Vaboue Toure

Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.

Season: Appeared in 11 games...Posted 13 tackles (8 solo) and one sack.

Nevada (8/30): Tallied three tackles, including two solo stops.

Villanova (9/13): Added two tackles.

Nebraska (11/22): Had one tackle.

vs. Clemson (12/27): Recorded a career-high seven tackles (4 solo)...Added his first career sack in the fourth quarter.

Season: Redshirt season...Appeared in five games...Made six tackles (2 solo) and one pass breakup.

UCLA (10/5): Tallied five tackles (2 solo).

Maryland (11/30): Assisted on one tackle.

Played at Irvington High School for head coach Smoke Pierre...Was a three-year letterman and served as a team captain in 2023...Guided the Blue Knights to an 8-3 mark as a junior...Led Irvington to a 10-2 record, conference championship, sectional championship and regional championship as a sophomore...Helped the Blue Knights to a 9-2 record and a conference championship as a freshman...As a senior, tallied 90 tackles, a punt return touchdown and eight rushing touchdowns...As a junior, recorded 89 tackles, four interceptions, a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries, both returned for touchdowns...As a sophomore, posted 40 tackles, a sack, two interceptions and two fumble recoveries...Had 20 tackles and a passing touchdown as a freshman...Rated as a four-star prospect by ESPN and On3 and a three-star prospect by 247Sports and Rivals...Ranked as the No. 247 overall prospect, No. 26 safety and No. 4 prospect in New Jersey by ESPN...Tabbed by On3 as the No. 20 safety and No. 6 player in New Jersey...Rated as the No. 5 prospect in the state by 247Sports and the No. 9 player in the state by Rivals...Also played basketball for two seasons at Irvington...Son of Aboubacar and Mawata Toure...Has four brothers, Lamusa, Mohamed, Famah and Sekou, and three sisters, Aminata, Fatima and Mariam...Brothers, Mohamed and Famah, play football at Rutgers...Cousin, Lancine Turay, plays football at Temple...Cousin, Kemoko Turay, played football at Rutgers (2013-17) and with the Indianapolis Colts (2018-21) and San Francisco 49ers (2022)...Majoring in telecommunications.