2014 Football Roster
Roster
Nunez-Roches, Rakeem

Jersey Number 97
Rakeem Nunez-Roches
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 305
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Dangriga, Belize
- High School:
- Central
- Prev School:
- Ala. HS
Bio
All-Conference USA (2014 -- First Team)
All-Conference USA (2012 -- Honorable Mention) 2014 (Redshirt Junior): Named All-Conference USA (First Team) ... Played in 11 games, making 11 starts on the year ... Recorded 58 tackles (32 solo, 26 assisted) on the year with a team-high 14.0 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks ... Credited with seven quarterback hurries and a blocked kick ... Notched a season-high 11 tackles on the road against UTEP with nine stops against Appalachian State and seven tackles at Mississippi State ... Recorded a season-high 3.0 TFLs against App State, Rice and UTEP, while adding 2.5 tackles for loss against Louisiana Tech ... Notched 2.0 sacks at UTEP and an additional sack versus App State ... Had a season-high two QB hurries at UTEP with hurries against Mississippi State, App State, Rice, LA Tech and No. 23 Marshall ... Blocked a kick against the Miners. 2013 (Junior): Played and started first two games of the season before being sidelined with a season-ending injury ... Earned a medical redshirt ... Recorded eight tackles on the year (two solo, six assisted) with a half a tackle for loss ... Had a season-high five tackles in the season-opener against Texas State ... Also had three stops at No. 22 Nebraska. 2012 (Sophomore): Named All-Conference USA (Honorable Mention) ... Started 11 games on the interior defensive line and appeared in all 12 contests ... Did not start the UTEP game which was Senior Night for the Golden Eagles ... Tallied 37 total tackles (22 solo, 15 assisted) with six tackles for loss and one sack ... Forced one fumble and blocked a kick. 2011 (Freshman): Appeared in six games ... Earned Conference USA All-Freshman team accolades ... Tallied a pair of stops including 1.5 tackles for loss. High School: Three-star defensive lineman by ESPN, as well as earning two stars from both Rivals.com and Scout.com ... Played for coach Woodrow Lowe at Central (Ala.) High School ... Picked Second-Team All-Area by the Opelika-Auburn News and was an Alabama Top 50 player, ranking No. 39, by the Tuscaloosa News ... Helped team finish 9-2 in 2010 and captured the Region 3 6A Championship ... Tallied 132 career tackles to go along with 17 sacks and four forced fumbles ... Also played basketball and baseball ... Earned All-State accolades in basketball and voted best pitcher in baseball. Personal: Full name is Rakeem Nathan Nunez-Roches ... Son of Nancy Nunez ... Has a brother, Raul Roches, and two sisters Reesheda and Rashada ... Born on July 3, 1993 in Dangriga, Belize ... Majoring in biological sciences.
All-Conference USA (2012 -- Honorable Mention) 2014 (Redshirt Junior): Named All-Conference USA (First Team) ... Played in 11 games, making 11 starts on the year ... Recorded 58 tackles (32 solo, 26 assisted) on the year with a team-high 14.0 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks ... Credited with seven quarterback hurries and a blocked kick ... Notched a season-high 11 tackles on the road against UTEP with nine stops against Appalachian State and seven tackles at Mississippi State ... Recorded a season-high 3.0 TFLs against App State, Rice and UTEP, while adding 2.5 tackles for loss against Louisiana Tech ... Notched 2.0 sacks at UTEP and an additional sack versus App State ... Had a season-high two QB hurries at UTEP with hurries against Mississippi State, App State, Rice, LA Tech and No. 23 Marshall ... Blocked a kick against the Miners. 2013 (Junior): Played and started first two games of the season before being sidelined with a season-ending injury ... Earned a medical redshirt ... Recorded eight tackles on the year (two solo, six assisted) with a half a tackle for loss ... Had a season-high five tackles in the season-opener against Texas State ... Also had three stops at No. 22 Nebraska. 2012 (Sophomore): Named All-Conference USA (Honorable Mention) ... Started 11 games on the interior defensive line and appeared in all 12 contests ... Did not start the UTEP game which was Senior Night for the Golden Eagles ... Tallied 37 total tackles (22 solo, 15 assisted) with six tackles for loss and one sack ... Forced one fumble and blocked a kick. 2011 (Freshman): Appeared in six games ... Earned Conference USA All-Freshman team accolades ... Tallied a pair of stops including 1.5 tackles for loss. High School: Three-star defensive lineman by ESPN, as well as earning two stars from both Rivals.com and Scout.com ... Played for coach Woodrow Lowe at Central (Ala.) High School ... Picked Second-Team All-Area by the Opelika-Auburn News and was an Alabama Top 50 player, ranking No. 39, by the Tuscaloosa News ... Helped team finish 9-2 in 2010 and captured the Region 3 6A Championship ... Tallied 132 career tackles to go along with 17 sacks and four forced fumbles ... Also played basketball and baseball ... Earned All-State accolades in basketball and voted best pitcher in baseball. Personal: Full name is Rakeem Nathan Nunez-Roches ... Son of Nancy Nunez ... Has a brother, Raul Roches, and two sisters Reesheda and Rashada ... Born on July 3, 1993 in Dangriga, Belize ... Majoring in biological sciences.
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