#99 Jaquelin Roy Season 2024
CAREER
Baton Rouge product who emerged as a defensive line standout for the Tigers as a junior … Opted to forgo senior season and entered into the 2023 NFL Draft … Appeared in 35 games with 13 starts, including 12 as a junior in 2022 … 97 career tackles to go with 13.5 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks … Recovered 3 fumbles and had 8 QB hurries …. Played his high school football games just steps away from LSU’s Charles McClendon Practice Facility … Tremendous upper body strength … Run stuffer who can also get after the quarterback … Quick feet and difficult to block … Majoring in sports administration.
JUNIOR SEASON (2022)
Starter on the defensive line for 12 games in 2022 … Appeared in 13 games … Did not participate in the Citrus Bowl … Had best season with 49 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss … Set career-best with 12 tackles at Texas A&M … Had 6 tackles in road win over Arkansas …. Recorded 3 tackles and recovered a fumble vs. Georgia in SEC Championship Game … Had 5 solo tackles in road win over Auburn.
SOPHOMORE SEAOSN (2021)
Played in all 13 games, starting once … Start came against Kansas State in the Texas Bowl … Capped year with 30 tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss (-18) and 1.5 sacks (-8) … Recovered a pair of fumbles (McNeese and Alabama) and forced a fumble (McNeese) … Had season-high of 4 tackles in four games – at UCLA, McNeese, Central Michigan and Arkansas … Had 2.0 tackles for loss (-5) and forced a fumble against McNeese … Had a sack for an 8-yard loss in win over Texas A&M.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2020)
Appeared in 9 games with no starts … Recorded 18 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks … Added a pair of quarterback hurries … Had best game of year in win over Florida with a pair of sacks totaling 18 yards in losses … Sacked Florida quarterback Kyle Trask for a 7-yard loss on first down at the LSU 9-yard line … That sack helped hold the Gators to a field goal that tied the game at 34-34 … Other sack came in the second quarter … Following week had career-best six tackles and a tackle for loss in win over Ole Miss … Had three tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss at Texas A&M.
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at University High School on the LSU campus … Won back-to-back state titles with U-High in 2017 and 2018 as the Cubs went undefeated both years … One of the top defensive linemen in the Class of 2020 … A four-star prospect by 247Sports and Rivals… Ranked No. 71 on the ESPN 300 list … The top recruit in the state of Louisiana by 247Sports … Listed as the nation’s fifth-best defensive tackle and the No. 49 overall prospect by 247Sports … As a senior, had 96 tackles, 17 tackles for loss and nine sacks as the Cubs advanced to the state semifinals … Coached by Andy Martin.
JAQUEULIN ROY’S CAREER HIGHS
Tackles: 12 at Texas A&M, 2022
Tackles for loss: 2.0 vs. McNeese, 2021
Sacks: 2.0 at Florida, 2020
QB hurries: 2 at Vanderbilt, 2020
Forced Fumbles: 1 vs. McNeese, 2021
Fumble Recoveries: 1, 3x (Last: vs. Georgia, 2022; First: vs. McNeese, 2021)