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  Craig Stevens

Craig Stevens

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Tallahassee, FL

High School:
Lincoln

Height / Weight:
6-3 / 223

Position:
LB

Birthdate:
01/19/1988

Experience:
2L

Major:
Pre-Business

2008 -- Finished tied for 43rd in SEC in tackles per game (4.5) ... Started all 12 games ... Finished with fourth-most tackles on team with 54, with 31 solo stops ... Also had half a TFL, one fumble recovery, one QB hurry and two pass break-ups ... Against Louisiana-Monroe recorded one pass break-up and three tackles, two solo ... Registered four tackles, three solo, and one fumble recovery against Southern Miss ... Returned fumble 6 yards ... Had four tackles, with three solo, in win at Mississippi State ... Had season-best five tackles, two solo, vs. LSU ... Broke up a pass and had three solo tackles, and one assisted stop, vs. Tennessee ... Recorded career-best seven tackles, five solo, with half a TFL for minus 1 yard vs. Arkansas ... Had four tackles, two solo, vs. West Virginia ... Totaled a career-best eight tackles, with three solo, vs. Ole Miss ... Recorded six tackles, three solo, vs. UT Martin ... Against Georgia, had one QB hurry to go with five total tackles, four solo ... Had four total tackles, one solo, vs. Alabama.

2007 -- Sporting News SEC All-Freshman Team and Sporting News Honorable Mention Freshman All-America ... 11th on team with 35 tackles ... Started eight games ... Had three stops, including one solo tackle and a quarterback hurry against Kansas State ... Two tackles and a hurry versus South Florida ... Made first career start against Mississippi State, tallying three tackles ... Career-best six tackles against New Mexico State ... Four tackles at Florida ... Five tackles, including four solo stops against Vanderbilt ... Tied career-high with six tackles at Arkansas while helping holding All-Americans Darren McFadden and Felix Jones to 85 yards rushing combined, 197 below their season average ... For his efforts against the Razorbacks, was named Coaches' Defensive Player of the Game ... Two tackles at LSU ... Had two tackles in win vs. Ole Miss... Recorded two tackles vs. Clemson in the Chick-fil-A Bowl.

2006 -- Saw time in three games ... Placed second on the team with five tackles, including three solo, at Mississippi State ... Posted a tackle for loss (-1) against the Bulldogs ... Played in his first career game against Washington State.

HIGH SCHOOL -- High School Coach: Kyle Rice ... Finished with 120 tackles, five sacks and three fumble recoveries as a senior ... Had 22 tackles in his final game in the state playoffs ... Had 140 tackles as a junior including a career-high 25 tackles vs. Madison ... Florida Sports Writers Association Class 4A second-team All-State as a senior ... Helped team to the second round of the 2005 Class 4A playoffs ... Selected to play in the CaliFlorida Bowl, representing the state of Florida ... U.S. Army All-American nomination ... Ranked 18th nationally among linebackers and the No. 41 player from the state of Florida by Rivals.com ... No. 36 in the Rivals Preseason Florida Top 100 and No. 41 in the Postseason Florida Top 100 ... Rivals.com Rivals 250 ... Ranked No. 74 at linebacker by Scout.com ... Ranked as the 35th-best prospect in Florida by the Orlando Sentinel.

PERSONAL -- Born Jan. 19, 1988 ... Son of Doug and Elizabeth Jones ... Major: Business Management.

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