Of All-Pro linebacker Terrell Suggs’ 199,000 Twitter followers, one is determined to surpass him.

“I follow him on Twitter and Instagram,” Louisiana Tech defensive end Jaylon Ferguson said of the Baltimore Ravens’ Suggs. “I wrote and told him I was going to break his record.”

Suggs, who played at Arizona State, set the NCAA record with 44 career sacks. Entering Saturday’s SoFi Hawaii Bowl, Ferguson has 42.5 sacks.

Ferguson’s sacks education began early.

“I’ve always been a defensive end,” said Ferguson, who began playing football when he was 8. “It’s my favorite position on the field.”

Even when he played tag, he always wanted to be “It.”

“I’d rather be the chaser,” Ferguson said. “I don’t like to run away from people. I like to run ‘em down. That’s my specialty right now.”

Asked if he imagined he would one day close in on the NCAA sack record, Ferguson said, “never in a million years. You always tell yourself, ‘I’m going to be the best at my position,’ but to really do it is amazing.”

Defensive coordinator Blake Baker said Ferguson worked his way into becoming a prolific pass rusher.

“It’s been awesome to watch him grow the past five years,” Baker said of the 6-foot-5 Ferguson. “Him coming in at 220 pounds and watching him get up to 265. More than that, it’s watching him mature as a man. He’s come a long way. I coudn’t be more proud of him. I hope he gets (the record). There’s no one more deserving than Jaylon Ferguson.”

Kurt Hestor, the Bulldogs’ strength/conditioning coordinator, introduced Ferguson to martial-arts training.

“We do more real football skill work, a lot of martial arts, a lot of grappling,” Ferguson said. “That’s what they do on the line of scrimmage.”

Ferguson said Hestor is “responsible for 99 percent of my sacks,” focusing on mastering one skill at a time.

“It’s like Bruce Lee,” Ferguson said. “You either do one thousand kicks one time or one kick a thousand times. We try to focus on one kick a thousand times. That’s our mantra.”

Ferguson said sacks are the reward.

“It feels good,” he said, noting the quarterback “is the most important person on the offense. He’s controlling the whole offense, and you get to put him on the ground. It’s the best feeling in the world.”