J.J. Weaver

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Week 0: DNP

HISTORY — from college profile

2022 – Junior (Team Captain)

• Elected one of seven team captains

• Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List

• Third-Team Preseason All-SEC (Phil Steele)

• Has seen action in 35 career games with 16 career starts

• Has totaled 120 career tackles, including 23.5 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, 10 quarterback hurries, two interceptions, three forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries

• Played in 11 games with eight starts in 2022

• Totaled 47 tackles (seventh on the team), 6.0 tackles for loss (second-most on the team), a team-high 3.0 sacks, three quarterback hurries, a team-high three fumble recoveries, a team-high tying two forced fumbles and a blocked kick

• Had five tackles, 1.0 sack, a tackle for loss and a blocked punt in the win over Miami (Ohio) in the season opener

• Led the Wildcats in tackles with a career-high nine stops in the win over Florida

• Recorded one tackle and a TFL before leaving the game with a left elbow injury vs. Youngstown State

• Did not see action vs. Northern Illinois or at Ole Miss with the elbow injury

• Returned vs. South Carolina to chart four tackles, a tackle for loss and fumble recovery

• Had six tackles, including 1.0 tackle for loss, and his second fumble recovery of the season in the win at Missouri

• Totaled a career-high two quarterback hurries vs. Vanderbilt

• Had seven tackles, one sack, one tackle for loss and a pass breakup in the win over Louisville … In the second quarter, he sacked the quarterback, causing a fumble that he recovered and returned to the Louisville six-yard line … Marked his third fumble recovery of the season, returning it for 15 yards that set up Kentucky for its third score and second field goal of the game

2021 – Sophomore

• Named one of the three award winners for the 2021 Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year

• Capital One Orange Bowl Courage Award nominee

• Third-Team All-SEC (Phil Steele)

• Played in 12 games with six starts

• Did not see action vs. Iowa in the Vrbo Citrus Bowl due to Covid protocols

• Totaled 34 tackles, 10.0 tackles for loss (second on the team), a team-high 6.0 sacks, four quarterback hurries, two interceptions, one forced fumble and one pass breakup

• Made at least one TFL in eight of 12 games played

• Had four tackles, including a career-high 2.5 sacks vs. Tennessee

• Made his first career interception in the fourth quarter in the win over No. 10/9 Florida and returned it 20 yards … Also had two tackles, including a shared tackle for loss, and a quarterback hurry

• Had a crucial eight-yard sack on Missouri’s final possession of the game … Also had a three-yard tackle for loss and caused a fumble in the win

• In his first game since returning from a torn ACL, totaled two tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and a career-high 1.5 sacks in the season opener vs. ULM

2020 – r-Freshman

• All-SEC Freshman Team (Coaches)

• Suffered a torn ACL in his right knee at Florida (11/28) and missed the final two games of the season

• In nine games, had 33 tackles, 6.5 TFL, 0.5 sacks, two quarterback hurries and a pass breakup

• Totaled a career-high tying six tackles in his first collegiate start at Florida

• Earned SEC Freshman of the Week after totaling a career-high six tackles in Kentucky’s 34-7 win at No. 18/17-ranked Tennessee … Made two tackles for loss, totaling -8 yards … Had a three-yard TFL in the third quarter, helping force a punt that preceded a UK touchdown drive on the ensuing possession

• FWAA Freshman All-America Team Watch List

2019 – Freshman

• Redshirt season

• Saw action in three games (Missouri, Vanderbilt and Louisville)

• Had six tackles, two PBUs and a quarterback hurry

• Totaled five tackles, along with a tackle for loss and a QBH in the win over Vanderbilt

• Made his collegiate debut vs. Missouri and totaled a tackle and a PBU

 

High School: Played at Moore Traditional High School in Louisville, KY...Ranked as the 213th best player in the nation according to Rivals.com, which also ranked  the 14th best player in the class at his position and the fourth-best prospect in the state of Kentucky...Rated as a 4-star prospect by Rivals and 247sports...Recorded 70 tackles, 10 sacks, three interceptions and a fumble recovery as a senior...Helped Moore win 11 games and advance to the quarterfinals of the state championship...Also played tight end in high school and caught six passes for 102 yards and three touchdowns in 2018...Was named to the 2018 Lexington Herald-Leader Class of the Commonwealth...An All-State honoree...Coached by Carlo Stallings

PERSONAL

Born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida...Son of Stacey Sherrell and the late Terrance Weaver...Brothers are Terrance Weaver and Bruce Sherrell...Born with six fingers on his right hand...Majoring in community leadership and development...chose Kentucky because it felt like home...Says one word to describe him on the fi eld is “motor”...After football, his dream job is to be a football coach...Chose Kentucky over Louisville, Miami and Purdue

2022

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
5.0	0.0	0.0

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
6.0	3.0	44.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	24.0

2021

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
10.5	4.0	34.0	0.0	1.0	6.5	20.0

interceptions
TD	AVG	YDS	INT
0.0	10.5	21.0	2.0

2020

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
6.5	2.0	33.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	21.0

2019

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
1.0	1.0	6.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	5.0