Football Spotlight on Manny Bunch

Spotlight on Manny Bunch

#10 Manny Bunch • 6-1 • 201 • Senior • Safety
Senior safety Manny Bunch has played in 38 games and has made 28 starting assignments in his career. He has totaled 191 career tackles and 9 pass break-ups. Bunch has 3 career double-figure tackle games, including a career-high 14 stops against Navy in 2017. This season, Bunch has compiled 55 tackles, 3 pass breakups, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. He will graduate this December with a degree in marketing, taking just 4 years to earn his degree.

My favorite part of football ... 
I like the aspect of being able to be physical and also the team aspect of football. It's the biggest team sport. You need every position to do their part.

Get the biggest thrill out of …
I get a thrill out of all of it. I like winning, making plays – pass breakups, interceptions, tackles – even the small, unnoticed things you do, I get a thrill out of it.

In high school …
I ran track, played basketball through my sophomore year, and obviously played football.

When I knew football was the sport I wanted to continue at the next level …
After my freshman year is when I fell in love with football. Growing up I was more of a basketball player who just played football, but after that year that's when I thought I'd like to take football to the next level.

Does it seem possible that I'm a senior …
No. I feel like I really just got here and I'm already heading out after this semester. I came in a semester early from high school in January 2016.

How it took me only 4 years to earn my degree …
I'll receive my degree in marketing this December (4 years). I made sure that I stayed on track. I didn't want to get behind. Miss Schnea (Nealy), Taylor (Miller) and Christina (Carter) in academics all helped me stay on track and stay up with my grades, as well as so many others. There was a lot of help I received to stay on track with my academics.

My dream…
My dream is to play in the NFL. Afterwards, I'd like to do something in sports marketing.

Hashtag describes me…
#Consistency

My role model …
My family – both my parents and my brother and sister.

Favorite NFL Player …
My favorite player is Todd Gurley and at my position it would be Jamal Adams of the New York Jets and Eddie Jackson of the Chicago Bears. I like Adams' versatility. He can guard tight ends, slots. He can do it all. I like Eddie Jackson's range and ball skills as a safety. Todd Gurley is fun to watch. He's versatile – he can catch the ball, he's a great runner and he's a good blocker

Favorite Class at TU …
Consumer Behavior with Dr. Charlie Wood is my favorite class. I really like Dr. Wood as a professor. It was a class that I learned a lot for my major of marketing. It was just the principles, but the implementation.

Favorite Shows …
I watched Game of Thrones when it came out, and now I watch Power on Starzz.

My Hobbies …
I like to take pictures. I'll take photos of objects that I like to take photos of friends in different settings. I would take photos a lot more when I had time, now I don't have as much time.

My Twitter handle ...
@Mannybunch

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