Jamari Lyons

Collegiate Honors/Awards Comeback Player of the Year Award Watch List (2025) 2025: Started in 5 games for the Gators while also seeing action in 7 others. Recorded 18 total tackles, including one for loss. vs. LIU: Logged a total of 12 defensive snaps on the d-line. vs. USF: Started and recorded 33 total snaps (29 on defense, 4 on special teams)... Made one tackle. at No. 3 LSU: Started and tracked 30 total snaps (26 on defense, 4 on special teams)... Recorded two total tackles. at No. 4 Miami: Played a season high 46 snaps on defense while starting on the line... Totaled 4 tackles including one for loss. vs. No. 9 Texas: Recorded a total of 21 snaps (16 on defense, 5 on special teams) in his start. at No. 5 Texas A&M: Saw action with 28 total snaps on defense while starting as well as 7 snaps on special teams... Made 4 total tackles. vs. Mississippi State: Logged a total of 18 snaps on defense as well as 2 snaps on special teams... Recorded 3 total tackles. vs. No. 5 Georgia: Played 14 snaps on defense and 2 on special teams. at Kentucky: Recorded 18 snaps on the defensive line. at No. 6 Ole Miss: Saw action with a total of 23 snaps, one of which was on special teams... Made two tackles. vs. No. 20 Tennessee: Logged 14 snaps on defense and 3 on special teams... Logged 2 tackles... Recorded a PFF grade of 72.5 which was the 3rd highest on the defense. vs. Florida State: Recorded 7 snaps on defense for Florida. 2024: Missed entire season due to injury. 2023: Appeared in all 12 games with one start... Had 20 tackles (10 solo) and 2.5 TFL... Made final appearance of season against No. 5 Florida State (Nov. 25)... Added a pair of tackles to his season total in road matchup with No. 9 Missouri (Nov. 18)... Totaled three tackles in the contest against No. 18 LSU (Nov. 11)... Recorded two total tackles in the game against Arkansas (Nov. 4)... Tied his season high in tackles in game against No. 1 Georgia (Oct. 28)... Finished contest against South Carolina (Oct. 14) with one tackle... Appeared in home victory over Vanderbilt (Oct. 7)... Finished contest against Kentucky with one total tackle, and half a tackle for loss (Sept. 30)... Made one tackle in win over Charlotte (Sept. 23)... Recorded two tackles in victory against no. 11 Tennessee and helped limit a Tennessee rushing attack to a total of one hundred yards (Sept. 16)... Collected three tackles, one being a tackle for loss, in home opener victory vs. McNeese (Sept. 9)... Appeared in and recorded 2 total tackles against No. 14 Utah (Aug. 31) in season opener. 2022: Appeared in three games this season, totaling two assisted tackles... Added one assisted tackle vs. No. 14 Oregon State (Dec. 17) in the Las Vegas Bowl... Contributed one assisted tackle in the win vs. Eastern Washington (Oct. 2)... Made his collegiate debut in the win vs. USF (Sept. 17). High School Ranked a four-star recruit by 247Sports Composite Rankings... Rated as a top-26 player in the state of Florida by 247Sports... Selected as the No. 1 Preseason Player on Florida Today’s 321 Preps Dandy Dozen... Recorded 91 total tackles including 54 solo tackles and 11 sacks in high school career... Led high school to the third round of the Sunshine State’s 7A State Playoffs... Signed with Florida over Georgia, Florida State, Texas A&M, Auburn and Penn State, among others.