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Football

  Sebry Nuru

Sebry Nuru

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Decatur, Ga.

Last College:
Howard University

Height / Weight:
5-11 / 175

Position:
Kicker/Punter

Major:
Communications

Transferred from Howard University where he was a two-year starter...

High School/Personal...Played at Southwest DeKalb High School under Coach William Godfrey...team went 8-4 and were 2006 regional champions and advanced to state quarter finals...lettered all four-years in both football and soccer...named team captain...average 40.0 yards per punt...named 1st-team All-County and All-State... also played soccer taking his team to the playoffs in 2006 for the first time in 5 years...named team captain and team most valuable player in both 2005 and 2006...Academic honors include: Principal's Honor Roll, Who's Who Among America's High School Students...graduated in top 5% of class...participated in ROTC serving in different roles such as: battalion operations commander, exhibition team commander and rifle team commander...member of National Beta Club...volunteered at 4-H club...aspires to work for a major sports network...sister, Yasmine Nuru attends Vanderbilt University... enjoys playing basketball, watching movies and playing soccer...credits his father as being the biggest influence on his life...his father said to him: "Son, you are a better man than I simply because I am a man of yesterday, but you are a man of today and tomorrow"...son of Mr. and Mrs. Nuru...full name Sebry M. Nuru...engaged to the most beautiful woman Traci D. Bessard...born 12-31-87.