2020 Football Roster
Roster
Sillah, Shitta
Jersey Number 11
Shitta Sillah
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 245
- Hometown:
- Somerset, N.J.
- High School:
- Mater Dei Prep
Bio
2023 (Graduate): Appeared in eight games with three starts before suffering a season-ending injury… totaled 14 tackles, including three TFLs and two sacks… made three tackles vs. Holy Cross (9/9)... recorded three tackles at Louisville (9/23)... contributed two tackles, including a six-yard sack, against Virginia (9/30)... season-high four tackles at Georgia Tech (10/21).
2022 (Senior): Played in one game; suffering a season-ending injury in week one… recorded one solo tackle and one QB hurry against Rutgers (9/3).
2021 (Junior): Played in 10 games and made five starts on the defensive line … posted 31 tackles including 15 solos, 4.0 TFLs and one sack … also had a quarterback hurry and two pass breakups … Had a season-high seven tackles in each of the season’s first two weeks against Colgate (9/4) and UMass (9/11) … registered his lone sack for eight yards against Colgate … had two solo tackles, both TFLs, at Louisville (10/23) … made four tackles at home against Virginia Tech (11/5).
2020 (Sophomore): Played in all 11 games and started three games at defensive end … 22 tackles on the season to go along with 2.5 sacks and 2.5 TFLs … one interception and one pass breakup in 2020 … three solo tackles and one pass breakup against Duke (9/19) ... one TFL and one sack against Texas State (9/26) ... two solo tackles and one sack against Syracuse (11/7) ... solo tackle and his first career interception to seal the victory against Louisville (11/28).
2019 (Freshman): Totaled 11 tackles in nine games ... added 2.5 TFLs and one 13-yard sack ... made two tackles in collegiate debut vs. Virginia Tech (8/31) ... recorded first career sack in a four-tackle game, including 2.5 TFLs vs. NC State (10/19) ... contributed two tackles at Syracuse (11/2) ... two solo tackles at Notre Dame (11/23) ... one tackle against Cincinnati (1/2) in the Birmingham Bowl.
High School: The number one outside linebacker prospect in New Jersey according to 247Sports and New Jersey's ninth-best prospect … three-star recruit who was rated as New Jersey's No. 2 outside linebacker according to ESPN and Rivals … No. 15 overall player in the Garden State according to ESPN … rated by Rivals as the No. 14 player in New Jersey … helped guide the Seraphs to a 10-2 record and finished as the runner-up to Red Bank Catholic in the Non-Public Group III championship game … key part on a team that won the Shore Conference Patriot Division championship as a senior, the school's third consecutive division title … Asbury Park Press all-area first-team selection on a Mater Dei defense that recorded three shutouts and had four other games allowing eight points or less … 52 tackles, 10 sacks and a fumble recovery as a senior … USA Today first-team all-state selection.
Personal: Son of Abdulai and Abbey Sillah … one of two Mater Dei Prep standouts to sign with Boston College, joining teammate Izaiah Henderson at the Heights … an applied psychology & human development major enrolled in the Lynch School of Education … recipient of the Pedicini Family Football Scholarship Fund.
2021 (Junior): Played in 10 games and made five starts on the defensive line … posted 31 tackles including 15 solos, 4.0 TFLs and one sack … also had a quarterback hurry and two pass breakups … Had a season-high seven tackles in each of the season’s first two weeks against Colgate (9/4) and UMass (9/11) … registered his lone sack for eight yards against Colgate … had two solo tackles, both TFLs, at Louisville (10/23) … made four tackles at home against Virginia Tech (11/5).
2020 (Sophomore): Played in all 11 games and started three games at defensive end … 22 tackles on the season to go along with 2.5 sacks and 2.5 TFLs … one interception and one pass breakup in 2020 … three solo tackles and one pass breakup against Duke (9/19) ... one TFL and one sack against Texas State (9/26) ... two solo tackles and one sack against Syracuse (11/7) ... solo tackle and his first career interception to seal the victory against Louisville (11/28).
2019 (Freshman): Totaled 11 tackles in nine games ... added 2.5 TFLs and one 13-yard sack ... made two tackles in collegiate debut vs. Virginia Tech (8/31) ... recorded first career sack in a four-tackle game, including 2.5 TFLs vs. NC State (10/19) ... contributed two tackles at Syracuse (11/2) ... two solo tackles at Notre Dame (11/23) ... one tackle against Cincinnati (1/2) in the Birmingham Bowl.
High School: The number one outside linebacker prospect in New Jersey according to 247Sports and New Jersey's ninth-best prospect … three-star recruit who was rated as New Jersey's No. 2 outside linebacker according to ESPN and Rivals … No. 15 overall player in the Garden State according to ESPN … rated by Rivals as the No. 14 player in New Jersey … helped guide the Seraphs to a 10-2 record and finished as the runner-up to Red Bank Catholic in the Non-Public Group III championship game … key part on a team that won the Shore Conference Patriot Division championship as a senior, the school's third consecutive division title … Asbury Park Press all-area first-team selection on a Mater Dei defense that recorded three shutouts and had four other games allowing eight points or less … 52 tackles, 10 sacks and a fumble recovery as a senior … USA Today first-team all-state selection.
Personal: Son of Abdulai and Abbey Sillah … one of two Mater Dei Prep standouts to sign with Boston College, joining teammate Izaiah Henderson at the Heights … an applied psychology & human development major enrolled in the Lynch School of Education … recipient of the Pedicini Family Football Scholarship Fund.
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