Troy University Athletics
2016 Football Roster
Roster
Jabir Daughtry-Frye
- Position:
- RB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-7 / 170
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Pensacola, Fla.
- High School:
- Escambia HS
2016 All-Sun Belt First Team (Return Specialist)
2019 (Junior): Rushed for 146 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 33 carries and added 10 receptions for 90 yards in eight games; missed four games due to injury … Posted a season-high 37 yards on six carries in Troy’s win against Georgia Southern … Found the end zone against Coastal Carolina and Texas State … Caught three passes against South Alabama and posted a season-best 46 yards on a pair of receptions at Texas State … Averaged 24.2 yards on eight kickoff returns … Returned the opening kickoff against Southern Miss 50 yards … Led the Trojans (at least 10 receptions) averaging 11.1 yards after the catch
2018 (RS-Sophomore): Finished the season with 948 all-purpose yards, the 15thmost in the Sun Belt … Rushed for 371 yards, caught 22 passes for 235 yards and totaled 342 yards in the return game … Averaged 10.7 yards per all-purpose play, the eighth best in the Sun Belt … Ranked third in the league and 20thnationally averaging 7.0 yards per carry (53/371) … Recorded first career 100-yard game with 140 yards on just five carries against Coastal Carolina; helped Troy set the single-game school record with a team average of 9.1 yards per carry in the game … Rushed for touchdowns against Boise State and Coastal Carolina … Caught two or more passes in seven different games with a high of four for 32 yards at Georgia Southern … Season-high 47 receiving yards at ULM … Would have ranked 27thnationally with his 25.31 kickoff return average if met minimum number of returns
2017 (Sophomore): Played in the season opener at Boise State … Returned one kickoff for 16 yards and recorded one rushing attempt … Received a medical hardship as he continued recovery from 2016 ACL injury
2016 (Freshman): Led the Sun Belt and ranked 11th nationally averaging 27.9 yards per kickoff return … Took a 4th-and-1 at Clemson 66 yards for a touchdown as Troy nearly knocked off the nation’s second-ranked team (30-24); the run ranked as the longest in Troy’s Division I history by a freshman and tied for the longest on fourth down in the country (rushing or passing)… Returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown against New Mexico State and blocked a punt against the Aggies that was returned for a touchdown; named the Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts … The 100-yard kickoff return was just the 10th in Sun Belt Conference history, the sixth in Troy history and the third in Troy’s FBS history … Suffered a torn ACL against Arkansas State … Finished the year with 139 rushing yards on 20 carries and six catches for 33 yards … Also returned one punt for 12 yards
High School: Earned Florida 6A all-state honors after rushing for 1,125 yards and 10 touchdowns on 116 carries (9.7 YPC) in eight games as a senior at Escambia High School … Also returned a pair of punts, one kickoff and one interception for a touchdown … In a single game, recorded 496 all-purpose yards with five touchdowns (three rushing, one passing and one kickoff return) … Played in the Subway East/West All-Star Game and was named the West Offensive MVP … Also named to the Pensacola News Journal All-Area First Team … Finished his three-year career with 3,936 all-purpose yards, 38 total touchdowns and 27.7 yards per punt return … Averaged 9.1 yards per carry in his career … Named to the Florida High School Football Panhandle Preseason Super 12 prior to his senior year
Personal: Full name is Jabir Malik Daughtry-Frye … Son of Stacey Frye and Joel Daughtry … Has one sister, Chelsea Frye … Born Feb. 21, 1998, in Fort Benning, Ga. ... Majoring in social science
