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Jersey Number 9
Muhammad Wilkerson
- Position:
- DT
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 305
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Linden, N.J.
- High School:
- Linden
Wears jersey #9 this fall after wearing #96 for two seasons.
Honors: 2010 first-team All-MAC honoree … 2010 first-team All-MAC by Phil Steele … named the team’s 2010 Defensive MVP … named MAC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 13, 2010; Oct. 25, 2010) … named the OwlSports.com Athlete of the Week (Sept. 13, 2010) … named to the 2010 Outland Trophy Watch List … a 2010 preseason first-team All-MAC selection by Phil Steele’s College Football … 2010 preseason All-MAC honoree by Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook … named the coaches’ defensive player of the week following the Central Michigan game (Sept. 9, 2010) … 2009 first-team All-MAC honoree … named a second-team All-MAC honoree by Phil Steele … named MAC Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 23) following the Kent State game … named the coaches’ defensive player of the week four times (Sept. 4, 2009; Nov. 1, 2009; Nov. 6, 2009; Nov. 22, 2009).
2010: Team captain for the three (Akron, PSU, Central Michigan) games … started all 12 games at tackle … one of just seven Owls to start every game … also played on the punt and field goal defense units … finished third on defense with 70 tackles, including a team-best 13.0 TFL, and a team-best 9.5 sacks … had seven tackles, an eight-yard sack, a break-up, and a hurry at Miami … had two solo tackles and a fumble recovery against Ohio … led the Owls with six tackles and a career-high three sacks for a loss of 21 yards in the win at Kent State … had four solo tackles in the shutout of Akron … led the Owls with six tackles, 2.5 sacks, and a hurry in the win at Buffalo en route to MAC Defensive Player of the Week honors and the coaches’ player of the game accolades … had nine tackles, a TFL, and a break-up in the win over Bowling Green … had nine tackles at Northern Illinois … had five tackles, 1.5 TFL, and a 12-yard sack in the win at Army … had nine tackles and a forced fumble at No. 23/20 Penn State … had two tackles in the win over Connecticut … had six tackles, three TFL, two sacks, a forced fumble, and a break-up in the win over Central Michigan … earned MAC Defensive Player of the Week as well as OwlSports.com and the coaches’ player of the week honors … had five tackles in the win over Villanova … lettered.
2009: Started all 13 games at tackle … one of nine players to start every game … one of just two underclassmen to start every game … also played on the punt and opponent field goal unit … finished the season with 61 tackles, 10.5 TFL, seven sacks, four break-ups, and three hurries … had five tackles, 1.5 TFL, and two hurries against UCLA in the EagleBank Bowl … had six tackles and blocked an extra point at Ohio … had five tackles, two sacks, and two TFL in the win over Kent State en route to MAC Defensive Player of the Week and coaches’ player of the game honors … made two solo tackles and a break-up in the win at Akron … had five tackles and a team-best two sacks in the win over Miami en route to the coaches’ defensive player of the game honors … led the Owls with a career-high 13 tackles, including a career-high nine assists at Navy en route to the coaches’ defensive player of the game accolades … had four tackles, a break-up, and a hurry in the win at Toledo … made six solo stops, including a TFL, in the win over Army … had three tackles, 1.5 sacks, and a fumble recovery in the win over Ball State … made six stops, forced a fumble and had a fumble recovery in the win at Eastern Michigan … made a solo stop in the win over Buffalo … had a tackle and a break-up at No. 5 Penn State … had four solo tackles and a sack against Villanova … named the coaches’ defensive player of the game ... lettered.
2008: Played in 11 games ... dressed the Connecticut game but did not see game action ... had two tackles in collegiate debut at Army ... had a tackle at Buffalo ... had a solo tackle at No. 16/15 Penn State ... in the win at Miami had two assists ... made two stops at Central Michigan ... had a solo tackle at Navy ... made two solo takedowns, including a TFL, at Kent State ... had two solos in the win over Eastern Michigan ... lettered.
Postgraduate: Ranked a Rivals.com Top 40 Prep Player ... three-star prospect by Rivals.com ... attended Hargrave Military Academy where he played for coach Robert Prunty.
High School: Prep Star Big East/Independent All-Region selection ... played at Linden HS for coach James McDonald ... had 78 tackles, five sacks, six knock downs, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery as a senior ... earned Home News Tribune first-team All-Area and Newark Star Ledger second-team all-Union County honors ... two-year varsity letterwinner, playing tight end and defensive end ... as a junior, earned first-team All-Wachtung Conference honors in 2006 while grabbing three touchdowns ... was also a highly recruited prospect on the hardwood, where he was the 173rd-rated power forward nationally by Scouts, Inc. ... helped the basketball team to the 2005-06 Group IV state title ... helped his AAU basketball team to the national tournament in Florida.
Personal: Born October 22, 1989 ... parents are Janice and Alvin Wilkerson ... has two older brothers-- La Quan Brown and Haseez Brown (22)-- and a younger sister, Zakkiyah (13) ... his father played football at Thomas Jefferson High School in Elizabeth, N.J. … interested in business administration.
Honors: 2010 first-team All-MAC honoree … 2010 first-team All-MAC by Phil Steele … named the team’s 2010 Defensive MVP … named MAC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 13, 2010; Oct. 25, 2010) … named the OwlSports.com Athlete of the Week (Sept. 13, 2010) … named to the 2010 Outland Trophy Watch List … a 2010 preseason first-team All-MAC selection by Phil Steele’s College Football … 2010 preseason All-MAC honoree by Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook … named the coaches’ defensive player of the week following the Central Michigan game (Sept. 9, 2010) … 2009 first-team All-MAC honoree … named a second-team All-MAC honoree by Phil Steele … named MAC Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 23) following the Kent State game … named the coaches’ defensive player of the week four times (Sept. 4, 2009; Nov. 1, 2009; Nov. 6, 2009; Nov. 22, 2009).
2010: Team captain for the three (Akron, PSU, Central Michigan) games … started all 12 games at tackle … one of just seven Owls to start every game … also played on the punt and field goal defense units … finished third on defense with 70 tackles, including a team-best 13.0 TFL, and a team-best 9.5 sacks … had seven tackles, an eight-yard sack, a break-up, and a hurry at Miami … had two solo tackles and a fumble recovery against Ohio … led the Owls with six tackles and a career-high three sacks for a loss of 21 yards in the win at Kent State … had four solo tackles in the shutout of Akron … led the Owls with six tackles, 2.5 sacks, and a hurry in the win at Buffalo en route to MAC Defensive Player of the Week honors and the coaches’ player of the game accolades … had nine tackles, a TFL, and a break-up in the win over Bowling Green … had nine tackles at Northern Illinois … had five tackles, 1.5 TFL, and a 12-yard sack in the win at Army … had nine tackles and a forced fumble at No. 23/20 Penn State … had two tackles in the win over Connecticut … had six tackles, three TFL, two sacks, a forced fumble, and a break-up in the win over Central Michigan … earned MAC Defensive Player of the Week as well as OwlSports.com and the coaches’ player of the week honors … had five tackles in the win over Villanova … lettered.
2009: Started all 13 games at tackle … one of nine players to start every game … one of just two underclassmen to start every game … also played on the punt and opponent field goal unit … finished the season with 61 tackles, 10.5 TFL, seven sacks, four break-ups, and three hurries … had five tackles, 1.5 TFL, and two hurries against UCLA in the EagleBank Bowl … had six tackles and blocked an extra point at Ohio … had five tackles, two sacks, and two TFL in the win over Kent State en route to MAC Defensive Player of the Week and coaches’ player of the game honors … made two solo tackles and a break-up in the win at Akron … had five tackles and a team-best two sacks in the win over Miami en route to the coaches’ defensive player of the game honors … led the Owls with a career-high 13 tackles, including a career-high nine assists at Navy en route to the coaches’ defensive player of the game accolades … had four tackles, a break-up, and a hurry in the win at Toledo … made six solo stops, including a TFL, in the win over Army … had three tackles, 1.5 sacks, and a fumble recovery in the win over Ball State … made six stops, forced a fumble and had a fumble recovery in the win at Eastern Michigan … made a solo stop in the win over Buffalo … had a tackle and a break-up at No. 5 Penn State … had four solo tackles and a sack against Villanova … named the coaches’ defensive player of the game ... lettered.
2008: Played in 11 games ... dressed the Connecticut game but did not see game action ... had two tackles in collegiate debut at Army ... had a tackle at Buffalo ... had a solo tackle at No. 16/15 Penn State ... in the win at Miami had two assists ... made two stops at Central Michigan ... had a solo tackle at Navy ... made two solo takedowns, including a TFL, at Kent State ... had two solos in the win over Eastern Michigan ... lettered.
Postgraduate: Ranked a Rivals.com Top 40 Prep Player ... three-star prospect by Rivals.com ... attended Hargrave Military Academy where he played for coach Robert Prunty.
High School: Prep Star Big East/Independent All-Region selection ... played at Linden HS for coach James McDonald ... had 78 tackles, five sacks, six knock downs, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery as a senior ... earned Home News Tribune first-team All-Area and Newark Star Ledger second-team all-Union County honors ... two-year varsity letterwinner, playing tight end and defensive end ... as a junior, earned first-team All-Wachtung Conference honors in 2006 while grabbing three touchdowns ... was also a highly recruited prospect on the hardwood, where he was the 173rd-rated power forward nationally by Scouts, Inc. ... helped the basketball team to the 2005-06 Group IV state title ... helped his AAU basketball team to the national tournament in Florida.
Personal: Born October 22, 1989 ... parents are Janice and Alvin Wilkerson ... has two older brothers-- La Quan Brown and Haseez Brown (22)-- and a younger sister, Zakkiyah (13) ... his father played football at Thomas Jefferson High School in Elizabeth, N.J. … interested in business administration.
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