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Player Profile: Azur Kamara

#5 Azur Kamara

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Position: Defensive end
Height: 6-4
Weight: 235
Class: Senior
Hometown: Glendale, Ariz
High School: Central HS, (Arizona Western JC)

2018 (Jr.): Played in all 12 games, starting three … Credited with 16 total tackles, 5.0 TFLs and 1.0 sack … Also recorded one pass breakup, one quarterback hurry and one forced fumble … Rutgers: Earned his first-career start at defensive end … Finished the game with two tackles, including his first-career tackle-for-loss … at Baylor: Started at defensive end … Recorded one tackle … at West Virginia: Credited with two tackles and a TFL … at Texas Tech: Recorded a career-best five tackles with one sack … TCU: Started at defensive end … Credited with three tackles … at Kansas State: Credited with a TFL … Texas: Totaled two tackles on the day.

2016-17 (Fr.-So. at Arizona Western College): Rated a three-star prospect according to Rivals.com ... Collected 30 total tackles, including a team-leading 15.5 tackles-for-loss in 2017 ... Recorded 12.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, a pass breakup and a blocked kick in helping lead Arizona Western to the NJCAA national title game ... Posted 45 total tackles, 13.5 TFLs and eight sacks in 2016 ... Also had four forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries while playing for head coach Tom Minnick at AWC.

High School: Collected 106 total tackes, including 25.5 sacks, during his senior season at Central HS in 2015 ... Also caused four fumbles and recovered one ... Earned first team all-conference on both offense and defense ... Named to the All-USA Arizona High School football team following his senior season ... Coached by Jon Clanton at CHS.

Personal: Son of Djaka Bility and Noah Sherrif ... Has four sisters; Fatu and Amie Kamara and Mahawa and Makura Sherrif ... Also has two brothers, Adam and Omar Sherrif ... Undecided on a major ... Selected Kansas over offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Cincinnati, Florida State, Iowa State, Louisville, Maryland, Ole Miss, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Oregon State, Tennessee UCF, Utah and Washington State.

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