Layth Ghannam Season 2024

2023: Played in four games.

High School:  Four-year letterman for head coach Steve Edwards Jr. at George Washington High School in West Virginia … Captained the Patriots for one season … Two-time Class AAA All-State Football First Team honoree (2021, 2022) … Two-time All-Mountain State Athletic Conference and citywide selection … Graduated as George Washington’s all-time leader in blocking percentage, having allowed one sack through four seasons … Helped the Patriots advance to three Class AAA state quarterfinals (2019, 2021, 2022) and achieve a 28-14 cumulative record during his career … As a 2022 senior, he registered 97 percent blocking, allowed one sack, handled five hurries and recorded 78 pancakes; defensively, he recorded 54 tackles, 21 TFLs, seven sacks, 41 quarterback hurries and three forced fumbles … As a 2021 junior, he did not allow a sack while scoring 95 percent in blocking, handling seven hurries and recording 62 pancakes; defensively, he made 50 tackles, 25 quarterback hurries, 12 TFLs, seven sacks, one interception and one defensive touchdown … Graduated from George Washington with honors … Ranked as the No. 1 West Virginia prospect by 247Sports, ESPN and On3 … No. 41 offensive lineman by 247 Sports … No. 25 offensive lineman by ESPN.
 
Personal:  Full name is Layth Ghannam … Son to Mike Damous and Heather Protan … Has a brother, Evan, and a sister, Hanna … Interested in majoring in business or finance at Virginia Tech … Carries a 3.39 GPA … Aspires to make it to the NFL and one day own his own business … Races motorcycles competitively … Born Feb. 7, 2005, in Charleston, West Virginia.