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2019 Football

96 Fernando Casanova

  • Position DL
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 270
  • Year Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Jacksonville, Fla.
  • High School Mandarin

Biography

2019 (Redshirt Junior)
Appeared in the first three games of the season before missing the rest of the year with an injury ... Posted 10 tackles and 1.0 TFL ... Had eight tackles and 1.0 TFL in the season opener at Stony Brook. 

2018 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared in all 11 games on the defensive line ... Posted 19 tackles, 1.5 TFLs, a forced fumble and two blocked kicks ... Posted at least one tackle in all 11 games ... Season-high three tackles vs. Central Connecticut ... Blocked a PAT in Bryant's 21-20 victory over league champ Duquesne ... Registered 1.5 TFLs at Sacred Heart ... Forced a fumble vs. Wagner. 

2017 (Sophomore)
Missed the entire season due to injury.

2016 (Freshman)
Appeared in all 11 games as a freshman in 2016 ... Played on the defensive line ... Made eight tackles and 0.5 sacks on the year ... Recorded the half sack in the first game of the season vs. Merrimack ... Posted a season-high two tackles in the final game of the season at Sacred Heart. 

Before Bryant
A three-year varsity starter for head coach Brian Braddock at Mandarin High School … Helped Mustangs go 12-1 and advance to the third round of the 8A playoffs as a senior in 2015 … Earned First Team All-District honors and First Team All-FHSAA honors … Named Second Team All-State and named the Duval County Defensive MVP … Invited to FACA North vs. South All-Star Game and the Georgia vs. Florida Battle of the Border All-Star Game … Posted 70 tackles, 24 tackles for a loss and nine sacks as a senior … Registered 61 tackles, 15 tackles for a loss and six sacks as a junior … Also earned varsity letters in track … Member of A&B Honor Roll for three years.

Personal
The son of Fernando Casanova and Lucretia Rhodes … Has one sister, Venee.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 96

    2016Freshman

    DL
    6'3" 286 lbs
    96
  • 96

    2017Sophomore

    DL
    6'3" 270 lbs
    96
  • 96

    2018Redshirt Sophomore

    DL
    6'3" 270 lbs
    96
  • 96

    2019Redshirt Junior

    DL
    6'3" 270 lbs
    96