NCHAMI'S HONOR ROLL
- 2022 Pro Football Focus Preseason Second Team All-Big Ten
- 2022 East-West Shrine Bowl 1000
- Pro Football Focus National Defensive Player of the Week (12/13/20)
NCHAMI IN THE NEWS
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After Two Season-Ending Injuries, Maryland LB Durell Nchami Focused On Winning (PressBox, October 22, 2022)
As a Senior (2022): Appeared in all 13 games with 11 starts ... Totaled 20 tackles (13 solo) and stood second on the team with six tackles for loss and third on the team with four sacks ... Notched a sack for a seven-yard loss in win vs. Northwestern (10/22)... Had second-straight game with double-digit tackles for loss, tallying two for four yards in win at Indiana (10/15)... Recorded two sacks for a loss of 21 yards, three tackles for loss and forced a fumble, recovered by Austin Fontaine to go with a career-best four solo tackles vs. Purdue (10/8)
As a Junior (2021): Appeared in first six games of season with one start (at #7 Ohio State, 10/9) before suffering season-ending injury ... Only playing half the season, still finished fourth on team in sacks with three for 19 yards ... Totaled nine tackles (seven solo) and four tackles for loss for 20 yards ... Recorded three tackles (two solo) vs. #5 Iowa (10/1) ... Had second-straight game with multiple tackles for loss, with two and a sack for six yards, as well as a forced fumble vs. Kent State (9/25) ... Tallied two sacks in the second quarter of win at Illinois (9/17), for minus-14 yards on Illini QB Branden Peters
As a Redshirt Sophomore (2020): Appeared in three of five games with two starts at linebacker ... Totaled five tackles (three solo), was tied for third on the team with three tackles for loss and stood second on the team with two sacks ... Posted three tackles for loss accumulating 17 yards which featured two strip sacks of Rutgers (12/12) QB Noah Vedral, all in the first half, earning him Pro Football Focus National Defensive Player of the Week honors
As a Sophomore (2019): Injured in the preseason and did not appear in game action.
As a Freshman (2018): Appeared in 10 games, missing only the #23 Texas (9/1) and at Indiana (11/10) .. Totaled 15 tackles (eight solo), was fourth on the team with 4.5 tackles for loss, posted one sack, one pass breakup and a blocked kick ... Posted first career sack and a blocked kick at #15 Penn State (11/24) ... Posted two solo tackles in both the Illinois (10/24) and #9 Ohio State (11/17) games ... Had a career-best four tackles and a game-high 1.5 tackles for loss against Minnesota (9/22) ... Debuted at Bowling Green (9/8) with two assisted tackles.
Personal: Son of Prudence Mancho … wants to become a software engineer … has earned his degree in Geographical Sciences.
Before Maryland: A consensus 3-star recruit across all major recruiting outlets … rated the 15th overall player in the state of Maryland … a First Team All-Metro selection as a senior, posting 10 tackles for loss, seven sacks and three fumble recoveries … the 2017 Coaches 4A All-MoCo Defensive Player of the Year … also received offers from Virginia, Pitt and Syracuse … coached by Michael Nesmith.
NCHAMI'S CAREER HIGHS
Tackles - 4 (2x, last vs Purdue, 10/8/22)
Solo Tackles - 4 (Purdue, 10/8/22)
Sacks - 2.0 (3x, last vs Purdue, 10/8/22)
Tackles for Loss - 3.0 (2x, last vs Purdue, 10/8/22)
Forced Fumbles - 2 (Rutgers, 12/12/20)
Pass Breakups - 1 (Temple, 9/15/18)
