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Jersey Number 48
Tanner Karafa
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 285
- Hometown:
- Ashburn, Va.
- High School:
- Stone Bridge HS
Bio
KARAFA’S CAREER HIGHS
Tackles: 8 (3x) last vs. Wake Forest, 9/28/19
Sacks: 1.0 (4x) last vs. Syracuse, 11/24/18
Tackles for loss: 2.5 at Virginia Tech, 11/3/18
Fumbles Recovered: 1 vs. Temple, 9/29/18
Interceptions: 1 vs. Virginia Tech, 8/31/19
Pass break-ups: 2 vs. Virginia Tech, 8/31/19
2019 (GRADUATE): Preseason All-ACC: Athlon... three tackles, 0.5 TFL, first career interception and two pass breakups vs. Virginia Tech (8/31/19)... made two tackles vs. Richmond (9/7)... contributed six tackles vs. Kansas (9/13)... tallied four tackles at Rutgers (9/21)... matched career-high with eight tackles vs. Wake Forest (9/28)... made four stops, including one TFL, at Louisville (10/5)... assisted on two tackles, including 0.5 TFL, vs. NC State (10/19).
2018 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Blossomed into a productive starter in all 12 games at defensive tackle ... 47 tackles, 8.5 TFLs and four sacks on the season ... first career start vs. UMass (9/1) in his 19th career game and made four tackles, including a sack ... three tackles vs. Holy Cross (9/8) ... picked up three tackles at Wake Forest (9/13) ... made four solo tackles and added a sack at Purdue (9/22) ... tallied three tackles, including 1.0 TFL, and recovered a fumble vs. Temple (9/29) ... totaled three tackles at No. 23 NC State (10/6) ... made two tackles, including a solo sack vs. Louisville (10/13) ... recorded career-highs with eight tackles, including 2.5 TFLs at Virginia Tech (11/3) ... registered three tackles, including 0.5 TFL, against Clemson (11/10) ... grabbed a team-high eight tackles, including 0.5 TFLs, with one QB hurry at Florida State (11/17) ... picked up a sack in a five-tackle performance vs. No. 19 Syracuse (11/24).
2017 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Played in all 13 games at defensive end … 16 tackles and two tackles for loss on the season … career-high five tackles against Notre Dame (9/16) … three tackles versus Virginia Tech (10/7) … tackle for loss in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl against Iowa (12/27).
2016 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Played in six games and assisted on one tackle against Clemson (Oct. 7).
2015 (FRESHMAN): Redshirted the season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Named the 2014 Virginia High School League (VHSL) Regional and Conference Defensive Player of the Year ... also earned first-team NHSL Group 5A all-state, first-team North Region, first-team NHSL all-conference, first-team Virginia Preps all-state and Washington Post’s first-team all-met honors as a senior ... named a captain as a senior … played for Mickey Thompson … tallied 103 tackles, including 30 for loss and five sacks, three forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and two interceptions … set the school records for single-season tackles and single-game tackles (22) … also played baseball, earning second-team all-conference honors twice at first base and garnering a captainship as a junior and senior … Stone Bridge also captured the 2015 5A state championship title.
PERSONAL: Tanner Stewart Karafa … graduated from the Carroll School of Management with a degree in information systems ... enrolled in the Carroll School of Management, while working towards a master's degree in management … recipient of the Robert R. Santangelo Family Athletics Scholarship Fund ... Tanner is the son of Jim and Liz Karafa; has an older brother, Collin … father played two years of football at Virginia Military Institute and two years of golf at Penn State.
Tackles: 8 (3x) last vs. Wake Forest, 9/28/19
Sacks: 1.0 (4x) last vs. Syracuse, 11/24/18
Tackles for loss: 2.5 at Virginia Tech, 11/3/18
Fumbles Recovered: 1 vs. Temple, 9/29/18
Interceptions: 1 vs. Virginia Tech, 8/31/19
Pass break-ups: 2 vs. Virginia Tech, 8/31/19
2019 (GRADUATE): Preseason All-ACC: Athlon... three tackles, 0.5 TFL, first career interception and two pass breakups vs. Virginia Tech (8/31/19)... made two tackles vs. Richmond (9/7)... contributed six tackles vs. Kansas (9/13)... tallied four tackles at Rutgers (9/21)... matched career-high with eight tackles vs. Wake Forest (9/28)... made four stops, including one TFL, at Louisville (10/5)... assisted on two tackles, including 0.5 TFL, vs. NC State (10/19).
2018 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Blossomed into a productive starter in all 12 games at defensive tackle ... 47 tackles, 8.5 TFLs and four sacks on the season ... first career start vs. UMass (9/1) in his 19th career game and made four tackles, including a sack ... three tackles vs. Holy Cross (9/8) ... picked up three tackles at Wake Forest (9/13) ... made four solo tackles and added a sack at Purdue (9/22) ... tallied three tackles, including 1.0 TFL, and recovered a fumble vs. Temple (9/29) ... totaled three tackles at No. 23 NC State (10/6) ... made two tackles, including a solo sack vs. Louisville (10/13) ... recorded career-highs with eight tackles, including 2.5 TFLs at Virginia Tech (11/3) ... registered three tackles, including 0.5 TFL, against Clemson (11/10) ... grabbed a team-high eight tackles, including 0.5 TFLs, with one QB hurry at Florida State (11/17) ... picked up a sack in a five-tackle performance vs. No. 19 Syracuse (11/24).
2017 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Played in all 13 games at defensive end … 16 tackles and two tackles for loss on the season … career-high five tackles against Notre Dame (9/16) … three tackles versus Virginia Tech (10/7) … tackle for loss in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl against Iowa (12/27).
2016 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Played in six games and assisted on one tackle against Clemson (Oct. 7).
2015 (FRESHMAN): Redshirted the season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Named the 2014 Virginia High School League (VHSL) Regional and Conference Defensive Player of the Year ... also earned first-team NHSL Group 5A all-state, first-team North Region, first-team NHSL all-conference, first-team Virginia Preps all-state and Washington Post’s first-team all-met honors as a senior ... named a captain as a senior … played for Mickey Thompson … tallied 103 tackles, including 30 for loss and five sacks, three forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and two interceptions … set the school records for single-season tackles and single-game tackles (22) … also played baseball, earning second-team all-conference honors twice at first base and garnering a captainship as a junior and senior … Stone Bridge also captured the 2015 5A state championship title.
PERSONAL: Tanner Stewart Karafa … graduated from the Carroll School of Management with a degree in information systems ... enrolled in the Carroll School of Management, while working towards a master's degree in management … recipient of the Robert R. Santangelo Family Athletics Scholarship Fund ... Tanner is the son of Jim and Liz Karafa; has an older brother, Collin … father played two years of football at Virginia Military Institute and two years of golf at Penn State.
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