6'2" 185 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2024Senior

    Defensive Back
    6'2" 193 lbs
    7