Desmond Floyd

Height:
6-5
Weight:
255
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Jonesville, SC
High School:
Union County

2013 (Sophomore)
Played in 11 games as a reserve defensive lineman ... Finished with 11 tackles, including seven solo, three for loss and a sack on the season ... Had three solo tackles vs. Maryland (Oct. 19) ... Had his first career sack, assisting on one at Syracuse (Nov. 2) ... Turned in two tackles, including one for loss, vs. Florida State (Nov. 9) ... Made three stops and had a half-sack vs. Duke (Nov. 23) ... Had a tackle for a 21-yard loss at Vanderbilt (Nov. 30). 2012 (Redshirt Freshman)
Played in six games off the bench to earn his first varsity letter ... Made four tackles, all solo, on the year ... Made his collegiate debut in the season opener vs. Liberty (Sept. 1) ... Had his first career tackles with two stops vs. North Carolina (Sept. 8) ... Made a solo tackle at Florida State (Sept. 15) ... Also had a solo stop vs. Boston College (Nov. 3). 2011 (True Freshman)
Redshirted the season. High School
A 2011 graduate of Union County High School in Union, S.C. ... Named to the Spartanburg Herald-Journal All-Academic Football team ... Earned all-area and all-region honors while also being selected to the South Carolina North-South team ... As a senior, had 49 tackles, 25 tackles for loss, 15 sacks and 29 QB hurries to go with three forced fumbles ... Also saw action at receiver ... Named the SHJ Defensive Player of the Week after recording seven tackles, six for loss, and 3.5 sacks in a victory over Chapin ... Named to the North-South All-Star game ... As a junior, collected 40 tackles, 26.5 tackles for loss and 17 sacks ... Helped the Yellow Jackets reach the third round of the playoffs in 2009 ... Team reached the second round of the playoffs in 2010 ... Played for Coach David Lipsey ... Also played basketball for Union County and earned first team all-area honors as a junior ... Chose Wake Forest over Arkansas, Duke, Kentucky, Maryland, NC State, South Carolina and West Virginia. Personal
Majoring in economics ... Son of Joe, Sr. and Jackie Floyd ... Born Feb. 3, 1993.