Fentrell Cypress

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Fentrell Cypress II
Florida State SeminolesNo. 23
Position Cornerback
ClassJunior
Personal information
Born: (2001-06-05) June 5, 2001 (age 23) [1]
Rock Hill, South Carolina
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight187 lb (85 kg)
Career history
College
High school Northwestern (Rock Hill, South Carolina)
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-ACC (2022)

Fentrell Cypress II (born June 5, 2001) is an American football cornerback for the Florida State Seminoles.

Cypress played for the Virginia Cavaliers football team from 2020 to 2022. [2] During the 2022 season, he played 661 snaps and tallied nine pass breakups and 35 tackles. [3]

After the 2022 season, Cyress entered the NCAA transfer portal. He is rated by 247Sports as the No. 2 player currently in the portal. [4] He transferred to Florida State in January 2023. [5] [6]

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References

  1. "FSU Football - Happy birthday, Fentrell!". Twitter . June 5, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  2. "Fentrell Cypress". University of Virginia. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  3. Chris Graham (March 29, 2023). "Virginia working to replace shutdown corners Fentrell Cypress, Anthony Johnson". Augusta Free Press.
  4. "2023 College Football Transfer Portal". 247Sports. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  5. Matt Newton (January 1, 2023). "Former Virginia CB Fentrell Cypress II Transfers to Florida State". Sports Illustrated.
  6. Carter Karels (January 1, 2023). "Seminoles add highly-coveted corneback transfer Fentrell Cypress II". Tallahassee Democrat.