2014 Football Roster
Roster
Omari Palmer
- Position:
- Offensive Guard
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 303
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Coram, N.Y.
- High School:
- Longwood
Career Overview: Played in 36 games ... Started 24 games overall from 2014-16, including 21 at right tackle ... Missed most of his senior season due to injury ... Redshirted in 2012 ... Four letters.
Senior Year (2016): Started the first three games at right guard and played 253 snaps ... Missed the remainder of the season due to injury ... Had 14 knockdown blocks ... Orange eclipsed 500 yards of total offense in two of Palmer's three starts ... Saw the field for 77 snaps and tallied three knockdown blocks to help the Orange gain 554 yards of offense versus Colgate (9/2) ... Played a season-high 96 snaps and recorded five knockdown blocks against Louisville (9/9) ... Against USF (9/17), served as SU's offensive captain and registered a season-best six knockdown blocks in 80 snaps to help lead SU to an offensive output of 549 yards.
Junior Year (2015): Started all 12 games at right tackle ... Against Rhode Island (9/4), played 49 snaps and earned the highest grade of SU’s front five to help the Orange rush for a season-high 312 yards. Recorded 4.5 knockdown blocks against the Rams ... On the field for 57 snaps and recorded two knockdown blocks to key a rushing attack that produced 242 yards against Clemson (11/14), the most rushing yards allowed by the Tigers’ defense in 2015 ... Graded out the highest among Orange linemen at NC State (11/21) and was credited with eight knockdown blocks, the best single-game total for any member of the team’s offensive front in 2015.Â
Sophomore Year (2014): Played in 11 games with nine starts, including six at right tackle.
Freshman Year (2013): Played in 10 games ... Helped pave the way for an SU rushing attack that ranked fourth in the ACC, averaging 194.8 yards per game.
2012: Redshirt season.
High School: Lineman for head coach John Murphy … 2011 New York State Class AA First Team honoree, helping the Lions to an 8-2 record … 2010 New York State Class AA Third Team selection … Earned all-metro, All-Long Island, all-county and all-league honors in 2011 … Selected for the 2012 Upstate-Downstate All-Star Game … Also wrestled.
Personal: Omari Jahi Palmer … Born in May 1994 … Son of Steven and Janice Palmer … One sister … Sociology major.
