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Johnathan Cyprien is a safety for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. He was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars with the 33rd overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida International.
As a true freshman in 2009, Cyprien appeared in all 12 games, starting seven. He finished second on the team with 78 tackles, recorded one interception, three breakups and forced two fumbles, and earned all-conference honorable mention selection. In 2010, Cyprien led the team with 113 tackles, the fourth-best single-season total in FIU history. He also recorded three tackles for loss, one interception, six pass break ups, forced three fumbles, and recovered a fumble, and earned second team all-conference honors.
As a Junior in 2011, Cyprien started in all 13 games. He recorded 81 tackles (third-highest on the team), along with 5.5 tackles for loss and a team-high eight passes broken up, which was tied for third all-time in a season in program history, and he earned second team all-conference honors. As a senior in 2012, he served as one of the team captains for 2012, and is widely-regarded as the top safety to ever play at FIU. Cyprien once again led the team in tackles in 2012 with 93, also recorded a team-high four interceptions, along with five pass breakups, 3.5 tackles for loss and one forced fumble. He started all 12 games in 2012, as well as every game the past three seasons (2010-12), and has started the most career games at safety at FIU (45), which is the third-most amount of starts at any position for a Panther. Set school record for total tackles (365), solo tackles (213) and fumbles forced (six). He also ranks among the all-time best for pass breakups (second, 22), interceptions (fourth, 7), and fumbles recovered (fourth, 3).
The 2013 second-round pick started 15 games at SS as a rookie and ranked second on the team with 98 tackles (82 solo) and added two forced fumbles, one INT, three QB pressures, six passes defensed and one sack. Cyprien also added two special teams tackles.
In Cyprien’s rookie season, the 2013 second-round pick started 15 games at strong safety. He ranked second on the team with 98 tackles (82 solo) and added two forced fumbles, one INT, three QB pressures, six passes defensed and one sack. Cyprien also added two special teams tackles and saw action on a team-high 1,044 snaps in his first season despite missing one game.
In 2014, Cyprien started 15 games at strong safety and registered a team-high 111 tackles (77 solo) along with four passes defensed, five tackles for loss and three special teams tackles. On October 12th, 2014 Cyprien registered a career high 14 tackles against the Tennessee Titans. His 111 tackles ranked as third-most among NFL defensive backs.
In 2016, Johnathan Cyprien had 127 tackles, a sack and a forced fumble for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The featured Jacksonville Jaguars nike shirt was worn in training by Johnathan Cyprien in his rookie season with the Jacksonville Jaguars. The shirt features a Jacksonville Jaguars player issued “37” label in the collar and the Jaguars talented safety has signed the front in black. The size is not legible but would guess it’s an xl or 2xl.
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