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78 - JERRY SAENA OL - 6-5 - 270 - FR-HS PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA (FA'ASAO MARIST) Chose SMU over offers from Houston and Hawaii.
2 - DEION SANDERS, JR. WR - 5-7 - 180 - FR-HS ATLANTA, GA. (ATLANTA SPORTS ACADEMY) Enrolled at SMU in January 2013; Prep: Spent one season at Atlanta Sports Academy, a prep school… Had three picks in 2012 at ASA… Was a three-star Scout.com recruit as a high school senior… A two-star Rivals.com, 247sports. com and Scout.com prospect in 2013... Invited to play corner in the Under Armour All-American Bowl in 2012… Played both wideout and corner in high school… Also lettered in track… Had an offer from Houston as a prep senior; Personal: Father Deion Sanders, Sr., played football and baseball at Florida State, played baseball professionally with the Cincinnati Reds, Atlanta Braves, San Francisco Giants and New York Yankees, and played football professionally with the Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins and Baltimore Ravens.
23 - STEPHON SANDERS LB - 6-3 - 250 - JR-2L MESQUITE, TEXAS (HORN) Sophomore (2012): Played in all 13 games, making 12 starts... Has 48 tackles on the season, including 5.5 TFL... Had a pick six, returning the ball 36 yards, in the win over Houston... Notched five pass breakups... Part of an SMU defense that posted two shutouts, tied an NCAA season record for pick-sixes, and tied for third in the country in total takeaways and second in fumble recoveries for TDs… Awarded the No. 23 by coaches, given annually to a deserving student-athlete on the SMU football team to honor Jerry LeVias, the first African-American scholarship recipient in the SWC; Freshman (2011): Played in 12 games, making five starts late in the year… Had 26 tackles, including 5.5 for loss and three sacks… Had two pass breakups in the regular season finale… Had a season-high five stops and a sack in his first career start against Tulane… Notched a spectacular interception in the BBVA Compass Bowl win; Prep: A three-star Rivals.com, ESPN.com and FoxSports.com recruit… Rated by Rivals as the No. 36 defensive end in the nation… Selected to PrepStar Magazine’s All-Midlands Region Team and TheOldCoach.com’s All-Area squad… Named to MaxPreps.com’s Texas Top 300… Ranked No. 64 on the Dallas Morning News’ Area Top 100 list… Registered 77 tackles (53 solo), 11 tackles for loss and four sacks during his senior season… As a junior, recorded 57 tackles, 3.5 sacks, three pass breakups and a forced fumble… A two-time all-district selection… Named academic all-state... Also played baseball and basketball... Held 15 offers, including ones from Arkansas, Duke, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Utah, Vanderbilt, Virginia and Wake Forest.
Stephon Sanders
8 - JAY SCOTT DB - 6-1 - 210 - SR-3L HOUSTON, TEXAS (STRAKE JESUIT) Junior (2012): Played in all 13 games, making 12 starts... Ranked fourth on the team in tackles with 76, including two for loss... Notched an interception and a fumble recovery against SFA... Had 10 PBUs in 2012... Recorded a career-high 10 tackles in the win at UTEP... Had a team-high and career-high tying 10 tackles against UCF... Made nine stops at Baylor... Part of an SMU defense that posted two shutouts, tied an NCAA season record for pick-sixes, and tied for third in the country in total takeaways and second in fumble recoveries for TDs; Sophomore (2011): Saw action in 12 games, making two starts… Had 21 tackles on the season… Posted a career-high six tackles and recovered a fumble against Northwestern State; Freshman (2010): Saw action in nine games… Tallied two tackles on the season; 2009: Redshirted… Named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll; Prep: A three-star Rivals.com and Scout.com prospect… Ranked as the No. 75 safety in the nation by Rivals… Played quarterback as a senior, leading his team to the District 18-5A championship… Named District Offensive MVP and first-team All-District 18-5A in 2008 after throwing for over 1,600 yards and 22 TDs and running for six more scores… A second-team All-District 18-5A defensive back in 2007 after notching five picks; Personal: A management major.
Jay Scott
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