Jibrille Fewell (Born August 5,1991) grew up playing football in his hometown of Rock Hill, South Carolina. While attending South Pointe High School he was selected as All-Region, All-Area and an All-State honoree. Fewell, who was a junior college transfer, was originally a top recruit at the University of Buffalo where he began his collegiate career under Head Coach Turner Gill and he was named the most improved player during their spring training. Following Buffalo, he transferred Butte College where in his last season with the team he had 47 tackles, 7.5 tackles for a loss, and 5 sacks. After Butte, he transferred and finished out his collegiate career at Liberty University.

At Liberty he was a standout started all 23 games with flames. He was named All Big South and was one of the Top FCS prospects for the 2014 NFL Draft.