CAREER: Has seen action in 33 games at Florida, with 26 career starts…Recorded 118 tackles, 59 solo and 59 assisted, in his first three seasons with 22 tackles for loss and 12.5 sacks…Owns seven pass deflections, one interception and three forced fumbles.

2008: A preseason candidate for the Ted Hendricks Defensive End of the Year and Bronko Nagurski awards…A team captain of the 2008 squad…Garnered AP Second-Team All-SEC honors and Phil Steele First-Team All-SEC accolades…Racked up 52 tackles, including 23 solo and 29 assisted…Ranked second on the team in sacks and tackles for loss, tallying six sacks and 10.0 tackles for loss during the season…Forced three fumbles, the first of his career, and deflected four opponent passes…Finished the season ranked fifth in total tackles on the team…Ranked sixth in the SEC for sacks and fourth in forced fumbles…Notched a key quarterback sack in UF’s victory over Alabama in the SEC Championship Game, helping lead UF to its eighth SEC Title…Also registered one tackle in UF’s win over Oklahoma in the 2009 FedEx BCS National Championship Game…Blocked Florida’s first extra point since 2006 in the win over Florida State…Led Florida in tackles (8) against South Carolina and was named the SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week for his effort against the Gamecocks…Graded out a champion against LSU and Miami…Named UF’s Defensive Player of the Game and SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week for his role in the win over the Hurricanes.

2007: First-year starter who was one of the top defensive ends on the squad and one of the elite linemen in the league…Started all 13 contests…Led all Gator defensive linemen with 64 tackles, 34 solo and 30 assisted…That tally registered as the third-highest total among all linemen in the SEC…Added 12 tackles for a loss of 58 yards and racked up 6.5 sacks for a loss of 40 yards…Tied for seventh in the conference for sacks and averaged a sack 0.54 times a game…Picked off one pass, deflected three passes and had one quarterback hurry during the season…Recorded a team season-high 17 tackles at No. 1 LSU in his best outing…That tally represented the fourth-highest tackle total by any SEC defensive player in a game that season…It was also the most tackles by any SEC defensive lineman in a game that year…The 17 tackles represented the most by a Gator since Channing Crowder had 18 at Mississippi State in 2004…Followed up that performance with seven tackles and 2.5 sacks for a loss of 17 yards at Kentucky…Made two key tackles for losses, including one sack, in win over Florida State…Had five tackles, including one tackle for a loss of three yards, while hauling in his first career interception against Vanderbilt…Recorded five tackles, including two tackles for a loss of two yards, against Auburn…Collected four tackles, including one for a loss of nine yards, against Tennessee…Had three solo tackles, including two tackles for a loss of seven yards and one sack for a loss of five yards, against Ole Miss…In his first career start, tallied four tackles, including one tackle for a loss of four yards, versus Western Kentucky.

2006: Saw action in seven contests…Registered a solo tackle in the win over Western Carolina… Earned time on special teams in the Vanderbilt game…Member of the scout team during Auburn week…Saw time on the Gators’ punt return squad in the win over LSU…Played at defensive end in UF’s 26-7 win over Kentucky…Saw action at defensive end in the UCF game…Recorded a solo tackle in the Southern Miss game, his first career action.

PREP: Recorded 25 sacks as a senior at Stephenson High School…Was a team captain and helped lead his team to the state semifinals as a senior…Was averaging as many as 15 tackles and three sacks per game at one point during his senior season…Sealed the win for Stephenson in its 6-0 victory over archrival Southwest DeKalb in 2005 with a pair of quarterback hurries on fourth downs in the fourth quarter…Posted over 20 sacks as a junior at linebacker.

PERSONAL: Born Jermaine Alexander Alfred Cunningham on Aug. 24, 1988, in the Bronx, N.Y.…Son of George and Joan Cunningham…Has two brothers, Devin (20) and Kevin (19)…Chose Florida because of the opportunities and “it felt like home.”

MAJOR: Sociology.

CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Year   UT-AT   TT    TBL    QBS    FF   FR   PD   INT

2006     2-0      2      0         0       0       0    0     0

2007    34-30   64    12.0    6.5    0       0    3     1

2008    23-29   52    10.0    6.0    3      0     4    0

Totals: 59-59   118 22.0  12.5  3       0    7   1

CUNNINGHAM’S CAREER HIGHS

Tackles: 17 (LSU, 2007)

QB Sacks: 2.5 (Kentucky, 2007)

Forced Fumbles: 1 (2x, last vs. South Carolina, 2008)

Interceptions: 1 (Vanderbilt, 2007)