2014 Tennessee Football Spring Guide

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PLAYERS • Three stops vs. # 1 Alabama (10/20) • Three tackles and a forced fumble at #5 Georgia (9/29 • Back in action vs. #18 Florida (9/15) with five tackles • Sat out Georgia State (9/8) with toe injury • Credited with 18-yard sack and forced fumble that resulted in safety vs. NC State (8/31). Made five tackles in 2012 opener

2011 - FRESHMAN

• Games/Starts: 11/8 • Third-Team Freshman All-American by Phil Steele • SEC All-Freshman Team selection • Played 11 of 12 games, started eight games at SLB as a true freshman, finished tied for third on team with 56 tackles • Had 5.5 TFLs for 19 yards (fourth-most TFLs on team), two quarterback hurries and forced fumble • With 56 tackles, recorded fourth-most for a true freshman in UT history ahead of Reggie White (51 in 1980) • Ranked second among all SEC freshmen with 5.1 tackles/ game behind teammate A.J. Johnson • Fourth time with career-best seven tackles, came in finale at Kentucky (11/26) • SEC Freshman of the Week (Nov. 20, 2011) • Notched seven tackles (tying his career-high for the third time in 2011) including 2.5 TFLs vs. Vanderbilt (11/19) • Tied for team lead with six tackles including a TFL along with a forced fumble at #8 Arkansas (11/12) • Returned to action vs. MTSU (11/5) with two tackles • Career-high seven tackles vs. #1 LSU (10/15) • Racked up six tackles at #2 Alabama (10/22) • Led team in tackles with seven vs. Buffalo (10/1) • Racked up six tackles including 0.5 TFL at #16 Florida (9/17) • Three tackles vs. Cincinnati (9/10) with half-sack for six yards • In college debut made three tackles vs. Montana (9/3) • Believed to be first true freshman, along with A.J. Johnson, to start at linebacker for UT

HIGH SCHOOL

• Rivals: 4-star (No. 198 overall prospect nationally, No. 12 overall outside linebacker, No. 31 overall prospect in Florida) • Scout: 4-star (No. 19 overall outside linebacker) • ESPN: 4-star (No. 63 overall prospect nationally, No. 3 overall outside linebacker) • ESPNU 150 Team • Rivals250 Team • MaxPreps.com 2010 U.S. Air Force All-America squad • Earned First Team All-America honors via MaxPreps.com for senior year efforts • Named the Sun Sentinel’s 2010 Palm Beach County Defensive Player of the Year • Also garnered Defensive Player of the Year and All-Area honors from the Palm Beach Post

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• As a junior, earned First Team All-State honors in Class 4A • Named First Team All-County by Sun Sentinel • Selected to First Team All-Area by Palm Beach Post • Named to the 2010 Press-Register Southeast 120 and ranked 70th • 65 solo tackles, nine tackles for loss, 28 quarterback pressures, 17 sacks and two forced fumbles as a senior in 2010 • Offensively, posted 12 receptions for 109 yards and a pair of touchdowns • As a junior, notched 38 tackles, 14 quarterback pressures, six tackles for loss, 11 sacks and three forced fumbles • Totaled eight receptions for 62 yards and a score on offense • Part of a defense that held opponents to less than a touchdown a game on a team that went 12-2 his senior year • Coach at Dwyer High School: Jack Daniels

PERSONAL

• Full Name: Curtis Devontea Maggitt • Last name pronounced: muh-JIT • Born: February 4, 1993 • Son of Roosevelt Maggitt, Sr. and Marilyn Bivins • Brother, Roosevelt, played defensive end at Iowa State • Majoring in Communication Studies

 CAREER STATISTICS Defense GP/GS UT AT TT Sack TFL FF FR PD Int High Tk 2011 11/8 29 27 56 0.5-6 5.5-19 1 0 2 0-0 7-4x 2012 9/9 16 14 30 2-31 5-37 2 0 3 0-0 5-3x Totals 20/17 45 41 86 2.5-37 10.5-56 3 0 5 0-0 7-4x

 CAREER HIGHS Tackles

7, four times, last at Kentucky, 11/26/11 Tackles For Loss 2.5 vs. Vanderbilt, 11/19/11 Sacks 1 vs. NC State, 8/31/12 & at South Carolina, 10/27/12 Quarterback Hurries 3 vs. Missouri, 11/10/12

 CAREER GAME-BY-GAME 2011 Opp. U-A-T, Other 2012 Opp. U-A-T, Other Montana 3-0-3 vs. NC State 4-1-5, 1-18 sk, 1-18 tfl, ff Cincinnati 0-3-3, 0.5-6 sk, 0.5-6 tfl Ga. State DNP-INJ at Florida 3-3-6, 0.5-2 tfl, qh Florida 4-1-5 Buffalo 5-2-7, 0.5-0 tfl Akron 1-0-1, qh Georgia 0-2-2 at Georgia 1-2-3, ff LSU 6-1-7 at Miss State 0-2-2, 0.5-1 tfl at Alabama 3-3-6, 0.5-2 tfl Alabama 2-1-3 South Carolina DNP-INJ at So. Carolina 1-0-1, 1-13 sk MTSU 1-1-2 Troy 2-3-5, 1-3 tfl at Arkansas 2-4-6, 1-3 tfl, ff Missouri 1-4-5, 1.5-2 tfl, 3 qh, pd Vanderbilt 2-5-7, 2.5-6 tfl at Vanderbilt DNP-INJ at Kentucky 4-3-7 Kentucky DNP-INJ


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