Coastal Carolina FOOTBALL MEET THE CHANTS
First Team as a junior ... Also garnered South Carolina Football Coaches Association Upper State Lineman of the Year and Class A Defensive Player of the Year, as well as earning Honorable Mention All-State honors from The State ... Named his team’s Most Valuable Player his final season after leading Chesterfield to its third straight Class A-I State Championship and fourth consecutive Upper State crown ... Had 91 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks and five fumble recoveries last season. Personal: Son of Gregory and Cathy Edwards.
Edwards’ Career Statistics
GP-GS Solo Asst. Total TFL-YDS Sack-YDS Int-YDS QBH FR FF BLK 2011 7-0 4 2 6 1.0 - 3 0 - 0 0 - 0 2 0 0 0
#71 Kenny Fitzgerald
So. / OL / 6-4 / 270 Wall, N.J. / Red Bank Catholic HS
2011 (RFr): Did not see game action. 2010 (Fr.): Redshirted. Prior to Coastal Carolina: Played at Red Bank Catholic High School. Personal: Son of Philip George, Sr., and Tarsha Frierson.
George’s Career Statistics
#43 Philip George
Jr. / DB / 6-2 / 195 Columbia, S.C. / W. J. Keenan HS 2011 (So.): Played in all 11 games, starting nine at safety … Ranked sixth on the team with 40 tackles … Was the only Chant to have a TFL, sack, interception, PBU, QB hurry, forced fumble and recovered fumble … Named Big South Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 14) in the Chants’ win at Charleston Southern … Had a career-high seven tackles, including his first career sack, adding his first career interception and recorded his first career forced fumble … After the Chanticleers threw an interception in the second quarter, George sacked Richard Mounce on the next play, causing the quarterback to fumble and give Coastal possession … Then, with less than a minute to play and Charleston Southern on the CCU 24, George picked off a Mounce pass on the one-yard line and returned it 16 yards to seal the seven-point win over the Buccaneers … Followed that performance with a seven-tackle effort, all solo stops, with a TFL in the season finale at Western Carolina … Had five tackles, all solo, in his first collegiate start in the win over Furman … Credited with a fumble recovery. QB hurry and PBU in the Catawba win … Also broke up a pass at Georgia. 2010 (Fr.): Played in 11 games, missing the Gardner-Webb contest due to injury ... Credited with six tackles on the season, seeing most of his action on the special teams. Prior to Coastal Carolina: Picked to play in the SCADA North/South AllStar Game following his senior season ... Was a running back and safety for Keenan, rushing for more than 1,200 yards at tailback and recording 81 tackles and nine pass breakups his final year ... Named his school’s Defensive Back of the Year after his junior season when he recorded 85 tackles, nine tackles for loss, three sacks and six interceptions ... Also played basketball and baseball at Keenan. 4 Big South Championships
GP-GS Solo Asst. Total TFL-YDS Sack-YDS Int-YDS PBU FR 2010 11-0 4 2 6 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 2011 11-9 30 10 40 2.0-13 1.0-11 1-16 2 1-0 Totals 22-9 34 12 46 2.0-13 1.0-11 1-16 2 1-0
FF 0 1 1
BLK 0 0 0
#73 Chad Hamilton
So. / OL / 6-3 / 305 Charleston, S.C. / James Island HS 2011 (RFr.): Named to the 2011-12 Big South Presidential Honor Roll for posting at least a 3.0 GPA for the academic year ... Saw action in all 11 games, starting each of the last four at left guard … Helped Marcus Whitener rush for 106 yards on 13 carries at Charleston Southern and Travis Small rush for 109 yards on 18 attempts at Western Carolina (Small added 75 yards at CSU and Whitener 65 at WCU) … Also served on the PAT/FG units. 2010 (Fr.): Redshirted. Prior to Coastal Carolina: A 2009 Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas selection as well as South Carolina’s Class AAAA Lower State Lineman of the Year ... Also named to the 2009 Palmetto Champions All-Star Team, the Class AAAA All-State squad by The High School Sports Report and the Post and Courier’s All-Lowcountry team after leading James Island to the second round of the playoffs ... Helped lead the team to 2,700 yards passing and 1,300 yards rushing on the year ... Ran a 4.95 40-yard dash at the 2009 Shrine Bowl combine, one of just six offensive linemen to break five seconds and the largest of the group. Personal: Son of Anthony and Gail Hamilton.
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