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Texas Longhorns | |
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Position | Safety |
Class | Junior |
Personal information | |
Born: | Harare, Zimbabwe | December 7, 2002
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career history | |
College | |
Bowl games | |
High school | Lyndon B. Johnson (Austin, Texas) |
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Andrew Mukuba (born December 7, 2002) is a Zimbabwean American football safety who will play for the Texas Longhorns. He previously played for the Clemson Tigers.
Mukuba was born and initially grew up in Harare, Zimbabwe. His parents and older siblings were refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] He immigrated to Austin, Texas with his family when he was nine years old after being granted asylum.[2] Mukuba attended Lyndon B. Johnson High School.[3] Mukuba was rated a four-star recruit and committed to play college football at Clemson over offers from LSU and Texas.[4]
Mukuba joined the Clemson Tigers in January 2021 as an early enrollee.[5] He was named a starter at safety and became the first defensive back to start in a season opener for Clemson since freshman became eligible to play in 1973.[6] Mukuba was named the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Defensive Rookie of the Year and third team All-ACC after finishing the season with 54 tackles, two tackles for loss, one sack, nine passes broken up and a fumble recovery.[7]
On December 5, 2023, Mukuba announced that he would be entering the transfer portal.[8]
On December 18, 2023, it was announced that Mukuba had signed with Texas.[9][10]
Year | Team | Class | GP | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||
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Solo | Ast | Tot | Loss | Sk | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FF | FR | ||||
Clemson Tigers | |||||||||||||||
2021 | Clemson | FR | 13 | 30 | 17 | 47 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | Clemson | SO | 12 | 32 | 22 | 54 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | Clemson | JR | 10 | 28 | 14 | 42 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
Texas Longhorns | |||||||||||||||
2024 | Texas | SR | |||||||||||||
Career | 35 | 90 | 53 | 143 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 |