2021 Football Roster
Roster
Eriq Kitchen
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 292
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Batesville, Miss.
- High School:
- South Panola HS
- Prev School:
- East Mississippi CC
2020 (Sr.): Appeared in nine games and started in eight, including in each of the final five games of the campaign…Led all defensive lineman on the squad in tackles with 33 (10 solos)…Posted 4.5 tackles for loss for 12 yards and 1.5 sacks for seven yards…Had season-high seven tackles at WKU (11/14)…Added five tackle games against South Alabama (9/3), Rice (10/31) and UTSA (11/21).
2019 (Jr.): Played in all 13 games and started against North Texas (10/12)...Registered 18 tackles (seven solo) with 4.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks...Added a fumble recovery against Alcorn State (8/31)...Tallied season-high three tackles at Rice (10/26) … Posted three assisted tackles in the Armed Forces Bowl versus Tulane (1/4).
Junior College: Two-year defensive starter who helped lead head coach Buddy Stephens’ East Mississippi Community College Lions to back-to-back national and state championships with a 23-1 composite record...Totaled 105 career tackles, including 33 stops behind the line of scrimmage for 137 total yards lost (14.5 QB sacks for 87 yds)...Ranked third among EMCC’s leading tacklers with 72 stops this past year...Tied with teammate Everitt Cunningham for eighth place among NJCAA leaders with 20.5 tackles for loss (-87 yds) as a sophomore...Also credited with 8.5 sacks (-61 yds), three pass breakups, an interception (vs. Copiah-Lincoln in state playoffs) and a fumble recovery (vs. Northeast Mississippi) in 2018...Career-best, single-game tackle totals came during EMCC’s championship victories over Jones College (State/MACJC) and Garden City (NJCAA)...Capped EMCC career with 13 tackles (2.5 TFLs) vs. Garden City (10-9 win) in national championship game...Had 11 stops (4.5 TFLs for 18 yds/2.5 QB sacks for 11 yds) vs. Jones (19-14 win) in state title game...Made 10 tackles (2 sacks for 19 yds) vs. Holmes...Led the 2017 Lions with 12.5 tackles for loss (50 yds) and six sacks (26 yds) as a freshman … Recorded 33 total tackles in 2017 … Had season-high five tackles vs. both Mississippi Gulf Coast and Northwest Mississippi (state championship) … Made four stops during back-to-back weeks against Northeast Mississippi and Itawamba … Freshman-year sacks came against Jones (1 each meeting), Northeast (8 yds), ICC (9 yds) Holmes and Hinds … Had three TFLs (15 yds) vs. Itawamba.
High School: A 2016 MAC Class 6A All-State First Team, Bernard Blackwell North All-Star and All-USA Mississippi First Team selection as a senior at South Panola High School.
