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Jersey Number 5
Everitt Cunningham
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- West Point, Miss.
- High School:
- West Point HS
- Prev School:
- Memphis
Bio
Memphis: Saw action in four games during 2020, registering an assisted tackle…Appeared in 13 of 14 games in his first year at Memphis after transferring from East Mississippi CC in 2019 ... Finished with 24 tackles, including 16 solos ... Added four tackles for loss and three sacks ... Also had one PBU and three quarterback hurries ... Had eight multi-tackle games .... Registered a season-high five tackles, all solos, at Temple ... Recorded his first Memphis sack in a win at South Alabama ... Added sacks against Tulane and USF in conference play ... Member squad that finished 12-2 overall, won the American Athletic Conference Championship and made an appearance in the 84th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.
EMCC: Played two seasons for head coach Buddy Stephens at East Mississippi Community College ... Helped lead the Lions to back-to-back National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national titles, becoming only the second program to do so in NJCAA history ... East Mississippi posted an undefeated 12-0 record in 2018 and went 11-1 in 2017 ... Also won consecutive Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) championships in 2017 and 2018 ... In his two seasons with the Lions, registered 88 total tackles (65 solo), 28.5 TFL (144 yards), 16 sacks (116 yards) and three fumble recoveries ... Had his breakout year as a sophomore in 2018 ... Member of the 2018 Lions defense that led NJCAA in scoring defense at 11.2 ppg ... Had 57 total hits (43 solo), 20.5 TFL (113 yards) and 13 sacks (94 yards) ... Ranked among nation’s leaders in TFL and sacks ... Logged a career-high eight total tackles in back-to-back wins over Northeast Mississippi and Copiah-Lincoln ... Had a career-best 4.5 TFL (23 yards) in win over Northeast Mississippi ... Recorded a career-high four sacks (28 yards) vs Copiah-Lincoln ... In the NJCAA national title game, had eight total tackles (6 solo), one TFL, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries ... His first fumble recovery came off his forced fumble deep in Garden City Community College territory ... Scooped up the loose ball and returned it 11 yards for the Lions’ only TD of the game (East Mississippi won 10-9) ... Recovered another fumble later in the game that ended Garden City’s final scoring threat ... 2018 honors included: NJCAA national title game Most Valuable Player, NJCAA All-America second team, NJCAA All-Region 23, MACJC All-State/North Division first team and MACJC Defensive Player of the Week (twice) ... In his freshman year in 2017, collected 31 total tackles (22 solo), eight TFL (31 yards) and three sacks (22 yards) ... Had two tackles (1 solo) vs Arizona Western College in the NJCAA national title game.
Prep: Four-year varsity member at West Point High School ... Played for head coach Chris Chambless ... Saw action on the defensive line his first three seasons, and then split time on the defensive line and at tight end as a senior ... Helped lead the Green Wave to the 2016 Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) Class 5A state championship ... Caught the go-ahead TD in the third quarter ... Score came on a 44-yard pass ... West Point finished 2016 with a 14-1 overall record and a 7-1 mark in Region 1-5A play ... Named to the 2016 Mississippi Association of Coaches (MAC) Class 5A All-State first team ... Selected to play in the 2016 Bernard Blackwell North/South All-Star Game ... As a junior in 2015, helped lead the Green Wave to an 11-3 record ... West Point advanced to the MHSAA Class 5A state playoff semifinal round ... Helped the Green Wave to MHSAA state playoff appearances as a freshman and sophomore.
EMCC: Played two seasons for head coach Buddy Stephens at East Mississippi Community College ... Helped lead the Lions to back-to-back National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national titles, becoming only the second program to do so in NJCAA history ... East Mississippi posted an undefeated 12-0 record in 2018 and went 11-1 in 2017 ... Also won consecutive Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) championships in 2017 and 2018 ... In his two seasons with the Lions, registered 88 total tackles (65 solo), 28.5 TFL (144 yards), 16 sacks (116 yards) and three fumble recoveries ... Had his breakout year as a sophomore in 2018 ... Member of the 2018 Lions defense that led NJCAA in scoring defense at 11.2 ppg ... Had 57 total hits (43 solo), 20.5 TFL (113 yards) and 13 sacks (94 yards) ... Ranked among nation’s leaders in TFL and sacks ... Logged a career-high eight total tackles in back-to-back wins over Northeast Mississippi and Copiah-Lincoln ... Had a career-best 4.5 TFL (23 yards) in win over Northeast Mississippi ... Recorded a career-high four sacks (28 yards) vs Copiah-Lincoln ... In the NJCAA national title game, had eight total tackles (6 solo), one TFL, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries ... His first fumble recovery came off his forced fumble deep in Garden City Community College territory ... Scooped up the loose ball and returned it 11 yards for the Lions’ only TD of the game (East Mississippi won 10-9) ... Recovered another fumble later in the game that ended Garden City’s final scoring threat ... 2018 honors included: NJCAA national title game Most Valuable Player, NJCAA All-America second team, NJCAA All-Region 23, MACJC All-State/North Division first team and MACJC Defensive Player of the Week (twice) ... In his freshman year in 2017, collected 31 total tackles (22 solo), eight TFL (31 yards) and three sacks (22 yards) ... Had two tackles (1 solo) vs Arizona Western College in the NJCAA national title game.
Prep: Four-year varsity member at West Point High School ... Played for head coach Chris Chambless ... Saw action on the defensive line his first three seasons, and then split time on the defensive line and at tight end as a senior ... Helped lead the Green Wave to the 2016 Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) Class 5A state championship ... Caught the go-ahead TD in the third quarter ... Score came on a 44-yard pass ... West Point finished 2016 with a 14-1 overall record and a 7-1 mark in Region 1-5A play ... Named to the 2016 Mississippi Association of Coaches (MAC) Class 5A All-State first team ... Selected to play in the 2016 Bernard Blackwell North/South All-Star Game ... As a junior in 2015, helped lead the Green Wave to an 11-3 record ... West Point advanced to the MHSAA Class 5A state playoff semifinal round ... Helped the Green Wave to MHSAA state playoff appearances as a freshman and sophomore.
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