Javon Pyree Solomon (born January 17, 2001) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

defensive end Defensive end (DE) is a defensive position in the sport of gridiron football. This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formation (American football), formations over the years have substantially ...

for the

Troy Trojans The Troy Trojans are the sports teams of Troy University. They began playing in the NCAA's Division I-A in 2001, became a football only member of the Sun Belt Conference in 2004, and joined that conference for all other sports in 2005. Troy Univer ...

High school career

Solomon attended

Amos P. Godby High School Amos P. Godby High School is a public school (government funded), public High school (North America), high school in Tallahassee, Florida, named for Amos P. Godby, who first served as a teacher and coach at Leon High School, and later became Leon C ...

Tallahassee, Florida Tallahassee ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, Florida, Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In ...

. As a senior, he had 73 tackles and 10 sacks. He committed to

Troy University Troy University is a public university in Troy, Alabama. It was founded in 1887 as Troy State Normal School within the Alabama State University System, and is now the flagship university of the Troy University System. Troy University is accredi ...

to play college football.

College career

After playing in three games and redshirting his first year at Troy in 2019, Solomon had 29 tackles and 1.5 sacks in 2020. He had 50 tackles, 11 sacks and one

interception In ball-playing competitive team sports, an interception or pick is a move by a player involving a pass of the ball—whether by foot or hand, depending on the rules of the sport—in which the ball is intended for a player of the same team b ...

in 2021 and 44 tackles and 4.5 sacks in 2022. Solomon switched from outside linebacker to defensive end in 2023 and was named an All-American. He was selected to play in the

2024 Senior Bowl The 2024 Senior Bowl was a college football all-star game played on February 3, 2024, at Hancock Whitney Stadium located in Mobile, Alabama. The game featured prospects for the upcoming 2024 draft of the professional National Football League (NF ...

.Troy’s Javon Solomon headed to 2024 Senior Bowl
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References

External links

Troy Trojans bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:solomon, Javon 2001 births Living people Players of American football from Florida American football defensive ends American football linebackers Troy Trojans football players