2021 Football Roster
Roster
Jahari Kay
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 260
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- DL
- Hometown:
- Berkeley, Calif.
- HS / Prev Schools:
- San Leandro HS / Laney College
2021 Season
AP All-America second team ... Walter Camp FCS All-America selection ... Stats Perform all-America second team ... Phil Steele all-America second team ... all-WAC first team ... Buck Buchanan Award finalist ... WAC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year ... Stats Perform preseason all-America first team ... Athlon Sports preseason all-America ... preseason all-WAC ... HERO Sports all-America second team ... named Stats Perform National Defensive Player of the Week and WAC Defensive Player of the Week on 10/4 after finishing with 8 tackles, 2.5 TFLs, 1.5 sacks, 1 forced fumble and 1 pass breakup in a win over Stephen F. Austin (10/2)
2020-21 Season
Buck Buchanan Award Finalist ... AP All-America first team ... AFCA All-America first team ... Stats Perform All-America first team ... Athlon All-America First Team ... All-Southland Conference first team ... second in SLC with 5.5 sacks and third with 8.0 TFLs ... named SLC Defensive Player of the Week after turning in massive game in dominating win over No. 7 Nicholls (3/13) ... finished with 6 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 2 forced fumbles and a pick-6 against the Colonels ... currently leads Kats in sacks and TFLs in Spring 2021 ... ... was a menace in season opener vs No. 18 Southeastern Louisiana ... had a pair of tackles and a sack in addition to a pair of QB hurries ... picked up a sack and a fumble recovery in win at UIW (4/17) in regular season finale ... had 7 stops and 2.5 TFLs in the opening round of the FCS Playoffs vs Monmouth (4/24) ... had 1.5 TFLs vs North Dakota State (5/2) and another TFL in FCS Semifinals win over James Madison (5/8).
2019 Season
One of the steadiest players on the Bearkat defensive line … played in all 12 games, finishing with 36 tackles and 8.0 TFLs … also had 3.5 sacks and a fumble recovery … had a hand in a TFL in each of first 6 games of the year … had 1.5 TFLs and a fumble recovery at North Dakota (9/14) … opened season with 1.5 TFLs at New Mexico (8/31) … had 3 tackles and 1.5 sacks in win over Stephen F. Austin (10/5) … also had 1.5 sacks in road win at Abilene Christian (11/9).
Laney College
Earned National Division Defensive Player of the Week honors in a win over Feather River in October 2018 after going for eight tackles, including 3.0 TFL and 2.5 sacks, along with a forced fumble … helped lead Laney College to 2018 CCCAA state title and No. 1 ranking among all junior colleges in the country according to Massey Statistics after an 11-2 season … played in 13 games … made 56 tackles, along with 6.5 sacks, an interception and a forced fumble
