Aj Cottrill

ACCOLADES: 2025: FSU Team Honors - Special Teams MVP...graduated from Florida State with management degree in Fall 2025 2024: CSC Academic All-District 2023: All-ACC Academic Team...Don Powell Award 2022: ACC Academic Honor Roll 2025 (Redshirt Junior): Played in all 12 games, racking up 15 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks...East Texas A&M: career-high four tackles, including 0.5 sacks...Kent State: three tackles including career-best 1.0 tackles for loss...Virginia: two tackles...Miami: one tackle...Pitt: one tackle was 0.5 sack...Wake Forest: three tackles and a split sack...Florida: one tackle. 2024 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played all 12 games on special teams and as reserve linebacker…CSC Academic All-District…finished with 11 tackles and one blocked punt…blocked punt at Duke was first of his career and fourth consecutive game FSU blocked at least one kick…career-high three tackles against North Carolina and Charleston Southern…one tackle each against Boston College, Cal and Clemson. 2023 (Redshirt Freshman): Appeared in all 14 games…recorded six tackles…All-ACC Academic Team…Don Powell Award…made career-high two tackles, both solo, in 66-13 win vs. Southern Miss…had one stop in 41-3 win vs. Syracuse and 38-20 win vs. No. 16 Duke…registered solo stop in 41-16 win at Wake Forest and in ACC Championship Game victory vs. No. 14 Louisville. 2022 (Freshman): Appeared in two games…ACC Honor Roll...made collegiate debut in season-opening 47-7 win vs. Duquesne…also saw action in 49-17 win vs. Louisiana…redshirted 2022 season. BEFORE FSU: Made 532 tackles, including 45.0 for loss with 6.0 sacks, 11 forced fumbles, 10 fumble recoveries, three interceptions, six pass breakups and two blocked punts at Jesuit…helped lead Tigers to 40-4 record in three varsity seasons, including perfect 15-0 record and 6A state title in 2021…recorded 140 tackles, 12.0 for loss with 2.0 sacks, four forced fumbles, six fumble recoveries and two interceptions his senior season…earned MaxPreps All-American honors…made 208 tackles, including 16.0 for loss with 3.0 sacks, five forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, one interception and two pass breakups in 2020 as Tigers finished 14-1 and advanced to 6A state championship game…registered 152 tackles, 16.0 for loss with 1.0 sack, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and four pass breakups as a sophomore for 11-3 team…appeared in four varsity games his freshman year, recording 12 tackles, including 1.0 sack…also played baseball at Jesuit.