Tarleton State University Athletics

Senior (2024):
Academic All-WAC … Played in all 14 games … Helped the Tarleton State offense to national marks of sixth in red zone offense (.930), eighth in pass yards per completion (14.3), 17th in rushing offense (198.2 rush yards per game), 22nd in sacks allowed (1.23 per), 25th in turnovers lost (13), 27th in total offense (411.1 YPG) and 28th in scoring offense (30.7 PPG) … Conference-wise, Tarleton State's offense ranked third in scoring offense, third in total offense, and third in rushing offense.
 
Junior (2023):
Academic All-WAC … Played in all 11 games ... Helped lead the No. 1 rushing offense in the United Athletic Conference, with the Texans posting 201.7 rushing yards per game, most in the UAC and 12th most in the FCS … Team also rushed for 25 touchdowns (most in UAC, 16th in FCS) and averaged 5.2 yards per rush (second in UAC, 17th in FCS) … Overall, the Texans averaged 33.3 points per game (second in UAC, 13th FCS), 430.5 yards per game (second UAC, 14th FCS) and 6.4 yards per play (first UAC, 11th FCS) … Offensive line allowed just 14 sacks all season, the tied-third fewest in the UAC and the tied-18th fewest in the FCS … Team allowed just 3.91 tackles for loss per game, second fewest in the UAC, 10th fewest in the FCS.
 
Ellsworth Community College:
Played one season at Ellsworth CC, making First Team All-Conference.
 
Virginia:
Played three years at Virginia from 2019-21.
 
Friedrich-Spee-Gesamtschule:
Won back-to-back national championships in 2017-18 … Was the MVP in one of the national championship games … Ranked No. 1 in Germany in class … Was ranked as a three-star recruit by ESPN.com and 247sports.com, two-star by Rivals.com.
 
Personal:
Graduated from Friedrich-Spee-Gesamtschule in Paderborn, Germany in 2019 … Full name is Kariem Al Soufi … Hometown is Paderborn, Germany … Played on the youth national team for Germany … Moved to the United States in 2019 … Started playing football in Germany at 12 years old … Son of Samer and Sabrin … Has two sisters, Lara and Luna, and one brother, Atef … Father used to be a professional basketball player in Syria, brother was a professional soccer player for SC Paderborn … Majoring in sociology … Born Aug. 12.