NSD24: Anton Juncaj
Anton Juncaj
Defensive Line | 6-3 | 273 | Port Jervis, N.Y. | Minisink HS / Albany
2023 (Senior at Albany): Played in all 15 games for an Albany team that won the Coastal Athletic Association title and made it to the FCS semifinals earning First-Team All-America honors from the Associated Press after leading all of FCS with 15 sacks and finished third with 21.5 tackles for loss as part of his season total 55 total tackles – 34 solo – to go with 12 quarterback hurries, five forced fumbles and three pass breakups … Recorded at least one sack in 10 of 15 games and multiple sacks in three games … Started the season with a monster game vs. Fordham (Aug. 26) recording a career-high four sacks as part of a six-tackle performance with a forced fumble and quarterback hurry … Made three tackles at Marshall (Sept. 2) … Logged two sacks and four total tackles at Hawaii (Sept. 9) … Recorded 2.5 tackles for loss with one sack to go with six tackles in win at Morgan State (Sept. 23) … Forced a fumble and picked up two more sacks in victory over Villanova (Sept. 30) … Made a season-high eight tackles at Towson (Oct. 7), registering 2.5 tackles for loss … Sacked the QB and made two stops in setback at New Hampshire (Oct. 14) … Hurried the quarterback and made a pair of tackles in win vs. Rhode Island (Oct. 21) … Broke up a pass in victory at Maine (Oct. 28) and logged a season-high three QB hurries with one tackle … Started a five-game streak with one sack in win over William & Mary (Nov. 4) recording 1.5 tackles for loss and five tackles … Had six stops and one sack with a forced fumble at Stony Brook (Nov. 11) … Recorded a sack for the third straight game vs. Monmouth (Nov. 18) adding another tackle for loss and a pass breakup … At Richmond (Dec. 2), logged four total tackles, including a tackle for loss and a sack … Made one tackle – a sack – at Idaho (Dec. 9) in second round of FCS playoffs … Recorded one tackle in FCS semifinals vs. top-ranked South Dakota State.
2022 (Junior at Albany): Appeared in all 11 games with seven starts on the defensive line for the Great Danes making 38 tackles with 4.5 sacks and two pass breakups … Notched a pair of solo stops against New Hampshire (Sept. 10) in the season opener … Broke up a pass and made two tackles vs. Fordham (Sept. 17) … Logged two tackles and a half sack vs. Central Connecticut State (Sept. 24) … Recorded a season-best five solo tackles as part of a six-tackle performance against Monmouth (Oct. 8) … Picked up a half sack and two solo stops vs. Hampton (Oct. 15) … Three solo tackles vs. Villanova (Oct. 22) … Sacked the quarterback and recorded two solo tackles against Stony Brook (Oct. 29) … Posted a season-high seven total tackles with 1.5 sacks vs. Maine (Nov. 12) … Matched his season-best the following week with seven stops vs. Rhode Island (Nov. 19) adding another sack.
Pronounced JUNE-kahj
