player bios
2018 SEC East Champions
ANDREW THOMAS Lithonia, Georgia Pace Academy OL So. 6-5 320 1VL
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* 2018 Coaches All-SEC First Team * * 2018 Associated Press All-SEC Second Team *
Started at LT in all games (12) in which he’s played...earned SEC Offensive Line Co-Player of the Week honors after Georgia’s win at Kentucky, against which the Bulldogs racked up a then-season-high 331 rushing yards...left South Carolina game early in 3rd quarter with an injury and missed the subsequent contest vs. MTSU...still managed to play in 72 percent of the Bulldogs’ offensive plays vs. SEC teams...selected as one of three game captains vs. Vanderbilt, Auburn and Georgia Tech....was selected as the student-athlete speaker at the Bulldogs’ new West End Zone dedication in August. 2017 ESPN Freshman All-America Team...USA Today Sports Freshman All-America Team...Coaches’ Freshman All-SEC Team...Played in all 15 games, making 15 starts as a true freshman at right tackle...one of three offensive Newcomers of the Year, given at team’s post-season awards gala...earned his first-team status from early days of pre-season camp...Recipient of the Statesboro Football Club Scholarship.
in red-zone action at Kentucky...had one tackle vs. Alabama, a QB sack that resulted in a 10-yard loss and an intentional grounding penalty. High School Spring Valley, coached by Robin Bacon...Selected to play in the 2018 U.S. Army All-American Bowl...247Sports.com four-star prospect...Ranked as the #5 OLB nationally, #103 overall prospect nationally and the #3 prospect in South Carolina...Rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked #151 nationally, #12 OLB and #2 in South Carolina...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #220 nationally, #11 OLB and #4 in South Carolina...named to the USA Today 2017 All-USA First-Team defense...helped lead Spring Valley to an 11-2 season and a berth in the SCHSL 5A quarterfinals in 2017...2017 S.C. Defensive Player of the Year by both The State and USA Today, as well as First-Team All-State...finalist for USA Today’s National Defensive Player of the Year... one of four finalists by the U.S. Army All-American Bowl for the 2018 Doc Blanchard Award, given to a player on the East team who has succeeded in the classroom and on the field...made 190 total tackles to lead the state, 14 for loss and nine sacks in 2017...named as one of five finalists for South Carolina’s Mr. Football award...named to the 2017 MaxPreps Preseason All-America Second-Team defense...also threw the shot and discus for the Spring Valley track team. Personal Full name CHANNING D. TINDALL...intended major: undeclared...recipient of the Teka and John Adams Football Scholarship. Career Defensive Stats Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP 2018 13/0 3 14 17 2.0/17 3.0/17 0 0 0 0 4
STEVEN VAN TIFLIN
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Pace Academy, coached by Chris Slade…Selected to represent the East in the 2017 U.S. Army All-America Bowl…PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, #37 player nationally on the Top 150 Dream Team…ESPN.com four-star prospect, #40 player nationally, #7 OT nationally, #5 player in Georgia...247Sports. com four-star prospect, #42 player nationally, #9 OT nationally, #4 player in Georgia…Rivals.com four-star prospect, #88 player nationally, #10 OT nationally, #10 player in Georgia…Scout four-star prospect, #55 player nationally, #9 OT nationally…2016 AJC Super 11 in Georgia…Helped Pace Academy to a 14-2 record in 2015, winning the Class 3A State Championship...played both offensive tackle and defensive line, recording 59 tackles his senior season. Personal Full name: ANDREW KEN THOMAS...Major: Finance...recipient of the Wayne McDuffie Football Scholarship.
Saginaw, Michigan Heritage High School WR Sr. 6-1 207 SQ
81 2018 Has seen action in Austin Peay, Middle Tennessee and Vandy games. 2017 Member of the scout team...named to the 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll. 2016
CHANNING TINDALL Columbia, South Carolina Spring Valley High School ILB Fr. 6-2 218 HS
41 * 5 tackles vs. Vandy, 2018
Career Highs 1 QB Sack vs. Kentucky, 2018
2018 Has played in all 13 games thus far and has 17 total stops, two QB sacks, two additional tackles for lost yardage, and four QB pressures...season-high five tackles in win over Vanderbilt...had a second-quarter sack on third down
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Member of the scout team...saw his only action of the season vs. Louisiana... named to the 2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll. 2015 Member of the scout team...named to the 2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll. 2014 Redshirted ... earned a spot during open tryouts during the preseason High School Heritage, coached by Donald Maloney ... earned All-Valley honors at quarterback ... completed 44 of 86 passes for 653 yards and four TDs at quarterback and added 324 yards rushing and seven scores ... also kicked extra points for the Hawks...named Saginaw Valley League Scholar Athlete of the Year and to the SVL All-Academic Team...also on Heritage basketball, golf and track teams. Personal Full name: STEVEN LEONARD VAN TIFLIN...Major: Real Estate & Finance...earned his undergraduate degree at Fall 2018 commencement exercises.
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