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Jordan SENNETT
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Corey SIMMONS
5-9 • 222 • Sr.-1L New Orleans, La. • O. Perry Walker HS (Langston)
TIGHT END
6-5 • 251 • Jr.-1L Lawrenceville, Ga. • Greater Atlanta HS (South Carolina)
2012 Season: Did not record stats 2011 Season: Redshirted. Prior To NSU: Played one season at Langston where he helped his team to an 8-3 record and a conference championship... earned player of the week honors in his first college game after he recorded eight tackles. High School: All-state, all-district, all-metro his senior season after compiling 140 tackles, two interceptions,a nd three forced fumbles... had 111 tackles, two interceptions, two forced fumbles and an touchdown en route to all-district honors as a junior... all-district his sophomore season after totaling 110 tackles... team played in the semifinal round of the state playoffs as a junior and advanced to the second round his senior season... also an all-district baseball player... lettered in football, baseball, and track. Personal: Born April 24, 1991... son of Lillian Sennett... two brothers, Zachary Mitchell (24) and Devin Sennett (17)... majoring in criminal justice.
2013 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PERFORMANCE TIGHT ENDS WATCHLIST 2012 ALL-SLC HONORABLE MENTION 2012 Season: Appeared in nine games with a 9.3 yards per catch average… caught four balls for 62 yards against Southeastern Louisiana… first touchdown was against Nevada with five catches for 32 yards… caught a touchdown in the next game against Mississippi Valley State on three grabs for 20 yards… three catches for 22 yards against Nicholls State, and 26 yards at Central Arkansas. Prior to NSU: Saw limited action in two games as a redshirt freshman... played briefly in the season opener against East Carolina... most action came against Kentucky... did not record any statistics... transitioned to tight end in the spring after playing on the defensive side of the ball as a true freshman... considered the Most Improved Tight End during the spring... redshirted the 2010 season. High School: Tight end and defensive end at Greater Atlanta Christian High School, a 2A school in Norcross, Ga.... played for former Gamecock linebacker Kenneth “Gus” Robinson... participated in KICKER the Gwinnett County All-Star game... considered a two-star prospect by Rivals.com... given a one-star rating by Scout.com... also had offers John SHELTON from Samford and Western Carolina. 5-10 • 160 • Fr.-HS Personal: His father, Clyde Simmons Jr., was a two-time Pro Winnfield, La. • Winnfield HS Bowler, playing with five teams in the NFL, most notably with the Phil High School: All-State Class 2A kicker (LSWA, coaches) … adelphia Eagles. three-year first-team all-district selection … holds school records for career field goals, extra points (212), kicking percentage (92.4) at tra- Simmons’ Career Stats dition-rich Winnfield program under coach Andy Pyles … long FG of Year G Rec. Yds TD Long Avg Avg/G Rush Yds TD 43 yards … 6-9 as a senior on FGs … 75 percent of his kickoffs were 2012 7 20 186 2 68 13.7 44.9 0 0 0 touchbacks … twice All-Cenla pick by Alexandria Town Talk … hon- Game Highs: orable mention all-state as a junior when Winnfield was state finalist, Catches: 5 at Nevada (Sept. 15, 2012) losing to national power John Curtis … Shelton hit a FG in the game Yards: 62 at Southeastern Louisiana (Oct. 13, 2012) despite being “iced” with a timeout by Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame coach J.T. Curtis … led the state in kick scoring as a junior … regional qualifier in the pole vault as a sophomore and junior … all-district center fielder in baseball as a sophomore … Winnfield’s special teams MVP for three seasons … started all 52 career games, scoring in all but three … says he “would like to be the next great NSU Demons placekicker” and “I am a football player who kicks!” … Personal: Son of Dr. Mark Shelton, a physician, and Jennifer Shelton a medical technologist … has two older brothers, Matthew (28) and Andrew (26), both former kickers for the Tigers … Andrew played baseball at Louisiana College, now is an assistant coach there … grandfather Lee Shelton graduated from Louisiana Normal (former name of NSU) in the class of 1941 … born 11/4/94 … wants to become a dentist in a rural community and go on a medical mission trip … full name is John Maxwell Shelton … 3.5 GPA.
SLC Champions: 1988 • 1997 • 1998 • 2004
Media
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Great Tradition • Brighter Future Guide
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