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2023 Football Roster

11 Dayvia Gbor

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Ht./Wt. 5-8 / 175
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Minneapolis, Minn.
  • High School Brooklyn Center
  • Prev School Minnesota Duluth

Biography

Second Team All-NEC (2023)
NEC Academic Honor Roll (2023)

2023 Season
  • Second Team All-NEC
  • NEC Academic Honor Roll
  • Played in all 12 games with 10 starts at defensive back
  • Recorded 47 tackles (26 solos)
  • Led team with four turnovers with a team-best three interceptions along with one fumble recovery ... Also had three pass breakups
  • Had multiple tackles in all 12 games with a season-high seven twice (at WVU and vs. Stonehill)
  • Scooped a fumble recovery at Coastal Carolina on a muffed punt
  • All three INTs came in conference play (at LIU, vs. SFU, and at Wagner)
Before Duquesne
  • Played in 33 games in three seasons at Division II University of Minnesota Duluth (2019, 2021 & 2022).
  • Finished his career with 61 tackles (48 solo), 10 interceptions and 27 passes defended.
  • Had seven picks and broke up 11 passes in earning all-conference and CCA All-Super Region 4 Second Team honors in 2022.
  • His seven interceptions ranked third nationally and first in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.
  • Co-Founder and President of Black Men Serving Excellence at UMD, and organization that started independently but was eventually recognized as a registered student organization.
  • Was a four-year starter for Brooklyn Center where he earned all-district honors as a junior and senior.
  • Was a two-time team captain in HS.
  • Also lettered in basketball and track at Brooklyn Center.
Personal
  • Born on March 2, 2000.
  • Parents, Dayton and Sylvia, emigrated to the United States from Liberia. Dayvia is a first generation college graduate (exercise science).
  • Has a younger sister.

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