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Jersey Number 8
Sulaiman Kpaka
- Position:
- DL
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 300
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Grand Prairie, Texas
- High School/Previous School:
- Grand Prairie HS (Purdue)
Bio
Career Honors
2020 Academic All-Big Ten
Career Notes
Played in 38 career games with 13 starts … At Mississippi State played in 12 games with 11 starts … Ended his career with 60 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, two QB hurries and one pass breakup … Earned degrees from Purdue and Mississippi State.
2024 (Graduate Season)
Played in 12 games with 11 starts … Recorded 30 tackles and 4.5 tackles for loss (both career-highs) and one QB hurry … Eastern Kentucky (8/31): Made his Mississippi State debut and made his first start in the Maroon & White … Earned four tackles, all four tackles were assisted … Recorded a 0.5 tackle for loss … His four tackles set a new career mark ... at Arizona State (9/7): Recorded two tackles, and two assisted ... Toledo (9/14): three tackles, one solo and two assisted ... Had a tackle for loss of one yard ... Florida (9/21): Recorded three assisted tackles ... Texas A&M (10/19): Recorded four assisted tackles ... Arkansas (10/26): Recorded two assisted tackles ... UMass (11/2): Recorded two assisted tackles … Had one QB hurry ... at Tennessee (11/9): Recorded three tackles, one solo and two assisted … Had half a tackle for loss ... vs. Missouri (11/23): Recorded five tackles, two solo and three assisted … Had one tackle for loss of four yards … Set a new career high in tackles … at Ole Miss (11/29/2024): Recorded two tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss.
2023 (Senior – Purdue)
Appeared in 12 games … Made 10 tackles, five solos, with 2.5 tackles-for-loss … Finished the season with 2.0 sacks and one pass breakup … Recorded two tackles in games vs. Illinois (9/30) and at Northwestern (11/18).
2022 (Junior Season – Purdue)
Appeared in 12 games with two starts … Made 19 tackles, 11 solos, with 1.5 tackles-for-loss … Finished the season with 0.5 sacks and one quarterback hurry … Recorded three tackles in games vs. Nebraska (10/15), vs. Northwestern (11/19) and at Indiana (11/26).
2021 (Sophomore Season – Purdue)
Did not see action.
2020 ( Redshirt Freshman Season – Purdue)
Appeared in two games as a reserve … Had a tackle at Illinois on Oct. 31.
2019 (Freshman Season – Purdue)
Did not play
High School
Three-star defensive end by 247Sports … Three-star defensive end by Rivals … Three-star defensive end by ESPN … First-team all-district as a senior … Two-time team defensive MVP … As a junior in 2017, recorded 35 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, five sacks, two forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery
Personal
Son of Brima and Aminata Kpaka ... Has three siblings Umu, Musu, and Seibatu … Born June 18, 2001
Social Media
X/Twitter – @svkthegreat
Instagram – thereaalpak
Career-Highs
Tackles: 5, vs. Missouri (11/23/2024)
Tackles for Loss: 1.0, 3x, last vs. Ole Miss (11/29/2024)
Sacks: 1, 2x, last vs. Illinois (9/30/2023)*
QB Hurries: 1, 2x, last vs. UMass (11/02/2024)
Pass Breakups: 1, vs. Wisconsin (9/22/2023)*
* Career-high set at Purdue
2020 Academic All-Big Ten
Career Notes
Played in 38 career games with 13 starts … At Mississippi State played in 12 games with 11 starts … Ended his career with 60 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, two QB hurries and one pass breakup … Earned degrees from Purdue and Mississippi State.
2024 (Graduate Season)
Played in 12 games with 11 starts … Recorded 30 tackles and 4.5 tackles for loss (both career-highs) and one QB hurry … Eastern Kentucky (8/31): Made his Mississippi State debut and made his first start in the Maroon & White … Earned four tackles, all four tackles were assisted … Recorded a 0.5 tackle for loss … His four tackles set a new career mark ... at Arizona State (9/7): Recorded two tackles, and two assisted ... Toledo (9/14): three tackles, one solo and two assisted ... Had a tackle for loss of one yard ... Florida (9/21): Recorded three assisted tackles ... Texas A&M (10/19): Recorded four assisted tackles ... Arkansas (10/26): Recorded two assisted tackles ... UMass (11/2): Recorded two assisted tackles … Had one QB hurry ... at Tennessee (11/9): Recorded three tackles, one solo and two assisted … Had half a tackle for loss ... vs. Missouri (11/23): Recorded five tackles, two solo and three assisted … Had one tackle for loss of four yards … Set a new career high in tackles … at Ole Miss (11/29/2024): Recorded two tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss.
2023 (Senior – Purdue)
Appeared in 12 games … Made 10 tackles, five solos, with 2.5 tackles-for-loss … Finished the season with 2.0 sacks and one pass breakup … Recorded two tackles in games vs. Illinois (9/30) and at Northwestern (11/18).
2022 (Junior Season – Purdue)
Appeared in 12 games with two starts … Made 19 tackles, 11 solos, with 1.5 tackles-for-loss … Finished the season with 0.5 sacks and one quarterback hurry … Recorded three tackles in games vs. Nebraska (10/15), vs. Northwestern (11/19) and at Indiana (11/26).
2021 (Sophomore Season – Purdue)
Did not see action.
2020 ( Redshirt Freshman Season – Purdue)
Appeared in two games as a reserve … Had a tackle at Illinois on Oct. 31.
2019 (Freshman Season – Purdue)
Did not play
High School
Three-star defensive end by 247Sports … Three-star defensive end by Rivals … Three-star defensive end by ESPN … First-team all-district as a senior … Two-time team defensive MVP … As a junior in 2017, recorded 35 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, five sacks, two forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery
Personal
Son of Brima and Aminata Kpaka ... Has three siblings Umu, Musu, and Seibatu … Born June 18, 2001
Social Media
X/Twitter – @svkthegreat
Instagram – thereaalpak
Career-Highs
Tackles: 5, vs. Missouri (11/23/2024)
Tackles for Loss: 1.0, 3x, last vs. Ole Miss (11/29/2024)
Sacks: 1, 2x, last vs. Illinois (9/30/2023)*
QB Hurries: 1, 2x, last vs. UMass (11/02/2024)
Pass Breakups: 1, vs. Wisconsin (9/22/2023)*
* Career-high set at Purdue
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