2021 Football Roster
Roster
Tahj Sykes
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 324
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Columbus, Miss.
- High School:
- Columbus HS
2020 (RS Jr.): One of two defensive players to start in all 10 games (the other was Natrone Brooks)…Posted 28 tackles (nine solos) with five tackles for loss for 30 yards and one sack for 17 yards…Notched at least one stop in each game and tallied a season-high five in the game versus Rice (10/31)…Had three stops in each of the final two games versus UTSA (11/21) and Florida Atlantic (12/10)...Named Conference USA honorable mention.
2019 (RS Soph.): Played in five games during the year … Collected three tackles (one solo) … Recorded two stops against Alabama (9/21) and one versus North Texas (10/12).
2018 (RS Fr.): Gained steady experience throughout the year, playing in all 11 games and earning starts the final two weeks in wins over LA Tech and UTEP...Recorded a season-high four stops against the Miners, including two solo...Had 1.5 TFLs for the year, coming against LA Tech and Charlotte...Helped defense to three sub-200-yard games, including finishing as the nation’s No. 3 defense at 278.4 yards per game.
2017 (Fr.): Redshirted his first year on campus.
High School: Earned Class 6A All-State first-team honors at Columbus High...Selected to play in the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star game...Named to Columbus Dispatch All-Area team...Notched 32 tackles, four sacks and two quarterback hurries as a junior...Garnered three stars by Scout and two stars by Rivals.
