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George Rooks
6-4, 268, DL
White Plains, NY
White Plains H.S.
At SU: four letters…four-year starter at left tackle…the big east Co-Defensive Player of the Year his senior year…big play athlete…possessed excellent pass rushing ability…ranks 7th on SU’s career sack list with 15.5…did not sit out a redshirt season…
Senior year: started all 12 games…earned All-BIG EAST and ECAC All-Star honors…shared BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year honors with Miami LB Darrin Smith…led SU in tackles for losses with 10 for 22 yards…led the team in quarterback pressures for the second straight year with 9…finished 2nd behind Kevin Mitchell in sacks with 5…had 38 tackles on the year, 27 solo…had 2 fumble recoveries and 2 batted down passes…5 tackles and 2.5 sacks vs. Rutgers, as SU set a team record with 9 sacks…season-high 6 tackles, a sack and 2 tackles for losses against West Virginia…a sack and 5 QB pressures vs. Maryland…
Junior year: Started all 13 games…led the Orange in sacks with 6 and quarterback pressures with 15…35 tackles on the season… 2 sacks vs. Army…5 tackles, 2-1/2 sacks and 4 pressures vs. Temple…
Sophomore year: started all 12 games…had 40 tackles on the year and finished 2nd on the team with 3-1/2 sacks…also had an interception and a blocked field goal…5 vs. Army…season high 6 tackles vs. Penn State and Rutgers…named to the ECAC Honor academics…
Freshman year: only pure freshman to play for Syracuse…started five games...started against Penn State in his sixth collegiate game and then took over the job for good against Boston College…season high 7 tackles vs. West Virginia (4-3) and Navy (6-1 and a sack)… selected Scout Team Player of the Week for the Temple game by the All-America, USA Today All-America for Coach George Perry… New York Daily News All-Star Team…team captain…attended former Orangeman Art Monk’s summer camp and was named Best Lineman…also competed in wrestling and track and field (shot put, discus)…
Personal: George Duffie Rooks…born August 9, 1970, White Plains, NY…son of Vivian Rooks…two sisters…majored in retailing
Solos Assists Totals Sacks
1988 18 11 29 1
1989 20 20 40 3.5
1990 16 19 35 6
1991 27 11 38 5
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Total 81 61 142 15.5
