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2024 Football Roster
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Cypress II, Fentrell

Jersey Number 23
Fentrell Cypress II
- Position:
- DB
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Hometown:
- Rock Hill, S.C.
- Weight:
- 188
- High School:
- Northwestern
- Other College:
- Virginia
Bio
2024:
Started FSU’s first nine games and 23 consecutive games at FSU before season–ending injury…Bill McGrotha Award winner, presented by Tallahassee Quarterback Club to the top Humanitarians…made 27 tackles, 1.0 tackle for loss and team–high five pass breakups…season–high six tackles at Miami…five tackle vs. Memphis, four tackles vs. SMU and Clemson…one–yard TFL at Duke was first solo TFL of career…game captain against Boston College and Duke…two pass breakups in consecutive games vs. Clemson and Duke…one PBU vs. Memphis.
2023:
Started all 14 games…recorded 40 tackles, including 1.5 for loss, eight pass breakups, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery…honorable mention All-ACC…All-ACC Academic Team…Bill McGrotha Award…pass breakups total ranked 10th in ACC…recorded season-high six tackles, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery in 24-7 win at Pitt…forced fumble was first of his career and occurred at 1-yard line before recovering fumble in end zone to prevent Panthers’ touchdown…registered season-high two pass breakups and three solo tackles in 41-3 win vs. Syracuse…matched season-best pass breakups total with four tackles one week later in 38-20 win vs. No. 16 Duke…had four tackles and one pass breakup in season-opening 45-24 victory vs. No. 5 LSU…made four tackles, 0.5 for loss, in 31-29 win at Boston College…recorded five tackles and one pass breakup in 31-24 victory at Clemson…had second straight five-tackle game, with 0.5 tackle for loss, in 39-17 win vs. Virginia Tech…registered one pass breakup in 41-16 win at Wake Forest…had one tackle and one pass breakup in 27-20 victory vs. Miami…made one solo stop in 58-13 win vs. North Alabama…had three tackles, 0.5 for loss, in 24-15 victory at Florida…made one solo stop in ACC Championship Game victory vs. No. 14 Louisville…registered three tackles in Orange Bowl vs. No. 6 Georgia.
BEFORE FSU:
Rated No. 2 overall in On3 transfer ratings and No. 4 overall in transfer portal by 247Sports…appeared in 18 games with 15 starts in four seasons at Virginia…totaled 57 tackles, 0.5 sack, one interception, 14 pass breakups and one fumble recovery…first-team All-ACC performer by Pro Football Focus and second-team all-conference selection by the Associated Press in 2022…led country with average of 1.6 pass breakups per game…ranked first in ACC and ninth nationally with 14 total pass breakups…started all nine games he appeared and recorded 39 tackles and one fumble recovery in addition to his pass breakups…started all six games he played in 2021 and registered 16 tackles, including 0.5 sack, and one interception…made first collegiate interception at North Carolina and returned it 66 yards for touchdown…made two tackles at Wake Forest in only appearance during 2020 season…named to ACC Academic Honor Roll…played in two games while redshirting in 2019…made collegiate debut in 28-17 win vs. Old Dominion and also saw action in 48-14 win vs. Duke…played offense and defense at Northwestern…selected for 2018 Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas…recorded 31 tackles, two interceptions and 24 pass breakups while leading Trojans to second round of AAAAA state playoffs his senior year…made 48 tackles and four interceptions while being credited with 35 pass breakups his junior season, helping Northwestern advance to second round of state playoffs…also ran track and won regional title in 100-meter dash.
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