Armond Willis DE/OLB

Florida International University

Airport: Miami

Pro Day Results

Hgt: 6'1   Wgt 243

40: 4.72   10yd 1.67  Bench 25 reps  Broad Jump 9'9

Vert 33.5   3-Cone 7.06  SS 4.31

Write up in Winnipeg Free Press: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/football/bombers/if-theres-a-willis-theres-a-way-at-de-99530924.html

Professional Career:

Attended camp with the Detroit Lions in 2010

Signed with Winnipeg Blue Bombers Practice Squad July 2010 and moved to active roster August 2010. Season ended when pulled quad and was put on IR then released a week later to make room on roster.

Indoors:
Armond  played 6 games in the IFL the first two for Sioux  Falls where he recorded 6 tackles and 1 fumble recovery. Armond was then traded to Wyoming where he played 4 games. In Wyoming Armond recorded 17 tackles 5 TFL -16 yards 3 Sacks 8 QB Hurries and 3 PBU also was named Defensive player of game once

College Highlight: http://www.viddler.com/explore/awillis/videos/2/

FIU:

One student-athlete who has made the most of his opportunity has been senior Armond Willis (New Orleans, La.) who Friday took numerous reps with the first team.
Willis was a walk-on in 2007-Cristobal's first season at the helm-and last year, played in all 12 games with eight starts. He ended the season strong, with a career-high six tackles against ULM, came back with four more stops in the Shula Bowl at Florida Atlantic and finished with four tackles, including one for a four-year loss, in the finale versus WKU.
According to Coach Cristobal, Willis has picked up right were he had left off.

"[His emergence is] one of the best college football stories of the year," the coach said. "He is explosive, strong and fast. He's a leader and a good person who his teammates what to be around. Armond is also a very good student who has earned himself a scholarship by playing very good football for us.
"He is assignment conscious and is using his hands well. We are expecting some real good things from Armond this year."

College Career: Armond Willis is an incredible story. He walked on to FIU on Feb 17th 2007 just 7 months later he was on the sidelines in his 1st college game against Joe Paterno and Penn State. The next week Armond played in his 1st college game getting some playing time against Maryland. by the time the year had ended Armond Willis had played in 6 games recording 6 tackles 1 for a loss and 1 QB Sack. Since then all he has done is work hard on the field and in the film room. He ended his career with a total of 67 tackles 11 TFL -47 Yards 5.5 sacks for -44 yards and 5 PD 2 FF. All this from a kid who walked on and earned himself a scholarship.

2009 (Senior) Appeared in all 12 games starting all 12 of them....recorded 30 tackles with 7.5 TFL for -28 yards also had 3.5 sacks for -29 yards. Opened the season with 3 unassisted tackles vs Alabama (9/12) Followed that up with a 3 tackle 1 sack performance against Rutgers and 1 TFL -4 yards (9/19) Had 3 tackles against Troy all of them for a loss giving him 4 TFL on season for -16 yards also recorded a sack for -9 yards (10/17) Against Arkansas State Armond had a career high 6 tackles for of them for a loss of 9 yards and 2 sacks for -13 yards Giving him a total of 7 TFL for -28 yards on the season (10/24) Armond had another great performance recording 3.5 tackles vs Middle Tennessee (11/7) Had great performance vs Florida recording 3.5 tackles (11/21) Willis was a force on the DL often having to deal with double teams.

2008 (Junior): Appeared in every game, starting eight of them...recorded 31 tackles, 14 of them solo...had 2.5 tackles behind the line of scrimmage for a loss of 15 yards...recorded one sack for a loss of 11 yards...opened the season with a strong performance at Kansas (8/30) recording four tackles...made two unassisted stops at Iowa (9/6)...made four tackles, three unassisted vs. USF (9/20)...recorded his only sack of the season against Middle Tennessee (10/11)...made two stops at Troy (10/18), two at Louisiana (11/1) and two vs. Arkansas State (11/8)...had a career-high six tackles vs. ULM (11/22)...made four stops in the Shula Bowl against FAU (11/29)...had four tackles, including one for a four-yard loss in the season finale vs. WKU (12/6).

2007 (Sophomore): Appeared in six games on the year, all off the bench...finished the season with six tackles (five solo) before a knee injury shortened his season...at Penn State (9/1): Recorded an unassisted tackle in his FIU debut...at Miami (9/15): Collected a season-high four stops (three solo) and his lone sack of the year for a loss of four yards...vs. UL (11/17): Made a solo tackle.
Personal: Born May 3, 1987...son of Jeff and Kim Willis...english major.

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