2012 DEMON PROFILES Ledger called him the “top linebacker in the Magnolia State” ... selected to play in the Mississippi-Alabama HS All-Star Game ... All-State second team ... All-Metro Jackson ... Clarion-Ledger’s Top 40 Players in Mississippi ... 78 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 interception as a senior in 2009 for coach Mario Lane ... All-State second team in his junior season, when he had 106 tackles, 6 sacks, 2 interceptions and scored two TDs on the returns for a 7-4 team that reached the state playoffs ... senior president of Forest Hill’s student government ... on the school’s high honor roll ... Future Business Leaders of America member. Personal: Born Dec. 8, 1991... son of Delvonakey Black... one sister, Jayallah, and a brother, Deandre. Blacks’s Career Stats Year G T A Tot TFL Sack FF FR Int PBU Blk 2011 10 13 10 23 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2010 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Game Highs: Tackles: 4 vs. Southern Methodist (Sept. 17, 2011)
96 Andrew BLETSCH Defensive Line • 6-2 • 275 • So.-1L Santa Fe, Tex. • Santa Fe HS Enters fall camp as second-team nose tackle.
2011 Season: Played in five games, making six tackles at defensive tackle as a true freshman. High School: Helped Santa Fe HS to the bi-district finals… 2010 first-team All-District, first-team All-County and team MVP as a senior while recording 81 tackles, 4 sacks and 16 QB hurries with an interception and 6 forced fumbles … 12 tackles for loss … scored two touchdowns as a fullback under coach Jay Buckner… honorable mention all-district as a junior at defensive end with 45 tackles, 4 sacks as Santa Fe went 6-5 and was a bi-district playoff entry … 51 tackles, 5 sacks as a sophomore… three sport athlete (football, powerlifting and track) and eight varsity letters… career 176 tackles and six forced fumbles… fifth in regional and state powerlifting as a junior … FFA president and reporter … coached a powder puff team as a freshman and sophomore. Personal: Born Sept. 9, 1992… son of Mike Bletsch and Donna and Darrel Haney… one brother, John (23), two sisters, Brandy (32) and Tiffany (30)… majoring in sports administration and history… full name is James Andrew Bletsch. Bletsch’s Career Stats Year G T A Tot TFL Sack FF FR Int PBU Blk 2011 5 3 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Brashard BOOKER Safety • 6-1 • 180 • Sr.-3L Terrell, Tex. • Terrell HS
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2011 Season: Second on the team with 77 tackles - 46 of those solo… had three tackles for loss, seven quarterback hurries, one blocked kick, and two forced fumbles… one interception and one fumble recovery…interception came against Southeastern Louisiana… had 13 tackles at LSU…. 10 tackles at Lamar… nine tackles against Texas State including a tackle for loss… recorded eight tackles against SLC rival Stephen F. Austin. 2010 Season: Second on the team with 86 tackles - 50 of those solo... played in all 11 games with four starts... second on the squad with eight pass break ups... had three tackles for a loss, one QB hurry, a forced fumble, and blocked a kick... four games where he recorded 10 or more tackles and had a career-high 15 stops against Nicholls... followed that up with 12 tackles against SFA in the season finale... had 13 tackles against Samford where nine of his stops were solos, and 11 vs. Sam Houston State... had two PBUs both against Central Arkansas and SFA and blocked a punt at Texas State that produced a touchdown on a 4-yard return.. 2009 Season: Recorded five tackles in five games…season high of three against McNeese State…three unassisted and two assisted. Recorded tackles against North Dakota, McNeese State, and Stephen F. Austin. 2008 Season: Redshirted. High School: Senior season, first team all-state and all-district… defensive MVP… Terrell HS Athlete of the Year… Dallas Morning News Athlete of the Week… 160 tackles, four forced fumbles, three blocked kicks, one punt return for a touchdown… district champion in the long jump and second in the triple jump… junior season, first team all-district… defensive MVP… Terrell HS Athlete of the Year… 140 tackles… four forced fumbles… four blocked kicks… three interceptions… second team all-district in basketball and district champion in long jump and second in triple jump… sophomore season, district Sophomore of the Year… 100 tackles… one interception… basketball Newcomer of the year… third in the triple jump at the district track meet… National Honor Roll and a member of the Student Council. Personal: Born Jan. 10, 1990… son of Walter McCullar and Tracie Booker… three brothers, Byron and Shabrun Booker and Markethian Shaw and two sisters, Brenecia Booker and Waltikia Shaw… Markethian plays semi-pro ball… majoring in criminal justice and wants to work in a juvenile detention center… nickname is “Book.” Booker’s Career Stats Year G T A Tot TFL Sack 2011 11 46 31 77 3.0 0 2010 11 50 36 86 3.0 0 2009 5 3 2 5 0 0 Totals 27 99 69 168 6.0 0
FF FR Int PBU 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 10
Blk 0 1 0 1
Game Highs: Tackles: 15 vs. Nicholls (Nov. 12, 2010) 13 vs. LSU (Sept. 10, 2011) 10 vs. Lamar (Oct. 8, 2011) Tackles for Loss: - 2 vs. Samford (Sept. 11, 2010) Psss Breakups: - 2, two times (Last vs. Stephen F. Austin Nov. 20, 2010)
2011 All-SLC Honorable Mention 2011 Preseason All-SLC 2nd Team Although he’s not listed as a starter at free safety, count on Brashard Booker to be on the field as much as anybody. He’s been extremely productive in the past two seasons. Great Tradition • Brighter Future
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