Players
TIGERS
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2011) One of the SEC’s most dominant pass rushers who played in all 14 games with four starts … Backed up Ken Adams early in the season at defensive end … A second-team All-SEC selection by the Associated Press … Led the team and ranked third in the SEC in tackles for loss with 15.0 for 93 yards ... Was second on the squad and finished seventh in the SEC in sacks with 8.0 for 60 yards ... His 15.0 tackles for loss ranked ninth in LSU single-season history, while his 8.0 sacks finished ninth as well in single-season school history … Totaled 46 tackles on the year with 11 quarterback hurries … Started against Ole Miss, Arkansas, Georgia and Alabama in the BCS Championship Game ... Team-high 1.5 tackles for loss in the BCS title game … Set a career high with five quarterback hurries in the SEC Championship Game against Georgia ... Posted a career-high three tackles for a loss and two sacks along with one QB hurry against Arkansas ... Posted three solo tackles, including one sack and 2.0 TFLs at Ole Miss ... Set a career high with eight tackles, one sack and a QB hurry versus Western Kentucky ... Named the SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week after tallying a career-high two sacks for a loss of 21 yards with four total tackles and a QB hurry against Auburn ... Posted four tackles, 1.5 tackles for a loss, one sack and one QB hurry against Kentucky ... Recorded one sack and a forced fumble at Mississippi State ... Productive game against Northwestern State as he recorded three tackles, one TFL, one PBU and one QB hurry. REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON (2010) Played 13 games with one start at right defensive end at Auburn ... Racked up 35 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, six pass breakups, four quarterback hurries, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery ... Used his long arms and quickness off the edge to finish second on the team with six PBU’s … Credited with four assisted tackles and two PBUs against Alabama ... Made his first career start at Auburn and picked up two tackles and one QB hurry ... Tallied five tackles with 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble against Tennessee ... Registered two QB hurries, one PBU and two tackles against West Virginia ... Stood out at Vanderbilt with five total tackles, one 11-yard sack and a forced fumble ... Saw his first action as a Tiger in the opener against North Carolina and made his presence known by recording three solo tackles with one tackle for a loss and a fumble recovery.
HIGH SCHOOL A 5A first-team all-state selection who recorded 59 tackles to go with seven tackles and four tackles for losses in helping West Monroe to the state championship game in 2008 ... Added four forced fumbles and recovered seven fumbles in 2008 ... As a junior, tallied 55 tackles to go with six sacks and 12 tackles for loss ... Named all-state in Class 5A as a junior ... A four-star prospect according to Rivals.com and Scout.com ... Rated as the No. 8 linebacker in the country by SuperPrep ... Rated as the No. 6 strong side linebacker by Scout.com ... Rated as the No. 9 outside linebacker by Rivals.com ... A member of the Rivals 250 and Scout 300 ... Rated as the No. 5 best athlete among linebackers by Rivals.com ... Rated as the No. 3 player in the state of Louisiana by SuperPrep ... Ranked as the No. 8 player in the state of Louisiana by Rivals.com ... Rated as the No. 63 overall prospect in the Mobile Press-Register Super Southeast 120 ... Named to the New Orleans Times Picayune Blue Chip List and the Baton Rouge Advocate Super Dozen ... Coached by Don Shows. PERSONAL Full name is Barkevious Levon Mingo ... Nickname is KeKe (pronounced Key-Key) ... Born Oct. 4, 1990, in Belle Glades, Fla. ... Dad is Hugh Mingo and mom is Barbara Johnson ... Has four siblings - Hugh Mingo III, Hughtavious Mingo, Malik Johnson and LaDarian Johnson ... Majoring in sports administration.
MINGO’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATS UT AT
TT
TFL
Sacks
PBU
2010 13-1 18 17 35 5.5-41 2.5-21 6 2011 14-4 21 25 46 15.0-93 8.0-60 2 Totals 27-5 39 42 81 20.5-134 10.5-81 8
QBH
INT
FF
4 11 15
0 0 0
2 1-0 1 0-0 3 1-0
FR
46
Kevin Minter
Linebacker 6-2 • 242 • Jr. • 2L Suwanee, Ga. (Peachtree Ridge)
A hard hitting linebacker who will be one of the Tigers’ top defensive leaders in 2012 … Holds the most experience of any Tiger linebacker on the roster and will command the starting Mike linebacker spot for the second straight season … Explosive player with tremendous leg strength … Owns 11 career starts and has played in 25 games … Tallied 76 career tackles, 3.5 tackles for a loss of 15 yards, one sack, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery that resulted in his first career touchdown. SOPHOMORE SEASON (2011) LSU’s starting Mike linebacker who played in 14 games and made 11 starts ... Ranked fifth on the team in total tackles with 61, including 40 solo stops … Added 3.5 tackles for a loss off 15 yards, one sack, one fumble recovery and one forced fumble … Notched his first career sack for a loss of seven yards and finished with five tackles in the BCS Championship Game against Alabama … Scored his first career touchdown on a fumble recovery in the endzone at Ole Miss ... Set a career high with 11 tackles versus Western Kentucky ... Earned his first PBU against Georgia ... Forced a fumble versus Florida and posted a tackle for a loss against Kentucky ... Made his first career start against Oregon and produced four tackles including a half tackle for a loss.
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HIGH SCHOOL A Class 5A first-team all-state selection as a senior … As a senior, tallied 113 tackles while playing in only 10 games … Helped lead Peachtree Ridge to the playoffs before suffering an injury that kept him out of their run to the Class 5A state championship … As a junior, recorded 137 tackles and six sacks as a middle linebacker … Was an honorable mention to the Class 5A all-state team as a junior as well as a first-team all-district and all-county selection … Played defensive end as a freshman and sophomore, totaling a combined 154 tackles in two years at the position … Started all four years in high school … A four-star prospect according to Rivals.com and Scout.com … A five-star prospect in the Sports Illustrated Takkle Top 200 … Rated as the #15 Linebacker in the nation by SuperPrep … Rated as the #17 inside linebacker in the nation by Rivals.com … Rated as the #4 middle linebacker in the nation by Scout.com … Rated as the #11 outside linebacker in the nation by ESPN U ... Rated as the #7 prospect in the state of Georgia by SuperPrep … Rated as the #23 overall prospect in the state of Georgia by Rivals.com … Rated as the #79 overall prospect in the Mobile Press-Register Super Southeast 120 … Named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super Southern 100 … A member of the Rivals 250 … Coached by Bill Ballard.
CAREER HIGHS Total tackles: 11 vs. Western Kentucky, 2011 Tackles for loss: 1.0, three times (Last: vs. Alabama, 2012 BCS Championship Game) Sacks: 1.0 vs. Alabama, 2012 BCS Championship Game MINTER’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATS Year
G-GS
UT AT
TT
TFL
Sacks
2010 11-0 5 10 15 0 0 2011 14-11 21 40 61 3.5-15 1.0-7 Totals 25-11 26 50 76 3.5-15 1.0-7
PBU
QBH
INT
FF
FR
0 1 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 1 1
0 1-0 1-0
99
Sam Montgomery Defensive End 6-4 • 245 • Jr. • 2L Greenwood, S.C (Greenwood)
CAREER HIGHS Total tackles: 8 vs. Western Kentucky, 2011 Tackles for loss: 3.0 vs. Arkansas, 2011 Sacks: 2.0, twice (Last: vs. Arkansas, 2011; First: vs. Auburn, 2011) G-GS
TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON (2009) Redshirted as a true freshman in 2009 … Graduated high school early and enrolled at LSU in January 2009 … Participated in spring practice prior to his true freshman season in 2009.
PERSONAL Full name is Kevin Christopher Minter … Born Dec. 3, 1990 … Parents are Willie May Hollis and Leonard Minter … Majoring in sports administration.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2009) Spent his true freshman season on the scout squad ... Redshirted in 2009.
Year
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON (2010) Saw action in 11 games with no starts ... Finished the year with 15 total tackles … One of the strongest players on the team as he squatted a team-best 545 pounds in May 2010 … Third on the team in tackles in the opener against North Carolina as he recorded six stops, including four solo tackles ... Served as the backup to senior Kelvin Sheppard at Mike linebacker.
2012 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE
• 2011 Ted Hendricks Defensive End of the Year Finalist • 2011 First-Team All-American (FWAA, FoxSportsNext. com) • 2011 Second-Team All-American (SI.com) • 2011 Third-Team All-American (AP, Rivals.com) • 2011 First-Team All-Southeastern Conference (AP, Coaches) • 2011 SEC Co-Defensive Lineman of the Week (Alabama) • 2011 SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week (vs. Kentucky) • 2010 Freshman All-SEC (Coaches) One of college football’s most dominant defensive ends … Finalist for the Ted Hendricks Award as a sophomore and will be a candidate for the national defensive end award again in 2012 … Terrific athleticism with great size and a high motor … A returning first-team All-American who teams with Barkevious Mingo to form one of the nation’s most terrorizing defensive end tandems … After missing the final eight games of the 2010 season to a knee injury, turned in a dominant sophomore season … Has played in 19 games with 16 starts … Recipient of the Toby Caston Award for outstanding performance in 2012 spring drills … One of two LSU players on the watch list for the 2012 Lott Trophy, which recognizes achievement on and off the field … Racked up 67 tackles, 19.5 tackles for a loss of 88 yards and 11.0 sacks for a loss of 71 yards in two seasons … Needs just six sacks to crack the LSU career top 10 in sacks … Gifted athlete who also starred on the basketball court in high school. SOPHOMORE SEASON (2011) A first-team All-American as selected by the Football Writers Association of America … Also recognized as a second-team All-American by SI.com and a third-team All-American by the Associated Press … Played in all 14 games with 11 starts at right defensive end … Led the team and ranked sixth in the SEC with 9.0 sacks, which finished as the fourth-highest total in LSU single-season history ... Ranked second on the squad and eighth in the SEC with 13.5 tackles for a loss of 63 yards ... Posted at least half a sack in eight of 14 games ... Finished ninth on the team in total tackles with 49 … Tallied 2.0 tackles for loss and one sack versus Arkansas ... Credited with one sack against Western Kentucky and one against Georgia in the SEC Championship Game ... Named SEC Co-Defensive Lineman of the Week with Arkansas’ Jake Bequette after he set a career high with two sacks and tied his career best with six total tackles at Alabama ... Tied his career high with six tackles against Auburn and added 1.5 TFLs and one sack ... Named the SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week after his performance against Kentucky when he tied his career high with six tackles and two TFLs and earned 1.5 sacks ... Combined with Tyrann Mathieu to record LSU’s first sack of the season against Northwestern State as he