2024 Football Roster

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8 Leon Lowery Jr.

8 Leon Lowery Jr.

  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Position:
    OLB
  • Hometown:
    Elizabeth, N.J.
  • High School:
    North Brunswick
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Instagram:
    leon_lowery_jr
  • Twitter:
    leonlowery5

Summary

Biography

2024 Season (Redshirt senior at Wisconsin) Appeared in 12 games, starting 10 at outside linebacker … posted 29 tackles (18 solos), one sack and one TFL ... made season-high five tackles and recorded first UW sack against Alabama (Sept. 14) … tallied four tackles in Badger debut against Western Michigan (Aug. 30) … notched four stops at USC (Sept. 28)

2023 Season (Redshirt junior at Syracuse) Started all 12 regular season games at linebacker ... was fourth on the team with 7.5 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks ... also had 46 tackles, a fumble recovery and a pass breakup ... had two tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss in the opener against Colgate (9/2) ... made a solo tackle against Western Michigan (9/9) ... notched five tackles and recovered a fumble in the win at Purdue (9/16) ... had 0.5 sacks and four tackles against Army (9/23) ... tallied a career-high two sacks, adding 2.5 tackles for loss, a pass breakup and three tackles vs. Clemson (9/30) ... had his third-straight game with at least a half sack against North Carolina (10/7), making one sack and six tackles vs. the Tar Heels ... made three tackles against both Boston College (11/3) and Pittsburgh (11/11) ... had a career-high eight tackles and a tackle for loss at Georgia Tech (11/18) ... made a pair of tackles in the regular season finale win over Wake Forest (11/25).

2022 Season (Redshirt sophomore at Syracuse) Appeared in 13 games with two starts at linebacker ... tallied 24 tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks on the year ... notched his first collegiate sack against Virginia (9/23) ... made a season-high seven tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss against Wagner (10/1) ... had a pair of solo stops and a TFL against NC State (10/15) ... made three tackles against Clemson (10/22) ... tallied five tackles and a half sack at Wake Forest (11/19) ... made six tackles in his first collegiate start against Boston College (11/26).

2021 Season (Redshirt freshman at Syracuse) Appeared in two games, making a pair of tackles ... made his season debut with two solo tackles against UAlbany (9/18) ... member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall semester.

2020 Season (Freshman at Syracuse) Appeared in three games as a reserve linebacker … made three tackles in his collegiate debut vs. Duke (10/10) … made two tackles and had a tackle for loss against NC State (11/28).

High School/Personal

  • Defensive end and wide receiver for Coach Michael Cipot at North Brunswick
  • Played his freshman season at Moore Catholic High School on Staten Island (N.Y.)
  • Rated the No. 73 weakside defensive end in the Class of 2020 and the No. 33 player in New Jersey by the 247Sports.com composite index
  • PrepStar All-East Region selection
  • 2019 USA Today Network All-New Jersey First Team honoree
  • Named to the 2019 NJ.com All-State Second Team and the 2019 NJ.com All-Group 5 First Team
  • Voted the 2019 Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Defensive Player of the Year
  • 2019 Home News Tribune All-GMC First Team selection
  • Tallied 95 tackles and 26 sacks over his final two prep seasons, including 47 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss and 13 sacks as a senior captain
  • Led a North Brunswick defense that allowed 15.2 points per game, as the Raiders went 9-2 overall and 4-0 in conference play to claim the 2019 Greater Middlesex White Division title
  • Also caught two touchdowns passes and was North Brunswick’s second-leading receiver.
  • Son of Leon Lowery Sr. and Fatimah James
  • Has six siblings
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