Troy University Athletics
2021 Football Roster
Roster
Richard Jibunor
- Position:
- BAN
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 232
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Delta State, Nigeria
- High School:
- Athens Christian HS
- Prev School:
- Auburn
2022 All-Sun Belt First Team
2022 All-Sun Belt Third Team
2021 All-Sun Belt Third Team
2020 All-Sun Belt Third Team
2023 (Senior): Named to the All-Sun Belt First Team after finishing ninth in the country in sacks (10.0) and ninth in tackles for loss (18.0) … Helped Troy break the Sun Belt single-season record with 47 sacks as a team in 2023 … Finished Troy career fourth all-time in program history in tackles for loss (47.0) and sacks (30.5) … Ended the season with a bang, had two tackles for loss and a sack in Troy’s Birmingham Bowl appearance against Duke … Tied for 23rd nationally with a tackle for loss in 10 different games and 15th with multiple TFLs in six different contests … Recorded the eighth most tackles for loss in a single-season in Troy history with 18 … Forced two fumbles in Troy’s shutout victory at Army-West Point … Followed three weeks later with four tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks and a forced fumble at ULM … Finished career third in Sun Belt history in career sacks … Second in Troy’s DI history with four multi-sack games … Fourth with nine multi-TFL games in his career … Ended his career as the FBS’s active leader in sacks, solo sacks, assisted sacks, sack yards, tackle for loss yards and forced fumbles … Finished his career second in Troy history and third in Sun Belt history with nine forced fumbles
2022 (Junior): Earned All-Sun Belt Third Team honors … Tied for 17th nationally with a tackle for loss in 10 different games and was third with a sack in nine games … Finished the season with 11 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, an interception, two pass break ups, seven quarterback hurries and three forced fumbles … One of five players in the country with at least three forced fumbles, 7.5 sacks, 10 tackles for loss and an interception … Forced fumbles in back-to-back games in the fourth quarter – at Western Kentucky with Troy leading 34-27, WKU had 2nd-and-8 from the Troy 32-yard line with 1:01 to play in the game, and against Southern Miss with Troy leading 20-10 … Forced and recovered a fumble and intercepted a pass in Troy's victory over UTSA in the Cure Bowl
2021 (Sophomore): Earned All-Sun Belt Third Team honors … Only player in the country with at least eight sacks, 10 tackles for loss and two interceptions … Became just the fourth player in Sun Belt history to reach eight sacks in the first seven games of the season … Finished the season with 41 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, eight sacks, two interceptions, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery … Recorded a tackle for loss in seven different games, including a streak of five straight contests – had a sack in all five of those games as well … Finished fifth in the Sun Belt with 0.73 sacks per game and eighth with 0.91 tackles for loss per game, this despite splitting time with Javon Solomon … Finished with 35 pressures on the year in just 410 snaps; averaged a pressure every 4.97 pass rushing snaps, which ranked fifth nationally among players with at least 150 pass rush snaps (Jibunor had 174) … Had 2.5 sacks, an interception and seven tackles in Troy’s win at Southern Miss … Sixth-rated pass rusher in the Sun Belt per Pro Football Focus … Forced a fumble and recovered it in Troy’s near upset at South Carolina; also had 1.5 sacks in the game
2020 (Sophomore): Named to the All-Sun Belt Third Team … Ranked eighth in the Sun Belt with 31 total pressures with 22 coming from hurries, five from sacks and four from hits on the quarterback … Finished his first season at Troy with 4.5 sacks, 7.0 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and five quarterback hurries … Had season highs in tackles for loss (2.5) and sacks (1.5) to go along with a forced fumble in Troy’s shutout over South Alabama in the Battle for the Belt … Forced a fumble that was returned for a touchdown at Arkansas State … Recorded a tackle for loss in six of the final eight games of the season … Started four games and played in all 11
2019 (RS-Freshman): Sat out season due to NCAA transfer rules
Auburn
2018 (Freshman): True freshman playing buck ... saw first game action against Washington … 13-yard sack vs. Alabama State … 13-yard sack and a forced fumble vs. Arkansas ... recorded five tackles, TFL vs. Purdue in Music City Bowl ... Redshirted
High School: Defensive prospect who played on both sides of the football for Coach Chris Williams at Athens Christian (Ga.) High School … First team GSWA Class A all-state ... ESPN, Rivals, 247Sports four star … Two-time state track champion in the 300m hurdles … Also a soccer and basketball letterman
Personal: Native of Delta State, Nigeria … Birthday is May 17 … Son of Alex and Victoria Jibunor … Has three siblings: Victor, Lynda and Emmanuel … Graduated with degree in social science
