2016 Football Roster
Roster
Lamot, John
Jersey Number 33
John Lamot
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 227
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Graham, N.C.
- High School:
- Eastern Alamance HS
Bio
LAMOT’S CAREER HIGHS
Tackles: 17 vs. Wake Forest, 9/28/19
Tackles for loss: 2.0 vs. Florida State, 10/27/17
Sacks: 1 (2x), last vs. No. 23 NC State, 11/11/17
Interceptions: 1 at Virginia, 10/21/17
Long interception return: 40 at Virginia, 10/21/17 (TD)
2020 (GRADUATE): Started four games and played in all 11 … totaled 21 tackles, including 15 solos … made two stops against Pittsburgh (10/10) … registered four solo tackles, including one TFL, at Syracuse (11/7) … made four tackles against Notre Dame (11/14) … posted a season-high five tackles, including four unassisted, vs. Louisville (11/28).
2019 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Started all 12 games played and was second on the team with 78 tackles... contributed 4.5 TFLs, one sack and three PBUs... returned to starting lineup for eight tackles and 1.0 TFL with two pass breakups vs. Virginia Tech (8/31)... three tackles vs. Richmond (9/7)... made five tackles, including 0.5 TFLs, vs. Kansas (9/13)... one tackle at Rutgers (9/21)... career-high 17 tackles, including a half sack, vs. Wake Forest (9/28)... four tackles, including a TFL, at Louisville (10/5)... posted six tackles vs. NC State (10/19)... team-high eight tackles at Clemson (10/26)... four solo stops at Syracuse (11/2)... team-high 11 tackles, including 1.5 TFLs, against Florida State (11/9)... seven tackles at Notre Dame (11/23)... totaled four tackles with a half TFL against Cincinnati (1/2) in the Birmingham Bowl.
2018 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Played in all 12 games totaling 35 tackles on the season ... provided two tackles in a reserve role against UMass (9/1) ... recorded five tackles vs. Holy Cross (9/8) ... posted eight tackles at Wake Forest (9/13) ... tallied three solo tackles at Purdue (9/22) ... tallied six tackles, 1.0 TFL and forced a fumble at No. 23 NC State (10/6) ... Made first start of the season vs. Louisville (10/13) ... chipped in with two tackles vs. Miami (10/26) ... supplied three solo tackles vs. Clemson (11/10) ... two tackles and a quarterback hurry vs. No. 19 Syracuse (11/24).
2017 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Named the ACC’s Defensive Rookie of the Year by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association … played in 11 games before a knee injury sidelined him for the final two games of the season … fifth on the team with 63 tackles … totaled six tackles for loss, two sacks and returned one interception for a touchdown … seven tackles in one half at No. 2 Clemson (9/23) … career-high 10 tackles in first career start at home against Central Michigan (9/30) … nine tackles and one TFL against No. 16 Virginia Tech (10/7) … six tackles, one TFL, and ran down Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson on the sideline on a key 3rd-and-2 stop … four tackles and his first-career interception - a pick-six - as he returned the INT 40 yards for a touchdown in the 41-10 win at Virginia (10/21) … tied a career-high with 10 tackles in the 35-3 win over Florida State (10/27) … new career best with 2.0 TFLs and a sack against the Seminoles … seven tackles, including 1.5 behind the line of scrimmage, against No. 23 NC State (11/11) … second career sack, as well, against the Wolfpack … tied a career high with 10 tackles in the 39-16 victory over UConn at Fenway Park (11/18).
2016 (FRESHMAN): Redshirted the season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Quarterback and defensive back for head coach John Kirby at Eastern Alamance High School … senior captain … two-time Times-News All-Region Offensive Player of the Year … in 2015, passed for 2,772 yards, rushed for 2,210 yards and was responsible for 60 touchdowns … held a 27-2 career record as the full-time starter … finished career holding 18 school records, including rushing for 265 yards in a single game, scoring seven touchdowns (four passing, three rushing) in a game, tallying 39 rushing TDs in a season, recording 2,772 passing yards in a season, notching 2,210 rushing yards in a season, scoring 500 points in a career, recording 82 career rushing TDs, putting up 5,759 career passing yards and rushing for 4,804 career yards … played linebacker in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas, registering five tackles as his North Carolina beat South Carolina … also played basketball.
PERSONAL: John Ishmael Lamot III … a communication major enrolled in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences … the son of Marian and John Lamot … has three older siblings, Hassan, Asad and Ali ... recipient of the BC Linebacker Scholarship Fund.
Tackles: 17 vs. Wake Forest, 9/28/19
Tackles for loss: 2.0 vs. Florida State, 10/27/17
Sacks: 1 (2x), last vs. No. 23 NC State, 11/11/17
Interceptions: 1 at Virginia, 10/21/17
Long interception return: 40 at Virginia, 10/21/17 (TD)
2020 (GRADUATE): Started four games and played in all 11 … totaled 21 tackles, including 15 solos … made two stops against Pittsburgh (10/10) … registered four solo tackles, including one TFL, at Syracuse (11/7) … made four tackles against Notre Dame (11/14) … posted a season-high five tackles, including four unassisted, vs. Louisville (11/28).
2019 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Started all 12 games played and was second on the team with 78 tackles... contributed 4.5 TFLs, one sack and three PBUs... returned to starting lineup for eight tackles and 1.0 TFL with two pass breakups vs. Virginia Tech (8/31)... three tackles vs. Richmond (9/7)... made five tackles, including 0.5 TFLs, vs. Kansas (9/13)... one tackle at Rutgers (9/21)... career-high 17 tackles, including a half sack, vs. Wake Forest (9/28)... four tackles, including a TFL, at Louisville (10/5)... posted six tackles vs. NC State (10/19)... team-high eight tackles at Clemson (10/26)... four solo stops at Syracuse (11/2)... team-high 11 tackles, including 1.5 TFLs, against Florida State (11/9)... seven tackles at Notre Dame (11/23)... totaled four tackles with a half TFL against Cincinnati (1/2) in the Birmingham Bowl.
2018 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Played in all 12 games totaling 35 tackles on the season ... provided two tackles in a reserve role against UMass (9/1) ... recorded five tackles vs. Holy Cross (9/8) ... posted eight tackles at Wake Forest (9/13) ... tallied three solo tackles at Purdue (9/22) ... tallied six tackles, 1.0 TFL and forced a fumble at No. 23 NC State (10/6) ... Made first start of the season vs. Louisville (10/13) ... chipped in with two tackles vs. Miami (10/26) ... supplied three solo tackles vs. Clemson (11/10) ... two tackles and a quarterback hurry vs. No. 19 Syracuse (11/24).
2017 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Named the ACC’s Defensive Rookie of the Year by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association … played in 11 games before a knee injury sidelined him for the final two games of the season … fifth on the team with 63 tackles … totaled six tackles for loss, two sacks and returned one interception for a touchdown … seven tackles in one half at No. 2 Clemson (9/23) … career-high 10 tackles in first career start at home against Central Michigan (9/30) … nine tackles and one TFL against No. 16 Virginia Tech (10/7) … six tackles, one TFL, and ran down Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson on the sideline on a key 3rd-and-2 stop … four tackles and his first-career interception - a pick-six - as he returned the INT 40 yards for a touchdown in the 41-10 win at Virginia (10/21) … tied a career-high with 10 tackles in the 35-3 win over Florida State (10/27) … new career best with 2.0 TFLs and a sack against the Seminoles … seven tackles, including 1.5 behind the line of scrimmage, against No. 23 NC State (11/11) … second career sack, as well, against the Wolfpack … tied a career high with 10 tackles in the 39-16 victory over UConn at Fenway Park (11/18).
2016 (FRESHMAN): Redshirted the season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Quarterback and defensive back for head coach John Kirby at Eastern Alamance High School … senior captain … two-time Times-News All-Region Offensive Player of the Year … in 2015, passed for 2,772 yards, rushed for 2,210 yards and was responsible for 60 touchdowns … held a 27-2 career record as the full-time starter … finished career holding 18 school records, including rushing for 265 yards in a single game, scoring seven touchdowns (four passing, three rushing) in a game, tallying 39 rushing TDs in a season, recording 2,772 passing yards in a season, notching 2,210 rushing yards in a season, scoring 500 points in a career, recording 82 career rushing TDs, putting up 5,759 career passing yards and rushing for 4,804 career yards … played linebacker in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas, registering five tackles as his North Carolina beat South Carolina … also played basketball.
PERSONAL: John Ishmael Lamot III … a communication major enrolled in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences … the son of Marian and John Lamot … has three older siblings, Hassan, Asad and Ali ... recipient of the BC Linebacker Scholarship Fund.
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