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Jersey Number 21
Tony LeZotte
- Year:
- Senior
- Position:
- Free Safety
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 200
- Hometown:
- Augusta, Ga.
- High School:
- Westside
Bio
At JMU: Three-year returning FS starter and a three-time all-league performer who is a leading candidate for the Buck Buchanan Award as the nation's top defender... captain during each of the last two years and "the best run defender I've ever coached," said JMU head coach Mickey Matthews... very coachable player who is expected to be a team leader and a key defender, said DB coach Joe Danna... has started each JMU during the last three years, 38 straight... enters 2007 with 321 tackles, needing but 20 to move onto JMU's top-10 career list and 42 to become the team career leader among backs (Eupton Jackson, 362 from 1987-90).
2006: Started all 12 games and was second on the team in tackles (82)... had 35 solo stops, three forced fumbles, two interceptions and four pass deflections... second-team All-America by the Associated Press and The Sports Network... first-team All-A-10 and All-ECAC... first-team All-Virginia by VaSID and the Roanoke Times... had a season-high 14 tackles (3 solo) vs. Bloomsburg... set up JMU's second TD in the 14-3 win with a four-yard interception return to the Bloomsburg 29 with 4:21 left... had 12 stops (6 solo) and forced a fumble at Appalachian State... had an interception at Towson and forced fumbles vs. Rhode Island and Youngstown State... had nine stops (5 solo) at Youngstown State, eight (4 solo, 1 for loss) vs. Delaware, and seven vs. William & Mary... had six stops vs. Virginia Military and Rhode Island and had five solo stops at New Hampshire.
2005: Started each game and led JMU in tackles for the second straight year (95)... had 46 solo stops, broke up seven passes, forced three fumbles and recovered two fumbles... A-10 defender of the year and first-team All-A-10... first-team All-America by Associated Press, Football Weekly, The Sports Network, the Walter Camp Foundation and Sports Xchange and second team by CollegeSportsReport.com... first-team All-Virginia by the Roanoke Times and VaSID... first-team All-ECAC and All-Northeast Region by Football Weekly... JMU's co-defender of the year and the university's overall male co-athlete of the year... had 11 or more tackles four times and seven or more four other times... had a season-high 13 stops at Coastal Carolina (7 solo, 1 for loss) and Massachusetts (6 solo), 12 vs. Villanova and 11 at Delaware... had the longest interception return on a scrimmage play in JMU history, 100 yards for a TD vs. Towson... forced fumbles vs. Lock Haven, Massachusetts and Richmond and recovered fumbles vs. Coastal Carolina and Richmond.
2004: Started each game... led JMU in tackles and solo stops and set JMU’s freshman season tackles record... first-team All-America by I-AA.org, second team by Associated Press and third team by The Sports Network... Division I-AA freshman of the year by CollegeSportsReport.com and the A-10’s co-rookie of the year... first-team All-A-10, All-ECAC and All-Virginia by the Roanoke Times and VaSID... in double figures in tackles six times, including in each of the last three regular-season games... A-10 rookie of the week after having 10 stops (5 solo), a sack and another tackle for loss at Villanova... A-10 co-rookie of the week at Maine when he had nine stops and an interception that led to a JMU score... A-10 co-rookie of the week at Towson when he had a game-high 16 stops (10 solo)... had a season-high 19 stops (7 solo) vs. Delaware, 15 (8 solo) at home vs. William & Mary, and 12 (8 solo) at West Virginia... had nine stops and an interception to set up a TD vs. Massachusetts... in the playoffs had eight solo stops at Furman and seven solo stops and eight overall at William & Mary.
High School: Four-year starter at DB and a two-year starter at WR on Westside state playoff teams... had more than 100 tackles for four straight years and 10 career interceptions... Westside’s No. 7 career receiver and a standout kick returner, batted .400 as a sophomore in baseball, and competed in the state swimming meet as a senior... in football as a junior and senior was team MVP, all-metro, all-area and first-team all-state... Augusta’s male athlete of the year as a senior.
Personal: Brother of former JMU quarterback Matt LeZotte (2001-04)... kinesiology major with a sports management minor.
2006: Started all 12 games and was second on the team in tackles (82)... had 35 solo stops, three forced fumbles, two interceptions and four pass deflections... second-team All-America by the Associated Press and The Sports Network... first-team All-A-10 and All-ECAC... first-team All-Virginia by VaSID and the Roanoke Times... had a season-high 14 tackles (3 solo) vs. Bloomsburg... set up JMU's second TD in the 14-3 win with a four-yard interception return to the Bloomsburg 29 with 4:21 left... had 12 stops (6 solo) and forced a fumble at Appalachian State... had an interception at Towson and forced fumbles vs. Rhode Island and Youngstown State... had nine stops (5 solo) at Youngstown State, eight (4 solo, 1 for loss) vs. Delaware, and seven vs. William & Mary... had six stops vs. Virginia Military and Rhode Island and had five solo stops at New Hampshire.
2005: Started each game and led JMU in tackles for the second straight year (95)... had 46 solo stops, broke up seven passes, forced three fumbles and recovered two fumbles... A-10 defender of the year and first-team All-A-10... first-team All-America by Associated Press, Football Weekly, The Sports Network, the Walter Camp Foundation and Sports Xchange and second team by CollegeSportsReport.com... first-team All-Virginia by the Roanoke Times and VaSID... first-team All-ECAC and All-Northeast Region by Football Weekly... JMU's co-defender of the year and the university's overall male co-athlete of the year... had 11 or more tackles four times and seven or more four other times... had a season-high 13 stops at Coastal Carolina (7 solo, 1 for loss) and Massachusetts (6 solo), 12 vs. Villanova and 11 at Delaware... had the longest interception return on a scrimmage play in JMU history, 100 yards for a TD vs. Towson... forced fumbles vs. Lock Haven, Massachusetts and Richmond and recovered fumbles vs. Coastal Carolina and Richmond.
2004: Started each game... led JMU in tackles and solo stops and set JMU’s freshman season tackles record... first-team All-America by I-AA.org, second team by Associated Press and third team by The Sports Network... Division I-AA freshman of the year by CollegeSportsReport.com and the A-10’s co-rookie of the year... first-team All-A-10, All-ECAC and All-Virginia by the Roanoke Times and VaSID... in double figures in tackles six times, including in each of the last three regular-season games... A-10 rookie of the week after having 10 stops (5 solo), a sack and another tackle for loss at Villanova... A-10 co-rookie of the week at Maine when he had nine stops and an interception that led to a JMU score... A-10 co-rookie of the week at Towson when he had a game-high 16 stops (10 solo)... had a season-high 19 stops (7 solo) vs. Delaware, 15 (8 solo) at home vs. William & Mary, and 12 (8 solo) at West Virginia... had nine stops and an interception to set up a TD vs. Massachusetts... in the playoffs had eight solo stops at Furman and seven solo stops and eight overall at William & Mary.
High School: Four-year starter at DB and a two-year starter at WR on Westside state playoff teams... had more than 100 tackles for four straight years and 10 career interceptions... Westside’s No. 7 career receiver and a standout kick returner, batted .400 as a sophomore in baseball, and competed in the state swimming meet as a senior... in football as a junior and senior was team MVP, all-metro, all-area and first-team all-state... Augusta’s male athlete of the year as a senior.
Personal: Brother of former JMU quarterback Matt LeZotte (2001-04)... kinesiology major with a sports management minor.
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