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2025 John Pius EDGE Wisconsin 2025 Tropical Bowl

  • Position Outside Linebacker
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Ht./Wt. 6-4 / 250
  • Hometown Arlington, VA.
  • Highschool Yorktown HS

2023 Season (Redshirt junior at William & Mary)

Finished his career at William & Mary ranked second in school history in career TFL (40.5) and fifth in career sacks (24.5) … only FCS player on the Butkus Award Watch List … senior Bowl Watch List … All-America First Team selection by FCS Football Central and Phil Steele … All-America Second Team honoree by Stats Perform … All-CAA First Team … ranked sixth nationally in sacks per game (0.86) … led the CAA and ranked 10th nationally in TFL per game (1.5) … also ranked third in the CAA in sacks (9.5) and TFL (16.0) … TFL total ranks third on W&M’s single-season list, while the sacks total ranks tied for eighth … Also finished the season with 53 tackles, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery … Totaled eight tackles, 2 sacks, 2.5 TFL, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery that he returned 57 yards to help set up a touchdown … posted six tackles, 2 sacks and 3.5 TFL in the win against Wofford … recorded six tackles, 3.0 TFL and a sack in the victory at Hampton … registered six tackles, 2.5 TFL and a sack in the win at Charleston Southern … tallied seven tackles and a sack versus Towson … also posted sacks in games at No. 23 UAlbany and Elon … Shrine Bowl 1000 selection … Buck Buchanan Award Watch List … Unanimous preseason All-America First Team selection by Stats Perform, Athlon, HERO Sports, Phil Steele and The Bluebloods … CAA Preseason Defensive Player of the Year …

2022 Season (Redshirt sophomore at William & Mary)

Finished second in voting for the Buck Buchanan Award, which honors the national defensive player of the year in the FCS … All-America First Team selection by the Associated Press, the AFCA, Stats Perform, Athlon, Walter Camp and Phil Steele Magazine … named to the All-America Sophomore Team by HERO Sports … CAA Defensive Player of the Year … All-CAA First Team … finalist for the Dudley Award, which honors the best player in Virginia … VaSID Player of the Year … VaSID All-State First Team … two-time CAA Defensive Player of the Week … ranked fourth nationally in sacks (11.5) and fifth in TFL (19.0) … his sack total was just a half sack shy of equaling the single-season school record … started all 13 games … registered nine tackles, 1.5 sacks, 4.5 TFL and a PBU in the season-opening victory at Charlotte … totaled eight tackles, 3.5 sacks and 4.0 TFL in the win at Lafayette …posted eight tackles and 2.0 sacks in the victory against Campbell … recorded six tackles and 2.0 sacks in the triumph versus No. 6 Delaware … tallied 10 tackles, a sack and 2.0 TFL in the win at No. 11 Richmond … recorded a sack in the win at Towson … posted a half sack and two PBU in the victory at Stony Brook …

2021 Season (Redshirt freshman at William & Mary)

Appeared in all 11 games and earned 10 starts … finished the season with 39 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 3.5 TFL and a fumble recovery … recorded seven tackles with two sacks in the win against Lafayette … posted seven tackles with a half sack versus Richmond … totaled six tackles with a  fumble recovery in the triumph against UAlbany … tallied six stops at Maine … earned his first career start at Virginia and registered four tackles with 0.5 TFL

2021Spring (Freshman at William & Mary)

Reserve linebacker who saw action in all three games … finished the season with seven tackles, 2.0 TFL and a sack … recorded five tackles and a TFL versus No. 1 James Madison … posted a sack in the win against Elon …

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Earned two letters as a defensive end and outside linebacker for head coach Bruce Hanson at Yorktown High School
  • Posted 23.0 sacks and 40.0 TFL during his two seasons as a varsity player
  • Honored as the 6A Northern Regional Defensive Player of the Year and earned second-team all-state honors as a senior
  • Also chosen as the 2019 Liberty District Conference Defensive Player of the Year
  • Honorable mention All-Met selection in 2019
  • Earned first-team all-conference accolades twice
  • First player in school history to play both defensive end and cornerback in a game
  • Son of Pius and Juliana Obibine.

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