Wardalis Ducksworth

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Position:
Defensive Line
Height:
6-4
Weight:
246
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Mize, Miss.
High School:
Mize HS
Prev School:
Jones County JC

Honors

• AAC All-Academic Team (2021, 2019)
• Tiger 3.0 Club (2021, 2020, 2019)

2022 (Fifth Year)

• Member of the Tigers who won the 2022 SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
• Appeared in all 13 games, earning 11 starts on the season
• Totaled 23 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, two sacks and five quarterback hurries on the year
• Had a season-high four tackles at SMU
• Posted three tackles, one tackle for loss, one sack and one quarterback hurry in win over North Texas
• Recorded three tackles and a tackle for loss against Houston
• Talled two stops, one tackle for loss, one sack and two quarterback hurries in victory over Temple
• Allstate's 31st AFCA Good Works Team nominee

2021 (Redshirt Senior)

• Appeared in all 12 games for the Tigers, earning 11 starts
• Totaled 34 tackles, 16 solo, with four tackles for loss, four sacks, a team-best two fumble recoveries and five quarterback hurries
• Had three tackles and a fumble recovery in the endzone for a touchdown against UTSA
• Posted a season-best eight tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks against East Carolina
• Recorded four tackles, one tackle for loss, one sack and one fumble recovery in victory over Tulane

2020 (Redshirt Junior)

• Member of the 8-3 Tigers who won the 2020 Montgomery Bowl
• Appeared in all 11 games on the season, earning three starts
• Totaled 19 tackles, 10 solo, to go with four TFL and four sacks
• Had a season-high four stops along with one TFL and one sack at Cincinnati
• Tallied one sack in three-straight games against Temple, Cincinnati and USF

2019 (Junior)

• Redshirted the 2019 season after appearing in three games for Memphis
• Finished with three tackles and one sack • All three tackles came in the home win over Navy, as did his sack
• Member of the 2019 squad that won its first outright American Athletic Conference Championship, finished with a 12-2 overall record and made an appearance at the 84th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic

2017-18 (at Jones County JC)

• Played two seasons for head coach Steve Buckley at Jones County Community College
• The Bobcats posted an 18-4 record and won consecutive Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) South Division titles in his two seasons
• Helped Jones County to a 10-2 record and a win in the Mississippi Bowl in 2018
• The 10-win season was the Bobcats’ first since 2001
• The bowl game win was the program’s first since 1998
• Jones County finished the season ranked No. 5 in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) poll
• Logged 25 total stops (19 solo), 5.5 TFL and one sack in 2018
• Set career-highs for total tackles (8), solo stops (7) and TFL (3) vs Hinds
• Member of the Bobcats defense that held opponents to just over 18 points a game
• As a freshman in 2017, had 32 total stops (21 solo) and six sacks

Prior to Memphis/Personal

• Played all four seasons for the Mize High School varsity squad
• Played for head coach Kenny Robinson
• Helped lead the Bulldogs to Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) Class 2A playoff berths all four years
• 2013 and 2014 squads advanced to the MHSAA Class 2A state playoff quarterfinal round
• Earned Mississippi Association of Coaches (MAC) All-State first team honors (DE) in 2015 and 2016
• Son of Teressa Pittman and Trell Feazell