University of Minnesota Athletics

2016 Football Roster

Yoshoub Timms
Jersey Number 52

Yoshoub Timms

  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Position:
    DL
  • Hometown:
    Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
  • High School:
    Fort Walton Beach HS

2016 • SENIOR SEASON: Played in 11 games • made seven tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and one sack • Academic All-Big Ten. Game-by-Game: Played against Indiana State and made one tackle • saw action against Penn State • recorded one tackle against Iowa • competed against Maryland, Rutgers, Illinois, Purdue and Nebraska • made three tackles and one sack against Northwestern • totaled one tackle for loss at Wisconsin • made one tackle against Washington State. 

2015 • JUNIOR SEASON:
 Played in eight games and started four • made 14 tackles, including 2.5 behind the line of scrimmage • added a sack for a loss of three yards • Academic All-Big Ten. Game-by-Game: Recorded three tackles, including first career sack, at Purdue • competed but did not record a statistic versus Nebraska • notched a pair of tackles against Michigan • started and tallied three tackles at Ohio State • started and registered a tackle at Iowa • made a solo stop along the defensive line versus Illinois • tallied three tackles, including 1.0 tackle-for-loss, against Wisconsin • started and recorded one solo tackle versus Central Michigan.

2014 • SOPHOMORE SEASON: Played against Eastern Illinois, but did not record any statistics • saw action against Iowa.

2013 • FRESHMAN SEASON: Played in six games • made two tackles • named Academic All-Big Ten. Game-by-Game: Made two tackles, including one for a loss, in his collegiaite debut against UNLV • played on defense at New Mexico State and against Western Illinois, but did not record any statistics • saw special teams action against Nebraska, at Indiana and Penn State.

2012: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Fort Walton Beach High School • ranked as a four-star prospect and as the No. 83 defensive tackle prospect in the nation by ESPN • compiled a total of 27 tackles and one sack as a senior • recorded 48 total stops and two sacks as a junior in 2010 • named first-team all-area by the Northwest Florida Daily News • named a member of the 2011 Daily News Dandy Dozen • state qualifier in the shot put and member of his high school's weight lifting team.

PERSONAL: Born July 18, 1993 • son of Yoshoub Timms and Latonya Byas • has already earned his degree in business marketing and education • working on a certificate program in human resource development.

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