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PLAYER BIOS PLAYER 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL •• PBPB •• 10 1010110 PLAYER BIOS 2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Has not yet seen game action. KENNETH ANYAEHIE 2019 (Freshman): Joined Temple as a walk-on in the summer ... did not see game ac- tion ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... redshirted. 6-2 ♦ 218 ♦ r-Fr High School: Played linebacker and defensive end as a senior at Lely High in Naples, #57 Naples, Fla. LB Fla. Under head coach Fritz Jacques … collected 56 tackles, 27 solos, 17 TFLs, and 13 sacks in 10 games … also played safety … was introduced to the game of football as a sophomore in high school … invited to US Army All-American Bowl … was Collier Coun- 2019 Fr 0/0 ty Football Academic Hall of Fame inductee … also lettered in track and field where he was a district champion shot putter. 2020 r-Fr 0/0 Personal: Born Kenneth Ekene Anyaehie in Nigeria … parents are Prisca and Tobias Anyaehie … brothers Benedict (20), Lawrence (16) and Franklin (14), and sister Jane (18) … Benedict serves in the Army ... volunteered to feed and clean up during Hurricane Irma recovery … list of favorites include: Blindside, Forest Gump and the Marvel series (movies), rap (music), The Giving Tree (book), Chinese rice and wings (pregame meal), Chelsea FC, Chicago Bulls and New England Patriots (pro sports teams) … claims the craziest thing he ever did was kill a python … pre-law major. Icon Key Letterwinner Participated in Championship Game Earned Undergraduate Degree Participated in Boca Raton Bowl Owl Scholar Athlete Participated in Military Bowl All-American Athletic Conference •• PBPB •• Participated in Gasparilla Bowl Walk On Participated in Independence Bowl Chuck Bednarik Award Watchlist Doak Walker Award Watchlist Maxwell Award Watchlist Rimington Award Watchlist Nagurski Trophy Watchlist 10 2 101010 PLAYER BIOS 2017 r-Fr 13/10 DANIEL ARCHIBONG 2018 r-So 13/13 6-6 ♦ 299 ♦ Gr 2019 r-Jr 13/12 #6 Springfield, Pa. DT 2020 Gr 2/2 2020 (Graduate): Earned preseason All-American Athletic Conference recognition DAN ARCHIBONG’S DEFENSIVE STATS [Athlon's (second), Phil Steele (third)] ... set a new career-high in tackles with six in sea- son opener at Navy. Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR 2019 (Redshirt Junior): Was awarded #6 during summer practices (changed from #95) - 2016 2 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Temple awards single-digit jerseys to the toughest players on the team ... started nearly 2017 13 / 10 7 - 13 - 20 2.5 / 8 2.0 / 7 0 0 / 0 3 0 0 every game at defensive tackle ... registered his first sack and TFL of the season, as well as a blocked FG, at Buffalo ... did not start at ECU as a result of a targeting foul vs. 2018 13 / 13 7 - 12 - 19 3.0 / 9 0.5 / 4 1 0 / 0 3 0 0 Georgia Tech ... Academic All-Area (PhillySIDA) ... President's Honor Roll ... American 2019 13 / 12 12 - 15 - 27 1.5 / 10 1.5 / 10 2 0 / 0 2 0 0 Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... lettered. @Navy 1 / 1 3 - 3 - 6 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2018 (Redshirt Sophomore): Started every game on the defensive line ... Phil Steele Third Team All-AAC ... All-ECAC Honorable Mention ... 2018 - 66 Phillips Athlete of the USF 1 / 1 2 - 1 - 3 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 1 Week (Houston) ... tied career-high in tackles with four against Tulsa ... made a sack in @Memphis / - - 0 / / / the last minute of regulation to force overtime at #20 Cincinnati ... caught first career pass vs. USF (from Anthony Russo) ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (Villanova, @Tulane / - - 0 / / / Buffalo, Maryland, Tulsa, Boston College, ECU, Navy, Houston, USF) ... CoSIDA Academ- SMU / - - 0 / / / ic All-America Team Nominee ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... lettered. @UCF / - - 0 / / / ECU / - - 0 / / / 2017 (Redshirt Freshman): Was part of a deep D-line rotation and earned ECAC Defen- sive Rookie of the Year ... made first career start opening day at Notre Dame ... started Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / at DT in 10 of 13 games ... had a career-high four tackles at Army ... wore #1 against Navy ... notched his first sack as an Owl at Cincinnati ... recorded a sack in Gasparilla Bowl vs. 2020 2 / 2 5 - 4 - 9 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 1 FIU ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (USF, ECU, UConn, Army, Navy, Cincinnati, Career 43 / 37 32 - 44 - 76 7.0 / 27 4.0 / 21 3 0 / 0 8 0 1 FIU) ... President’s Honor Roll ... lettered. 2016 (Freshman): Was part of the 2016 recruiting class ... saw first game action of ca- reer vs. Charlotte at defensive line and made first career tackle ... Scout Team Defen- sive Player of the Week (Navy) ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... redshirted. High School: Three-year letterwinner at defensive end and tight end for head coach Chris Britton at Springfield (Pa.) High … all-state honorable mention at defensive end senior year ... was a Blue-Gray All-American and Maxwell Award nominee … earned second team all-league recognition at defensive end and honorable mention recogni- tion at tight end junior year ... finished 12-1 as a junior and 6-5 as a senior. Personal: Born Daniel Patrick Archibong (pronounced ARCH-eh-bong) in Philadelphia ... parents are Heather Carroll, Sean Carroll (stepfather), and Henry Archibong and Sa- mantha Archibong (stepmother) ... sisters Sophia Carroll (9) and Jules Archibong (3) ... brothers Shaun Carroll (8) and Owen Archibong (6) ... part of the Japan 8 (8 Temple players who traveled to Japan in the spring for a week of football clinics) ... earned his degree in criminal justice (Fall 2019) and wants to work in tech for FBI. 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL •• PBPB •• 10 1010310 PLAYER BIOS 2020 (Freshman): Part of the 2020 recruiting class... Defensive Scout Team Player of NICK BAGS the Week (Navy) ... has not yet seen game action. High School: Transferred to Tottenville in Staten Island as a senior, finishing 11-2 and 6-3 ♦ 257 ♦ Fr playing in PSAL Championship … had 19 tackles, 4.0 sacks and one fumble recovery New Jersey and also caught one touchdown as a tight end … played in 11 games as a junior at #90 DT DePaul High in Wayne, N.J. with 38 tackles, 11.0 TFLs, and 2.0 sacks … also attended Monsignor Farrell in Staten Island. 2020 Fr 0/0 Personal: Born Nick Bagashvili … goes by Nick Bags … mother Nikkia. Class of 2020 2020 (Freshman): Was part of the 2020 recruiting class ... has not yet seen game action ZAE BAINES High School: Played wide receiver and defensive back at North Cross High for coach Stephen Alexander … was a four-year letterwinner who earned All-Virginia and All-Vir- 6-2 ♦ 175 ♦ Fr ginia Independence Conference at both wide receiver and cornerback from 2016-19 Roanoke, Va. … finished 11-1 and won the VISAA Division II State Championship as a senior when he #80 WR amassed 1,133 total yards (842 receiving) and 14 touchdowns … also had 35 tackles and five interceptions … was the team’s MVP and Virginia offensive player of the year as a junior … also starred in basketball as an all-state and all-conference performer … was 2020 Fr 0/0 the Chance Harmin Classic MVP in 2017. Class Personal: Born ZaeWuan Daviona Baines in Long Beach, Calif. … goes by Zae … father of is Shannon Taylor … has two brothers Sean and Amare and one sister Ataijah … father 2020 played college football at Virginia and in the NFL for San Diego, Baltimore, and Jack- sonville … list of favorites include: The Interview, Step Brothers, and the “Friday” series (movies), The Great Gatsby (book), All-American (TV show). 2018 Fr 0/0 KHRIS BANKS 2019 r-Fr 13/1 6-4 ♦ 306 ♦ r-So 2020 r-So 2/0 #56 Patterson, N.J. DT 2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Recorded his first TFL of 2020 and set a new career-high in tackles with 9 in the season opener at Navy. KHRIS BANKS’ DEFENSIVE STATS 2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Part of deep defensive line ... rotates in and consistently Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR contributes at defensive tackle ... saw first career game action against Bucknell and re- 2019 13 / 1 13 - 2 - 15 2.5 / 5 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 3 0 0 corded first career tackle and pass breakup in his debut ... recorded his first career TFL at ECU ... made his first career start and had a career-high 3 tackles vs. UCF ... American @Navy 1 / 0 3 - 6 - 9 1.0 / 5 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... lettered. USF 1 / 0 2 - 0 - 2 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2018 (Freshman): Was part of the 2018 recruiting class ... Scout Team Defensive Player @Memphis / - - 0 / / / •• PBPB •• of the Week (Villanova) ... did not see game action ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... redshirted. @Tulane / - - 0 / / / SMU / - - 0 / / / High School: Lettered four years at offensive tackle and on the defensive line for coach John McKenna at DePaul Catholic High in Wayne, N.J. … compiled a career 33-15 record @UCF / - - 0 / / / with the Spartans, including an undefeated 12-0 mark his freshman season ... honored ECU / - - 0 / / / on the all-state, all-county and all-metro team twice (junior & senior) as well as the all- league team three times (senior, junior & sophomore) ..