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Texas football safety Andrew Mukuba declared for the 2025 NFL draft on Monday after exhausting his college eligibility. The LBJ High School alum played one year at Texas after spending three seasons at Clemson.
Mukuba was arguably the most impactful player to transfer to Texas this past offseason. He anchored the safety position for the Longhorns along with Michael Taaffe, allowing Jahdae Barron to switch to playing full-time cornerback. Barron subsequently won the Jim Thorpe Award, and Texas’ secondary became lauded as one of the best in the country.
Here are three things to know about Mukuba as a player and an NFL draft prospect.
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Texas Longhorns defensive back Andrew Mukuba (4) intercepts a pass to Arizona State Sun Devils wide receiver Melquan Stovall (5) during the second overtime period to win the game for the Longhorns in the Peach Bowl College Football Playoff quarterfinal at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, Jan. 1, 2025.
Andrew Mukuba bio
Name: Andrew Mukuba
Height: 6-0
Weight: 190 pounds
Birthday: Dec. 7, 2002
Birthplace: Harare, Zimbabwe
Andrew Mukuba stats
Mukuba played in 15 games this past season recording 69 tackles, 11 pass defenses and a team-leading five interceptions. Each stat was a career-high for Mukuba. He earned Third-Team All-SEC honors after his 2024-25 season.
In three years at Clemson, Mukuba played 35 games collecting 143 tackles, 17 pass defenses and one interception.
A kid from Zimbabwe
Mukuba knew nothing about football initially. He moved from Zimbabwe to the United States in 2011 when he was nine, growing up with soccer rather than American-style football.
His mom provided for him, his four brothers and two sisters while he grew up in Austin. At LBJ High School, Mukuba developed into a four-star prospect…
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Author : Austin American-Statesman
Publish date : 2025-01-13 21:20:00
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