2018 Football Roster
Sean Hammonds Jr.
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 250
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Louisville, Ky.
- Prev School:
- Ballard HS
- High School:
- Ballard
- Major:
- Psychological Science
2018 (R-Jr.): Played in nine games with five starts at defensive end … suffered an injury in the Indiana game on Sept. 15 and missed the next three games … recorded a tackle in six games … tallied two stops, including a tackle for loss, at No. 8 Notre Dame on Sept. 8 … finished with a season-high three tackles and a pass break-up versus Eastern Michigan on Oct. 20.
2017 (R-So.): Played in 10 games with five starts at defensive end … missed two games late in the season with an injury … earned his first collegiate start on Sept. 16 against Tennessee Tech … recorded his first collegiate sack in the second quarter at Akron on Oct. 7 … finished with a personal-high five stops, along with 1.5 tackles for loss, in the win over UAB on Sept. 9 … notched multiple tackles in three other games.
2016 (R-Fr.): Saw action in nine games as a reserve defensive lineman … recorded two tackles, including a tackle for loss, at Central Michigan on Oct. 8 … broke up a pass attempt in the win over Eastern Kentucky on Sept. 17.
2015 (Fr.): Took a redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in football for coach Mike Jackson at Ballard High … helped his team to a 10-4 record as a senior and a 29-20 mark in his career … helped the Bruins to three district championships, one semi-state crown and one regional title … team captain as a senior … All-District Five as a junior and senior … District Player of the Year as a senior … all-metro and All-Bluegrass as a senior … all-state second team in final season … managed 72 tackles with 10 sacks as a senior … tallied 171 tackles and 31 sacks in career … also played basketball … averaged 12.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game … helped the basketball team to the 2012 state finals.
PERSONAL: Son of Sean and LeTonya Hammonds … his father played basketball at Wright State and his uncle, Juan Hammonds, played for the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers … one sister … born March 17, 1997, in Louisville, Kentucky … full name is Sean Delwyn Hammonds Jr.
