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Jersey Number 6
Sean Tapley
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 195
- Hometown:
- Jacksonville, Fla.
- High School:
- Raines
- Previous:
- North Carolina
Bio
2014: Played in eight games on the season… Had 17 receptions for 191 yards and one touchdown on the season… Had a season-high seven catches for 49 yards in the win at Lehigh… Had three catches for 27 yards and one touchdown at Lehigh… Also returned five kickoffs for 98 yards with a long of 27… Transferred to JMU from North Carolina in the summer of 2014.
Prior to JMU: Spent four years at North Carolina... Played in 36 career games at UNC, starting seven of them...Has 48 career receptions for 580 yards and six touchdowns, all coming in the last two years... Also has 48 kickoff returns for 1107 yards and one touchdown, a 94-yarder... As a junior, played in 11 games at wide receiver, catching 17 passes for 219 yards and a touchdown... Also returned nine kickoffs for 222 yards... Grabbed two passes for 36 yards and his first touchdown of the season at Georgia Tech... Caught four passes for a game-high 93 yards in the win over Middle Tennessee... As a sophomore, he appeared in all 12 games, starting in seven at wide receiver... Caught 26 passes for 361 yards and five touchdowns... Also returned 31 kicks for 725 yards with a 94-yard touchdown... Ranked eighth in the ACC with a kick return average of 23.4 yards per game... Caught four balls for 50 yards and returned four kicks for 99 yards against Georgia Tech... Had his first career two-touchdown performance against Virginia Tech as he finished with two catches for 43 yards and a score in addition to a 94-yard touchdown return... Earned ACC Specialist of the Week honors after returning four kicks for 152 yards and the touchdown... The return touchdown was the first allowed by Virginia Tech since 1993... Hokies had gone an FBS-record 237 consecutive games without allowing a kickoff return touchdown... Had just one catch against East Carolina but it went for a 62-yard touchdown, the longest reception of his career... Caught four passes for 62 yards and returned six kickoffs for 130 yards at Louisville... Caught four balls for 59 yards at Wake Forest... As a redshirt freshman in 2011 appeared in all 13 games, earning time as a backup wide receiver as well as featuring on several special teams units for now JMU Head Coach Everett Withers... Rushed twice for 55 yards... Returned eight kickoffs for 160 yards, including a long of 36 at NC State... Also had a 34-yard kickoff return vs. Missouri in the Independence Bowl... Notched seven special teams tackles, including two at East Carolina... Named to The National Society of Collegiate Scholars in 2011... Redshirted in 2010.
High School: SuperPrep All-America... Ranked the No. 37 wide receiver in the country and the No. 25 player in Florida by SuperPrep... Considered the No. 13 wide receiver in Florida by the Orlando Sun-Sentinel... Ranked the No. 51 wide receiver in the country by Scout.com... Rated the No. 69 wide receiver in the country and one of the top 100 players in Florida by Rivals.com... Member of the Jacksonville Times-Union Super 11... Had 33 receptions for 607 yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior... Finished his junior season with 29 catches for 498 yards and four touchdowns... Coached by Duran Wiley.
Personal: Full name is Sean Shrone Tapley... Son of Tyrone Tapley... Majoring in kinesiology at JMU.
Prior to JMU: Spent four years at North Carolina... Played in 36 career games at UNC, starting seven of them...Has 48 career receptions for 580 yards and six touchdowns, all coming in the last two years... Also has 48 kickoff returns for 1107 yards and one touchdown, a 94-yarder... As a junior, played in 11 games at wide receiver, catching 17 passes for 219 yards and a touchdown... Also returned nine kickoffs for 222 yards... Grabbed two passes for 36 yards and his first touchdown of the season at Georgia Tech... Caught four passes for a game-high 93 yards in the win over Middle Tennessee... As a sophomore, he appeared in all 12 games, starting in seven at wide receiver... Caught 26 passes for 361 yards and five touchdowns... Also returned 31 kicks for 725 yards with a 94-yard touchdown... Ranked eighth in the ACC with a kick return average of 23.4 yards per game... Caught four balls for 50 yards and returned four kicks for 99 yards against Georgia Tech... Had his first career two-touchdown performance against Virginia Tech as he finished with two catches for 43 yards and a score in addition to a 94-yard touchdown return... Earned ACC Specialist of the Week honors after returning four kicks for 152 yards and the touchdown... The return touchdown was the first allowed by Virginia Tech since 1993... Hokies had gone an FBS-record 237 consecutive games without allowing a kickoff return touchdown... Had just one catch against East Carolina but it went for a 62-yard touchdown, the longest reception of his career... Caught four passes for 62 yards and returned six kickoffs for 130 yards at Louisville... Caught four balls for 59 yards at Wake Forest... As a redshirt freshman in 2011 appeared in all 13 games, earning time as a backup wide receiver as well as featuring on several special teams units for now JMU Head Coach Everett Withers... Rushed twice for 55 yards... Returned eight kickoffs for 160 yards, including a long of 36 at NC State... Also had a 34-yard kickoff return vs. Missouri in the Independence Bowl... Notched seven special teams tackles, including two at East Carolina... Named to The National Society of Collegiate Scholars in 2011... Redshirted in 2010.
High School: SuperPrep All-America... Ranked the No. 37 wide receiver in the country and the No. 25 player in Florida by SuperPrep... Considered the No. 13 wide receiver in Florida by the Orlando Sun-Sentinel... Ranked the No. 51 wide receiver in the country by Scout.com... Rated the No. 69 wide receiver in the country and one of the top 100 players in Florida by Rivals.com... Member of the Jacksonville Times-Union Super 11... Had 33 receptions for 607 yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior... Finished his junior season with 29 catches for 498 yards and four touchdowns... Coached by Duran Wiley.
Personal: Full name is Sean Shrone Tapley... Son of Tyrone Tapley... Majoring in kinesiology at JMU.
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