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William & Mary Athletics

2022 Football Roster

0 Zyquan Bessant

  • Position DL
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 285
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Norfolk, Va.
  • High School Norview

Biography

SENIOR YEAR (2022)
Selected as a team captain for the second consecutive season … FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team selection … Selected to the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society … Started all 13 games … Finished the season with 21 tackles, a sack and a PBU … Totaled four tackles with a half sack in the season-opening win at Charlotte … Recorded a half sack in the win against No. 17/18 Rhode Island … Posted three stops and a PBU in the victory at Lafayette … Earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll accolades …

JUNIOR YEAR (2021)
Team captain … Became the first player in school history to wear #0 … Saw action in all 11 games and earned five starts … Finished the season with 29 tackles, 2.0 sacks and a PBU … Recorded five tackles with a sack in the win at Colgate … Also posted four tackles and a sack versus Richmond … Totaled  a career-high six tackles at Maine … Tallied a PBU in the victory against Lafayette … Registered five tackles versus No. 2 James Madison … Earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll accolades …

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE YEAR (2021 – Spring)
Earned starts in all three games … Finished the season with six tackles … Recorded a season-high four tackles in the season opener at Richmond … Posted a pair of stops versus No. 1 James Madison … Earned distinction on the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll …

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2019)
Saw action in all 12 games and started against No. 5/8 Villanova … Finished the season with 11 tackles and a TFL … Posted 0.5 TFL in the win against Lafayette … Also recorded 0.5 TFL at Maine … Tallied a pair of stops at East Carolina … Earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll accolades … 

FRESHMAN YEAR (2018)
Reserve defensive tackle who saw action in nine games … One of eight true freshmen to earn playing time … Finished the season with nine tackles and a sack … Recorded two tackles with a sack in the season finale against Richmond … Also posted multi-tackle efforts at No. 12/14 Virginia Tech, at No. 2 James Madison and versus No. 24/23 Colgate … Earned CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll distinction …

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 70

    2018Freshman

    DL
    5'10" 262 lbs
    70
  • 93

    2019Sophomore

    DL
    5'10" 255 lbs
    93
  • 0

    2020Junior

    DL
    5'10" 280 lbs
    0
  • 0

    2021Senior

    DL
    5'10" 280 lbs
    0
  • 0

    2022Senior

    DL
    5'10" 285 lbs
    0