Ali Ali-Musa

Da'Sean Downey (4) and Ali Ali-Musa (90)

Photo by: Jon Crispin - UMass Athletics

Position:
Defensive Line
Height:
6-2
Weight:
275
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Annandale, Va.
High School:
Annandale / Nassau CC

2017 - Senior

• Phil Steele All-Independent Second Team
• Tallied 70 tackles (30-40), the fourth-highest total among Minutemen and the most by a defensive lineman on the squad
• Earned 8.5 TFLs for 30 yards lost, including 4.0 sacks
• Broke up two passes and forced one fumble on the season
• Opened the campaign with an assisted sack among three total tackles against Hawai'i (8/26)
• Set a career high and recorded the most tackles by a Minuteman on the season with 15 takedowns against Old Dominion (9/9), which included 1.0 TFLs
• Totaled 1.5 TFLs, including 1.0 sacks, among four tackles against Georgia Southern (10/21)
• Provided 10 tackles in the win over Appalachian State (10/28) and forced the double-overtime fumble of Mountaineer running back Daetrich Harrington that eventually led to Logan Laurent game-winning field goal
• Posted a five-yard sack among five total tackles in the victory at BYU
Capped the season with eight tackles at FIU (12/2), which included 1.5 TFLs

2016 - Junior

• Started 11 and played in all 12 games at nose tackle
• Totaled 37 tackles, 4.5 tackles for a loss of 11 yards and one sack for a loss of five yards
• Recorded a game-high nine tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss vs. Tulane

At Nassau Community College (2014-15)

• Helped lead Nassau Community College to a 7-3 record in 2015
• Finished with 62 tackles (42 solo), 19 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, three fumble recoveries and two touchdowns as a sophomore
• Led the nation with two fumbles returned for touchdowns
• 2015 NJCAA Second-Team All-American
• 2014 Northeast First-Team All-Conference
• Played for head coach Joe Osovet

Before College

• Team captain as a senior at Annandale
• 2011 and 2012 all-district and all-region
• Four-year letterwinner in football and track and a three-year letterwinner on the wrestling team