| Tosin Abari |
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 | Class:
Senior
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| Hometown:
Mt. Rainier, Md.
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| High School:
Good Counsel
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| Height / Weight:
5-10 / 274
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| Position:
Defensive Tackle
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| Birthdate:
04/15/1981
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| Experience:
1V
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On Abari: Hard-working fifth-year senior who will battle for playing time at defensive tackle … has gotten bigger every year since walking on at Maryland in 1999 … enters fall camp third on the depth chart.
2002 (Junior): Played in 12 of 14 games ... finished the season with four tackles (two solo) … (at Duke) ... recorded two solo tackles ... (vs. Akron) ... saw most significant playing time of the season ... notched one assisted tackle ... (vs. Notre Dame) ... assisted on one tackle
2001 (Sophomore): Saw action in five games ... (vs. EMU) Registered his first career tackle on an 11-yard sack.
2000 (Redshirt Freshman): Saw action in two games (Middle Tennessee and Wake Forest) but did not record any tackles.
1999 (Freshman): Redshirt season.
High School: A four-year letterwinner and graduate of Good Counsel High School in the Washington, D.C. metro area … played linebacker and defensive end … helped his team to an 8-3 record as a senior, recording 154 tackles and eight sacks … team was 24-6 in his final three seasons … team captain and All-WCAC selection … lettered two years in wrestling … representative on the student council … prepped with current Maryland teammate Brandon Miller.
Personal: Tosin Abari was born April 15, 1981 … son of Muyis Abari (father) and Ayo Badru … parents are of Nigerian descent … majoring in criminal justice and economics.
