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2018 Football Roster

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  • DT
    Position
  • Junior
    Class
  • Grand Island, Neb.
    Hometown
  • 6'4
    Height
  • 282
    Weight
  • Central Catholic
    High School
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Paul Kanaly
Youhanna Ghaifan
#93
Youhanna Ghaifan
DT
Position
Junior
Class
Grand Island, Neb.
Hometown

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Biography

UW This Season: Ghaifan is one of the top interior defensive lineman in the Mountain West. He participated in spring practice, but did not appear in the spring game. He finished at the top of the depth chart at defensive tackle.

2017: Ghaifan was a First Team All-Mountain West selection for the Pokes. Ghaifan appeared in 12 games for the Pokes and finished the season with 69 total tackles. He recorded 39 solo stops and 30 assisted tackles. He recorded a career-high 11 tackles against Air Force. He added nine tackles against Texas State. He finished the season with 15.5 tackles for loss including seven sacks. He recorded four tackles for loss for Wyoming against Texas State. He recorded a career-high two sacks two times including in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. He also did so against Texas State. He also forced a fumble in each of those contests.
 
2016: Ghaifan was a presence in the middle of the defensive line appearing in all 14 games. He recorded 33 tackles on the season. He recorded 4.5 tackles for loss and also added three sacks. He broke up one pass on the season and forced one fumble. He recorded eight tackles for the Cowboys in the MW Championship Game, which was a career high. He also added a career-high three tackles for loss in that contest. He recorded six tackles in the Poinsettia Bowl against BYU. He added seven tackles for the Pokes at Eastern Michigan. He recorded his first career sack against Air Force.

2015: Redshirted.

High School: Ghaifan was ranked by Rivals.com as the No. 6 overall recruit in the state of Nebraska. 247Sports.com ranked him as the No. 8 recruit in the state of Nebraska. Ghaifan was selected to the All-Nebraska First Team for all classifications as a tight end by the Omaha World-Herald his senior season of 2014. He was named to the Lincoln Journal-Star Super State First Team for all classifications as a tight end. He was also named to the All-Class Super State team and the Class C-1 All-State team as a defensive lineman by NebraskaHSFootball.com. NEPrepZone.com named him to the First Team Class C-1 team. He helped lead Grand Island Central Catholic to an 8-3 record and the quarterfinals of the Class C-1 playoffs in 2014. Ghaifan recorded a team high 81.5 tackles his senior season, including a team best 73 solo tackles. He also recorded 17.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, four fumble recoveries and returned one fumble recovery for a touchdown. As a tight end, he led Central Catholic with 45 receptions for 782 yards and scored six receiving touchdowns. He played for head football coach Charlie Shoemaker. Ghaifan also played soccer for the Grand Island Central Catholic Crusaders. He was recruited by Nebraska and Ohio.

Personal: He is studying business at UW,