Frank Buncom Season 2017

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Career Accolades
• Three-time Pac-12 All-Academic
     • first team (2016), second team (2017, 2018)
• 115 tackles (66 solo), 2.0 tackles for loss and one sack in 39 career games
• Five interceptions, 17 passes defended and one touchdown
• One forced fumble, one fumble recovery

As a Senior (2018)
• Pac-12 All-Academic second team
• Played in all 13 games and started all 13
• 52 tackles (21 solo), 1.0 tackle for loss, one sack, one interception, six pass breakups
• Six tackles (three solo) and team-high three pass breakups vs. USC
• Three tackles (one solo) vs. UC Davis
• Five tackles (four solo) at Oregon
• Four tackles (three solo) at Notre Dame
• Four tackles (three solo) vs. Utah
• Six tackles (three solo) and one pass breakup at Arizona State
• Five tackles (two solo) vs. Washington State
• Three tackles (one solo) at Washington
• Three tackles (two solo), one interception and one pass breakup vs. Oregon State
• Five solo tackles and one sack at UCLA
• Five tackles (two solo) and one pass breakup in win over Pitt (Sun Bowl)

As a Junior (2017)
• Pac-12 All-Academic second team
• 14 games played
• 46 tackles, 1.0 tackle for loss, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, three interceptions, one pass breakup
• Two tackles vs. Rice
• Four tackles (three solo) and one pass breakup at USC
• Solo tackle at San Diego State
• Four tackles (one solo) vs. Arizona State
• Three tackles (one solo) at Utah
• Solo tackle vs. Oregon
• Three tackles (two solo) at Oregon State
• Three tackles (two solo) at Washington State
• Team-high 11 tackles (six solo) and one forced fumble vs. Washington
• Three tackles (two solo) vs. Cal
• Four tackles (one solo), interception vs. Notre Dame
• Three tackles (two solo) vs. USC (Pac-12 Championship Game)
• Four tackles (one solo), 1.0 tackle for loss, one fumble recovery and two interceptions vs. TCU (Alamo Bowl)

As a Sophomore (2016)
• Pac-12 All-Academic first team
• 12 games played
• 17 tackles (10 solo), five pass breakups
• Two tackles at Washington
• Six tackles (three solo), 26-yard interception return for a touchdown vs. Washington State
• Two solo tackles at Notre Dame
• Two solo tackles and one pass breakup at Arizona
• Two tackles vs. Oregon State
• One pass breakup at Oregon
• One solo tackle, two pass breakups vs. Rice
• One tackle, one pass breakup vs. North Carolina (Sun Bowl)

As a Freshman (2015)
• Did not see action

The Buncom File
• Played football at St. Augustine (Calif.) under head coach Richard Sanchez
• Four-star recruit by Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, ESPN and PrepStar
• Nation’s eighth-best safety by Scout, 11th by ESPN, 15th by PrepStar
• Nation’s 13th-best cornerback by 247Sports, 15th by Rivals
• California’s 19th-best recruit by 247Sports, 20th by Scout, 21st by Rivals, 23rd by ESPN, 26th by PrepStar
• 68 tackles, team-high 38 receptions, 515 receiving yards and five touchdowns as a senior
• 2015 Cal-Hi Sports all-state second team
• 2014 Semper Fidelis All-America
• Two-time all-state
• Two-time all-CIF
• Two-time all-league
• 2014 team MVP
• 2013 team defensive MVP
• Led team to pair of division and league titles
• Varsity letters earned in football, track and field, and baseball
• Watkins Award winner
• Walter J. Zable National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete of the Year
• Congress of Future Medical Leaders
• Student Augustinian Values Institute
• Born in San Diego, Calif.
• Full name is Frank James Buncom IV
• Son of Frank and Sheila Buncom
• Five siblings: Jackae, Imani, Jazzay, Jaymani and Surahz
• Grandfather, Frank Buncom II, played football at USC and professionally for the San Diego Chargers
• Sister, Jackae, ran track at Nevada
• Cousin, Everson Walls, played professionally for the Dallas Cowboys
• Cousin, Reggie Wallace, played basketball at Oregon
• Enjoys dancing
• Majoring in human biology