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2015 Football Roster
Jersey Number 93
Suleiman Masumbuko
- Position:
- Defensive Tackle
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 295
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Euless, Texas
- High School:
- Trinity
- Prev School:
- Baylor University
Tulsa – Transferred to Tulsa in July 2015 . . . will have one year of eligibility remaining after graduating from Baylor this summer.
Previous School – Spent four years at Baylor . . . played 38 games in his three seasons and tallied 22 career tackles and 3.5 TFLs for -11 yards . . . was credited with five tackles and one sack for -6 yards, while playing in 13 games in 2014 . . . played in 12 games as a sophomore with two starting assignments . . . totaled 16 tackles, including nine solos and 2.5 for -5 yards in 2013 . . . made his first career start against Louisiana-Monroe in the third game and had one QB hurry and two tackles in 2013 . . . tallied a career-high five tackles over West Virginia in the fourth game of the 2013 season, which was his second start . . . sat out his true freshman in 2011 at Baylor.
High School – Was an all-state defensive lineman at Euless Trinity (Texas) High School . . . was the nation’s 36th-best defensive tackle by Scout.com and 50th by ESPN.com his senior season . . . totaled 106 tackles, 19 for loss, three sacks and one fumble recovery as a senior . . . was the fifth-rated defensive tackle in the state by TexasHSFootball.com and rated No. 9 in the state by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Winter 2011 . . . earned 2010 first-team Class 5A all-state accolades after leading Trinity to a 15-1 record and the D1 state championship game . . . was named second-team all-district 6-5A as a junior on Trinity’s 2009 state championship squad that finished 14-2.
Personal – A native of Rwanda . . . fled during the 1994 civil war when less than a year old, and arrived in Texas in 1996 . . . parents are Hamisi and Zainabu Masumbuko . . . legal guardian is older brother Saidi Masumbuku . . . born March 19, 1993 . . . earned degree in communication studies in summer 2015 from Baylor. (pronounced SUE-luh-muhn mah-soom-BOO-koh)
Previous School – Spent four years at Baylor . . . played 38 games in his three seasons and tallied 22 career tackles and 3.5 TFLs for -11 yards . . . was credited with five tackles and one sack for -6 yards, while playing in 13 games in 2014 . . . played in 12 games as a sophomore with two starting assignments . . . totaled 16 tackles, including nine solos and 2.5 for -5 yards in 2013 . . . made his first career start against Louisiana-Monroe in the third game and had one QB hurry and two tackles in 2013 . . . tallied a career-high five tackles over West Virginia in the fourth game of the 2013 season, which was his second start . . . sat out his true freshman in 2011 at Baylor.
High School – Was an all-state defensive lineman at Euless Trinity (Texas) High School . . . was the nation’s 36th-best defensive tackle by Scout.com and 50th by ESPN.com his senior season . . . totaled 106 tackles, 19 for loss, three sacks and one fumble recovery as a senior . . . was the fifth-rated defensive tackle in the state by TexasHSFootball.com and rated No. 9 in the state by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Winter 2011 . . . earned 2010 first-team Class 5A all-state accolades after leading Trinity to a 15-1 record and the D1 state championship game . . . was named second-team all-district 6-5A as a junior on Trinity’s 2009 state championship squad that finished 14-2.
Personal – A native of Rwanda . . . fled during the 1994 civil war when less than a year old, and arrived in Texas in 1996 . . . parents are Hamisi and Zainabu Masumbuko . . . legal guardian is older brother Saidi Masumbuku . . . born March 19, 1993 . . . earned degree in communication studies in summer 2015 from Baylor. (pronounced SUE-luh-muhn mah-soom-BOO-koh)
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