2020 Football Roster
Tyrique Stevenson
- Position:
- DB
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 202
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Miami, Fla.
- High School:
- Miami Southridge
Career Highs
* Seven tackles vs. Mississippi State, 2020
* One TFL vs. Auburn & Mississippi State, 2019
2020: Saw action in all 10 games, starting vs. Arkansas, Auburn, Mississippi State and Cincinnati...finished with 34 total stops, fifth-best on the team, with five pass breakups (tied for team lead)...career-best seven tackles vs. MSU...one of those stops was for lost yardage...added a pass breakup vs. the Bulldogs...had three tackles in Georgia's Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl win over Cincinnati, but his most important play was a late-game, 3rd-down pass breakup that enabled the Bulldogs to regain possession...had a then-career-high five tackles vs. Alabama...matched that total in Florida game...had four tackles and added a pass breakup in win over Auburn...credited with one tackle vs. the Razorbacks...two tackles vs. Tennessee...three tackles and a QB pressure in win at Kentucky...
2019: Co-winner of Defensive Newcomer of the Year, given at team’s post-season awards gala...played in all 14 games and had 13 total stops...also has five pass breakups, second-best on the team, and four QB pressures...lone tackle at Auburn was a third-quarter QB sack on third down...had two solo tackles and a pass breakup vs. Arkansas State...also had a pass breakup vs. Kentucky...enrolled at UGA in January and participated in Spring drills.
High School: Miami Southridge HS, coached by Rudy Armenteros...played for Team East in the 2019 All-American Bowl Game...247sports.com four-star prospect, #38 prospect nationally, #4 cornerback nationally, #6 prospect in Florida...PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, #59 prospect nationally and a member of the Top 150 Dream Team...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #100 prospect nationally, #9 CB prospect nationally, #14 prospect in Florida...Rivals.com four-star prospect, #37 prospect nationally, #6 CB nationally, #6 player in Florida...two INTs in final high school game, the regional semifinals of the 2018 FHSAA Class 8A playoffs...Selected to play on Team Overdrive at the Nike Opening 2018 Finals, where he had two INTs and two PBUs in 7on7 play...Selected to play in the 2018 Rivals Five-Star Challenge...Transferred to Southridge after attending nearby South Dade HS...named to the 2017 Miami Herald All-Dade Class 8A-6A Second-Team Defense...had 69 tackles and four INTs in 2017.
Personal: Full name: TYRIQUE MARQUIS STEVENSON...Major: Psychology...recipient of the William P. Bruckner Football Scholarship.
