2018 player bios made four assisted tackles and one QB hurry in start against Notre Dame... made two assisted tackles against App State... named to the 2017 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll...recipient of the Bill and Jane Young Scholarship. 2016: Played in all 13 games, starting in six...had 36 total stops on the season, second-best among interior linemen...career-best and team-high eight stops in win at Kentucky...also had a QB sack and a forced fumble vs. UK...had seven tackles vs. Florida...among his three stops vs. Louisiana was a QB sack for a 5-yard loss...had three assisted tackles against Nicholls...added another three-tackle performance at Missouri...also appeared in several short-yardage offensive plays...recipient of the Dan M. Post Football Scholarship. High School: McEachern, coached by Kyle Hockman...2015 American Family Insurance USA Today All-USA Second Team defense…2015 Army All-American…PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, #38 ranked player nationally, Top 150 Dream Team...Rivals.com four-star prospect, #204 overall prospect, #17 DT nationally, #13 prospect in Georgia…ESPN.com four-star prospect, ranked #23 overall player nationally, #8 DT overall, #4 prospect in Georgia, #14 player in the Southeast…247Sports.com four-star prospect, #68 overall prospect, #10 ranked DT, #8 prospect in Georgia…Scout.com fourstar prospect, #47 overall prospect, #7 DT nationally, #4 ranked DT in the South…Dawg Post #2 DT and #6 overall prospect in Georgia…2015 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super 11 in Georgia and Class AAAAAA All-State defense…2015 Georgia Sports Writers Assn. Class AAAAAA Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-State Defense…helped McEachern to a 10-2 record and advance to the second round of the state playoffs…recorded 73 tackles and 9.5 sacks during senior season. Personal: JULIAN MICHAEL ROCHESTER….Major: Communication Studies.
Defensive Stats Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP 2016 13/6 10 26 36 2.0/13 2.0/13 1 0 0 0 2 2017 15/1 9 13 22 2.0/15 2.5/16 0 0 0 0 3 Total 28/7 19 39 58 4.0/28 4.5/26 1 0 0 0 5
54 Justin Shaffer OL, So., 6-4, 335, 1VL Ellenwood, Ga. / Cedar Grove HS 2017: Played in eight games as a reserve offensive lineman. High School: Cedar Grove, coached by Jermaine Smith...PrepStar Magazine three-star prospect, All-Southeast Region...ESPN.com three-star prospect, #29 offensive guard nationally and #51 overall prospect in Georgia... Rivals.com three-star prospect, #28 offensive guard nationally and #55 overall prospect in Georgia...247Sports.com three-star prospect, #22 offensive guard nationally, #420 overall prospect nationally and #43 overall prospect in Georgia...Scout.com four-star prospect, #16 offensive guard nationally and #239 overall prospect nationally...Dawg Post #18 overall prospect in Georgia...Named to the AJC 2016 All-State Class AAA offense...Named to the Georgia Sportswriters Association 2016 All-State Class AAA First Team offense...led team to a 13-2 record and state championship in 2016...Teammate of fellow Georgia Bulldog lineman Netori Johnson. Personal: JUSTIN DARNELL SHAFFER...Major: Athletic Training.
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3/87 Tyler Simmons WR, Jr., 6-0, 201, 2VL Powder Springs, Ga. / McEachern HS Career Highs * 1 catch (7x) last vs. Oklahoma, 2018 * 11-yard catch vs. Louisiana, 2016
2017: Played in 15 games...finished with three catches for 26 yards, with a long of 10 yards vs. Samford... hauled in a nine-yard catch from Jake Fromm in the Rose Bowl...reeled in one catch for seven yards at Notre Dame...one of three recipients of Special Teams Most Improved Player Award, given at team’s post-season awards gala...recipient of the Vickie and Leon Farmer Scholarship. 2016: Appeared in six games...caught his first collegiate pass vs. Kentucky for 8 yards...saw his first action of the season in special-teams play at South Carolina....caught an 11-yard pass in 3rd quarter vs. Louisiana. High School: McEachern, coached by Kyle Hockman….Rivals.com threestar prospect, #70 WR prospect nationally, #47 player in Georgia….ESPN. com three-star prospect, #87 overall WR, #243 prospect in the Southeast, #45 prospect in Georgia….247sports.com three-star prospect, #378 prospect nationally, #62 WR overall, #33 prospect in Georgia ... Scout four-star prospect, #265 prospect in the nation, #40 WR overall, #18 WR in the South, #3 WR in Georgia ... 2015 Atlanta Journal Constitution Class AAAAAA Region 4 all-district first team offense….helped McEachern to a 10-2 record and the second round of the Class AAAAAA state playoffs. Personal: TYLER ARMAND SIMMONS…Major: Marketing. Receiving Stats Year G/GS Rec. Yards Per/Rec. Per/Gm. TD LG 2016 6/0 2 19 9.5 3.8 0 11 ULL 2017 15/0 3 26 8.7 1.7 0 10 SAM Total 21/0 5 45 9.0 2.1 0 11 ULL
9 Ameer Speed DB, So., 6-3, 211, 1VL Jacksonville, Fla. / Sandalwood HS Career Highs * 3 tackles against App State, 2017 2017: Played in 11 games and had five total stops... had one solo tackle against Tennessee..made three solo tackles against App State in debut...recipient of the Alisa and Robert O. Tate Scholarship. High School: Sandalwood HS, coached by Adam Geis… PrepStar Magazine four-star recruit, top 350 ranked #316 nationally… 247Sports.com three-star prospect…ranked #353 nationally, #41 at his position, #44 in the state of Florida…ESPN.com four-star recruit, 80 scout grade, #20 in his position, #138 in the Southeast region, #49 in the state of Florida…Rivals.com threestar recruit, #36 in his position, ranked #71 in the state of Florida…Scout.com four-star prospect, #240 scout rank, #24 at his position, #6 in the Southeast, #4 in the state of Florida… Florida Times-Union’s 2015 All-First Coast third team defense as a DB. Personal: AMEER LASHON SPEED...Major: Business. Defensive Stats Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP 2017 11/0 5 0 5 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 1 0 0
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