2022 SOUTHLAND ALL-CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM DEFENSE, DEFENSIVE BACK AND PUNT RETURNER
FEDEX GROUND FCS NATIONAL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION (NOV. 8, 2022)
DEMON BROTHERS BOOSTER CLUB DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK (NOV. 8, 2022)
SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK (NOV. 7, 2022)
DEMON BROTHERS BOOSTER CLUB DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK (SEP. 27, 2022)
2022 PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE FIRST-TEAM DEFENSIVE BACK
STATS FCS NATIONAL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION (OCT. 4,2021)
2021 PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE SECOND-TEAM DEFENSIVE BACK
2020-21 SPRING ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCES SPRING FOOTBALL THIRD TEAM
2022 Season: Matched a season high with nine tackles in an Oct. 1 win against Nicholls ... shared the team lead with nine tackles and averaged 12 yards on three punt returns in a Sept. 24 win against Lamar ... averaged 11.3 yards per punt return on three attempts and added a fumble recovery in a Sept. 10 loss to Grambling ... had seven tackles, including a career-high two for loss, at No. 2 Montana on Sept. 3.
2021 Fall: Appeared in nine games, all starts, before missing the final two games of the season with an injury ... ranked third on the team in tackles with 53 ... had five games with at least seven tackles ... had eight tackles (one for loss) in a Nov. 6 win against Houston Baptist ... produced seven tackles at Nicholls on Oct 3. and six against Southeastern on Oct. 23 ... equaled his career high with 1.5 tackles for loss as part of a 7-stop effort against McNeese on Oct. 16 ... tallied eight tackles (1.5 for loss) and posted his first two-interception game against UIW on Oct. 2, earning honorable mention FCS National Defensive Player of the Week acclaim ... had a 42-yard kick return at Alcorn on Sept. 11 ... tied his career high with nine tackles at North Texas on Sept. 4.
2021 Spring: Third-Team All-Southland Conference selection ... ranked third on the team in tackles with 35 ... intercepted a pass against Sam Houston and recovered a fumble against SLU ... season-high nine tackles at Lamar with eight against McNeese ... missile out of the secondary who could help in run support or cover ... NSU defense held four of six opponents to 27 points or fewer in an explosive league.
Prior to NSU: Two-year letterman for the Lions ... named second-team Mississippi Association of Community and Junior College All-North Division ... led East Mississippi with four interceptions and was fourth on the team in tackles with 40 ... also added a team-best seven pass breakups in 10 games ... had a season-best eight tackles, an interception, a pass breakup and a fumble recovery against Northwest Mississippi CC ... had a 30-yard blocked punt return for a touchdown against Coahoma ... notched 15 tackles, three pass breakups, two interceptions and a fumble recovery as a freshman, helping EMCC win the national championship ... returned one of those interceptions 62 yards for a touchdown against Mississippi Delta ... graduated with a 3.53 grade point average.
High School: Was a Natchez Democrat All-Metro first-team selection as a senior after recording 40 tackles, six pass breakups, four interceptions, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery at Natchez High School ... graduated with a 3.1 grade point average ... was his class president and a member of the Beta Club, Science Club and Leadership Club ... played for coach Roy Rigby and lettered in baseball for coach Dan Smith.
Personal: Born Dec. 13, 1999 ... son of Kanethia Herrington and Thomas Dunbar ... has two sisters, Destiny and Kemori ... majoring in health and exercise science with a 3.2 GPA ... plans to become a personal trainer or coach different sports ... life’s motto is Confucius’ “Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.”
