DETanoh Kpassagnon

Villanova — FCS
  • Height: 6-7
  • Weight: 280
  • Hometown: Ambler, PA
  • Age: 22

Bio

SUMMARY: Preseason STATS FCS All-American and preseason All-CAA Football ... Candidate for CAA Football Defensive Player of the Year ... Has the potential to be a dominant performer ... Has a good combination of speed and strength.

SENIOR (2016):
-AFCA First Team All-American
-Associated Press First Team All-American
-STATS FCS First Team All-American
-CAA Defensive Player of the Year
-CAA First Team
-45 tackles, 21.5 tackles for loss, 11 sacks, 2 fumble recoveries, 1 forced fumble, 1 blocked kick

JUNIOR (2015): First team All-CAA Football selection ... Started all 11 games and had 33 total tackles (21 solo), a team-high 9.5 tackles for loss, a team-best 6.5 sacks, two blocked kicks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one interception ... Tallied three total tackles and a blocked kick at Connecticut ... Registered three total tackles and a sack at Fordham ... Posted three tackles, two sacks and two tackles for loss versus Penn ... Recorded four solo tackles, one assisted stop, three tackles for loss and a fumble recovery versus William & Mary ... Had an interception that he returned 29 yards at Albany ... Credited with three total tackles, one sack and one tackle for loss at Towson ... Made three solo tackles, one sack, one tackle for loss and a forced fumble versus Maine ... Tallied four solo tackles and a blocked extra point against Richmond ... Totaled three tackles, one sack and a tackle for loss at James Madison.

SOPHOMORE (2014): Played in only six games due to injury and had 12 tackles, five tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks and two forced fumbles ... Tallied one solo tackle and a sack versus Fordham ... Registered four tackles, two forced fumbles, two tackles for loss and a sack at Delaware ... Credited with two tackles, one tackle for loss and a sack versus Liberty in the NCAA playoffs ... Made a career-high five total tackles against Sam Houston State in the NCAA quarterfinals. 

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2013): Earned a spot on the CAA All-Academic Team ... Played in all 11 games and had 15 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and one sack ... Tallied one assisted tackle against Boston College ... Made two assisted stops and had half a sack at Fordham ... Posted one solo tackle versus Stony Brook ... Credited with one solo tackle against Penn ... Registered one solo tackle and one assisted stop at New Hampshire ... Had one solo tackle versus Maine ... Totaled three tackles at James Madison ... Made one assisted tackle at Rhode Island ... Recorded three tackles against Delaware.

FRESHMAN (2012): Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: First team All-League ... Defensive MVP ... Earned first team All-League honors in basketball ... Earned three varsity letters in football, basketball and track.

PERSONAL: Born 6/14/94 in Kalamazoo, Mich. ... Son of Patrice Kpassagnon Tagro and Winifred Wafuoyo... Enrolled as a Finance major with minors in Accounting and Entrepreneurship in the Villanova School of Business.