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James Terry

Linebacker

6-2 • 235 • Senior

Stafford, Va.

Woodbridge High School


2006:
First-Team All-Gateway performer...played and started 13 games...started the first 10 games before missing the Western Kentucky game due to an ankle injury…started all three in the playoffs...second on the team with 76 total tackles, including 39 solo stops...tied for team lead in sacks (5.5) and fumble recoveries (two)...led team with three forced fumbles...had five pass breakups...second on team with 10.5 tackles for losses...sacks went for 17 yards in losses while TFLs accounted for 45...third in the Gateway in sacks per game (0.42)...fifth in GFC in tackles for losses per game (0.81)...third in forced fumbles (0.23)...had 1.5 sacks against Maine, one sack against Slippery Rock, Western Illinois and Illinois State, and a half sack against Southern Illinois…had a season-high 2.5 tackles for loss against Slippery Rock and Maine…accounted for 16 yards in losses against the Black Bears…also had tackles for loss against Penn State, UC Davis, Indiana State, Illinois State and Southern Illinois…forced fumbles against Slippery Rock, Northern Iowa and Southern Illinois…recovered a fumble against Slippery Rock and Penn State…recorded five pass breakups with one apiece against Penn State, UC Davis, Indiana State, Western Illinois and Appalachian State…posted six tackles or more in eight games…registered a season-high 10 total tackles against Maine…registered nine stops at Appalachian State...had eight tackles against Indiana State…made seven tackles against Slippery Rock, Northern Iowa and Southern Illinois…finished with six, including five solos in playoff win over Illinois State...had six tackles versus UC Davis...had four at Penn State, Western Illinois and Illinois State...lone tackle against James Madison came on final play of the game stopping quarterback Justin Rascati short on a fourth-down rush...credited with 544 total plays during the regular season, most by a linebacker...was named the Haines Family Player of the Game by the YSU radio broadcasting crew against Maine…named the Hill, Barth & King Defensive Player of the Game against Maine and Illinois State (regular season)…named the Jermaine Hopkins Defensive Lineman of the Game against Western Illinois…earned the Wash On Wheels/Derek Pixley Hit of the Week against Slippery Rock...was the Wachovia Securities Leadership Award Winner against UC Davis...earned his third letter.

2005:
A First-Team All-Gateway selection...first Penguin linebacker named to the first team since Tim Johnson in 2000...third-team All-Northwest Region selection by the Football Gazette... one of two sophomores selected first-team all-league on defense (Marion Rumph, Western Kentucky)...played in all 11 games, starting 10 contests and BAN linebacker...led the squad with 71 total tackles...had a team-high 44 solos stops...tied for the team lead with 10.5 tackles for losses...second with 4.5 sacks...of his tackles for losses, 9.5 came in conference play...second on the team with 10 special teams tackles, nine of which came on kickoffs...had at least six tackles in eight games...had three tackles and first career interception against Slippery Rock...tallied four tackles versus Northeastern...credited with six tackles at Liberty...had six tackles, including a sack at Pittsburgh...also forced a fumble against the Panthers...had a career-high-tying 13 tackles versus Illinois State...had eight solo stops and two tackles for losses against the Redbirds...finished with eight tackles at Indiana State...had two sacks for 17 yards in losses and a pass breakup versus the Sycamores...had seven tackles, including a sack against Western Illinois...had four tackles, two of which went for losses at UNI...had six tackles at Southern Illinois, including five solos...finished with eight tackles in season finale versus Western Kentucky...credited with 629 plays on defense, third most on the team...played a season-high 79 snaps versus Western Illinois...HBK Defensive Player of the Game at Indiana State...HBK Special Teams Player of the Game against Western Kentucky...W.O.W./Derek Pixley Hit of the Game against Illinois State and Indiana State...earned his second letter.

2004:
Was named to the Gateway Football Conference's All-Newcomer team...played in 10 games and started the final four of the season...recorded 71 total tackles, including 36 solo stops...was fourth on the team in total tackles...finished 15th in the Gateway in tackles per game (7.1)...recorded 44 tackles in six Gateway games played...had a season-high 13 stops in season finale at Missouri State...had a season-high six solo stops versus the Bears...finished with 10 tackles at Illinois State...recorded nine stops against Liberty and Indiana State...had eight tackles in debut against Slippery Rock...led team in tackles against SRU...had five tackles against The Rock...had six stops at McNeese State...credited with five tackles at Western Illinois...had two tackles against Florida International...recorded a stop at Western Kentucky...forced fumbles against Liberty and Northern Iowa...against UNI forced a Terrance Freeney fumble and recovered it on the same sequence...recovery set up the go-ahead touchdown (20-19) in the fourth quarter...had a pass deflection at Illinois State...had 2.5 tackles for nine yards in losses...had at least eight tackles on six occasions...credit with 511 snaps played on defense by the coaching staff...HBK Special Teams Player of the Game versus Slippery Rock...Defensive Lineman of the Game against UNI...had the W.O.W. Hit of the Game against The Rock...did not play against Southern Illinois...earned his first letter.

High School
: Prepped at Fork Union Military Academy in 2003 where he played primarily linebacker…three-star player by Rivals.com and two stars by TheInsiders.com…one of the top players in Virginia at Woodbridge High School...played on both sides of the ball…All-Atlantic region by PrepStar… No. 38 running back in the country by Rivals.com and No. 100 by TheInsiders.com…No. 98 player in the Atlantic East region by Rivals.com…one of the top players in Virginia…ranked 11th by the Roanoke Times, 12th by Rivals.com and the Charlottesville Daily Progress “Gold List,” and 20th by SuperPrep…second-team Group AAA All-Virginia selection as a senior linebacker…Cardinal District 2002 Defensive Player of the Year…earned first-team all-region and all-district honors as a linebacker that season…also received first-team all-district nod at running back...rushed for 908 yards and seven touchdowns despite missing four games as a junior and recorded 70 tackles on defense...coach was Keith King...also played basketball.

Personal
: Parents are Conden and Reneau Terry...has a brother and three sisters...born Oct. 20, 1985, in Agara, Guam…major is Biology.

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