Player Profile: Jacky Dezir
#54 Jacky Dezir
Rivals.com: Profile as recruit
Position: Defensive Tackle
Height: 6-1
Weight: 286
Class: Junior
Hometown: Chicago, Ill.
High School: Bowen HS
Previous School: College of DuPage
2016 (Jr.): Saw time in eight games … Made four tackles on the season … Posted 1.0 tackle-for-loss … Notched a season-high two tackles at West Virginia … Collected a TFL against Texas … at Oklahoma: Assisted on his first tackle of the season against the Sooners … at West Virginia: Collected two tackles against the Mountaineers … Texas: Recorded his lone tackle of the victory in the Longhorn backfield.
2015 (So.): Saw time in nine games during his debut season at Kansas… Posted seven tackles… Had a career-best two-tackle performance at Iowa State… South Dakota State: Notched the first tackle of his collegiate career in his debut… Memphis: Saw time at defensive tackle, but did not record any statistics… at Rutgers: Saw action, but did not record any statistics… at Iowa State: Posted a career-high two tackles… Baylor: Recorded one tackle… Texas Tech: Did not play due to injury… at Oklahoma State: Did not play due to injury… Oklahoma: Did not play due to injury… at Texas: Returned from injury to make one tackle… at TCU: Shuffled in along the defensive line, but did not record any statistics… West Virginia: Made one stop… K-State: Assisted on one tackle.
College of DuPage (2013-14): Spent two seasons at the College of DuPage playing for head coach Matt Foster... Sat out the 2014 season as a redshirt... Played in 10 games for the Chaparrals, helping them earn a 7-4 record in 2013… Recorded two sacks in the 2013 Carrier Dome Bowl against ASA College… Recorded 24 total tackles during the 2013 season, including 13 solo tackles... Also credited with 3.0 TFLs.
High School: Attended Bowen High School in Chicago, Illinois... Recorded 40 solo tackles, including 2.0 TFLs, in eight games... Played under head coach Robert Cook.
Personal: Son of Venaise and Marc Dezir... Plans to major in computer sciences... Has four brothers: Clyde, Walter, Carl and Rodney... Has two sisters, Marcuse and Nancine... Majoring in liberal arts and sciences... Jacky is pronounced Jack-ee... Dezir is pronounced Dez-ear.