#99 Jaquelin Roy Season 2023
Baton Rouge product who played his high school football games just steps away from LSU’s Charles McClendon Practice Facility … In position to have a breakout year for the Tigers in 2022 … Key figure among LSU’s deep and talented defensive front … Tremendous upper body strength … Run stuffer who can also get after the quarterback … Quick feet and difficult to block … Appeared in 24 games during his 2 years with the Tigers, starting once … 48 career tackles, 10.0 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (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: 6 vs. Ole Miss, 2020
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, 2x (Last: at Alabama, 2021; First: vs. McNeese, 2021)