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TAYLON
HUNTER
Inside Linebacker
6-0
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226
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Senior (4th)
Roanoke, Ala.
Handley
2012 (Junior):
Link to 2012 Game-by-Game Stats
Played in all 11 games at inside linebacker and on special teams...Recorded
28 total tackles, 11 solo tackles...Recorded a career-high six tackles against
Indiana State...Posted his first career sack in the Northern Iowa game...Had
0.5 TFL against Indiana State...Named to the MVFC Academic Honor Roll.
2011 (Sophomore):
Link to 2011 Game-by-Game Stats
Played in the first eight games of the season...Recorded four tackles, including
a tackle for loss.
2010 (Freshman):
Link to 2010 Game-by-Game Stats
Played in all 11 games...Had 12 tackles and a half tackle for a loss...Returned
a blocked punt 38-yards for a touchdown in the Youngstown State game,
which is the second longest blocked punt returned for a score in school
history...The College Football Performance Awards named him as one of the
national special teams performers of the week after the blocked punt that he
return for a TD...Recorded a season-high four tackles against South Dakota
State...Was named SIU’s Special Teams Player of the Game for the Quincy
and Northern Iowa games.
High School:
All-state selection as a senior...Three-time All-County selection
and two time All-Conference honoree...Led team in tackles as a sophomore
and junior...Had 90 tackles and two interceptions as a senior...Led team to the
fourth round of the state 4A playoffs with a 13-1 record in 2009...Posted 122
tackles with one interception while guiding 2008 team to a 12-3 record and
the fourth round of the playoffs...Recorded 120 tackles with two interceptions
as a sophomore...Team went 11-2 and reached the third round of the playoffs
in 2007...Had 40 tackles as a freshman.
Personal:
Born on Nov. 23, 1991, in Roanoke, Ala...Son of Reba Hunter and
Thomas Wilder...Has two sisters and one brother...Radio/TV major.
CAREER STATS
TACKLES
G
UA A
Total
TFL
Yds PD FF
FR
Blkd
2010
11 7
5
12
0.5
0
0
0
0
0
2011
8
3
1
4
1.0
1
0
0
0
0
2012
11 11 17 28
1.5
9
0
0
0
0
TOTAL
30 21 23 44
3.0
10 0
0
0
0
SACKS
G
UA A
Total Yds
2010
11 0
0
0.0
0
2011
8
0
0
0.0
0
2012
11 1
0
1.0
8
TOTAL
30 1
0
1.0
8
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CAMERON
JAMES
Inside Linebacker
6-1
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205
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Senior (5th)
Mattoon, Ill.
Mattoon
2012 (Junior):
Link to 2012 Game-by-Game Stats
Played in eight games...Played inside linebacker and on special teams...
Recorded two total tackles...Had an assisted tackle against Southeast Missouri
State and a solo tackle against Western Illinois...Blocked a punt that resulted
in an SIU touchdown at Illinois State...Named to the MVFC Academic Honor
Roll.
2011 (Sophomore):
Link to 2011 Game-by-Game Stats
Played in 10 games, primarily on special teams...Recorded one tackle...
Earned the MVFC’s Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award, which
requires a minimum 3.2 GPA in the previous two semesters.
2010 (Redshirt Freshman):
Link to 2010 Game-by-Game Stats
Played in nine games...Had three tackles and one tackle for a loss against
Quincy...Received the MVFC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award,
which requires a minimum GPA of 3.2 for the previous two semesters.
2009 (Redshirt):
Named to the conference’s academic honor roll.
High School:
Two-way starter as a junior and senior (offensive lineman
and linebacker)...All-Big 12 Conference linebacker as a senior...Big 12
Conference Scholar-Athlete from 2007-09...Recorded 80 tackles as a senior,
had eight sacks and five fumble recoveries...All-State athlete in track and field
where he threw the discus.
Personal:
Born July 28, 1990 in Mattoon, Ill...Son of Lorri James-Dutton...Has
two older brothers, Ryan and Connor, who was a linebacker for the Salukis...
Majoring in business administration.
CAREER STATS
TACKLES
G
UA A
Total
TFL
Yds PD FF
FR
Blkd
2010
9
1
2
3
1.0
3
0
0
0
0
2011
10
1
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
2012
8
1
1
2
0.0
0
0
0
0
1
TOTAL
27 3
3
6
1.0
3
0
0
0
1
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AUSTIN
JOHNSON
Kicker
6-0
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181
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Sophomore (2nd)
Bucyrus, Mo.
Blue Valley
2012 (Freshman):
Link to 2012 Game-by-Game Stats
Played in nine games as place kicker...Kicked a 42-yard game-winning field
goal with under a minute to play against Northern Iowa...Nailed a career-
long 42-yard field goal against South Dakota State...Converted six of his final
seven field goal attempts on the season...Named to the MVFC Academic
Honor Roll.
High School:
First Team All-Conference and All-State Honorable Mention as
a senior...Second Team All-Conference and Honorable Mention All-Metro as
a junior...Won the 5A KHSAA State title in 2010 and was on the 5A runner up
team in 2011...2011: Kicked 43 extra points and recorded 28 touchbacks on
44 total kickoffs...2010: Successful on eight of 10 field goal attempts...Other:
A four-year letterman in golf.
Personal:
Born Dec. 6, 1993...Son of Steve and Dawn Johnson...Plans to
major in exercise science.
CAREER STATS
KICKING
FG
Pct
1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 Long Blk PAT
2012
7-12 58.3 0-0 3-4
3-5
1-3
42
1 22-23
37
Taylon Hunter