Frank Conover
6-5, 310, DL
Englishtown, NJ
Manalapan H.S.
At SU: three letters…started at left defensive tackle…pluged up the run well…moved from noseguard to defensive tackle in spring of ’89…possessed great natural strength…redshirted in 1987 and sat out the ’86 season under Proposition 48…
Senior year: started 12 of 13 games…had 29 tackles, 1-1/2 sacks and 3 quarterback pressures for the season…season-high 5 tackles vs. Michigan State…4 tackles and a sack vs. Pittsburgh…
Junior year: listed on the two-deep behind Duffie Rooks at left tackle…appeared in all 12 games, making 3 assisted tackles…a high of two tackles vs. Temple…
Sophomore year: won the starting job at noseguard preseason and started against Temple and Ohio State before giving way to Fred DeRiggi…played in all 12 games…season high 3 tackles vs. Temple(201),,,first collegiate sack vs. Boston college…
High School: played offensive and defensive tackle, defensive end and tight end under Jim Roe at Manalapan…All-State…played for Monmouth Country in 1986 All-Shore Classic…won Freehold Regional District championship in the discus…had personal bests of 154’ in the discus and 56’ in the shot put…
Personal: Frank Conover, Jr.…born April 6, 1968, Monmouth Country, NJ…son of Shirley Conover…three brothers, two sisters…majored in child and family studies…
Tackles Assists Total Sacks
1988 6 6 12 1
1989 0 3 3 0
1990 11 18 29 1-1/2
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Totals 17 27 44 2-1/2
