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Jersey Number 11
Austin Valdez
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 236
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Sylvania, Ohio
- High School:
- Sylvania Southview
Bio
Career Overview: Joined the Orange in 2017 as a graduate transfer from Bowling Green ... Totaled 260 career tackles, including 38 in 12 games (3.2 avg.) in his one season with the Orange ... Played in 37 games with 23 starts for the Falcons from 2014-16 and logged 222 tackles, 13 tackles for loss and nine passes defended ... Ten 10+ tackle games, including nine while he was with the Falcons ... Redshirted the 2013 season at Bowling Green ... Member of the 2017 All-ACC Academic Football Team and 2017-18 ACC Honor Roll ... One letter.
Senior Year (2017): Played in 12 games, starting four at strong-side linebacker ... Also played special teams ... Logged 38 tackles (22 solo), 1.5 tackles for loss, half a sack and led the Orange with two forced fumbles … Eight games with 3+ tackles … In his Syracuse debut versus Central Connecticut State (9/1), made three tackles and forced fumble … Tallied four tackles and forced a fumble for the second time in three games versus Central Michigan (9/16) … At LSU (9/23), made his first start of the season and recorded four tackles, including half a sack ... Had six tackles at Louisville (11/18) … Started the season finale against Boston College (11/25) and posted a season-high 10 tackles ... All-ACC Academic Team selection ... Named to the ACC Honor Roll ... Member of the Fall 2017 SU Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
Junior Year (2016 at Bowling Green): Played in 10 games, starting eight times … Fourth on the team with 58 tackles … Also recorded two pass breakups and two quarterback hurries … Five games with 5+ tackles ... Season-high 10 tackles at Ohio State (9/3) and versus North Dakota (9/10) ... Made nine tackles on Oct. 22 against Miami (Ohio) ... Eight tackles versus Eastern Michigan (10/1) and at Toledo (10/15).
Sophomore Year (2015 at Bowling Green): All-MAC First Team selection … Started all 14 games and led the team with 144 tackles, including 58 solo … Tied for team lead with 11 tackles for loss … Seven 10+ tackle games ... Also had one sack, two interceptions and five pass breakups ... Recorded 13 tackles, including one for a loss, in the season opener against Tennessee (9/5) … Tallied a career-best 20 tackles in the home opener against Memphis (9/19) to become the third BGSU player since 2000 to notch at least 20 tackles in a game ... Nine tackles and made the game-clinching interception in BGSU's road win at Purdue (9/26) … Carded 10 tackles and a career-high three pass breakups at Buffalo (10/3) … Fifteen tackles, including two for a loss, and one sack at Western Michigan (11/11) … Registered 13 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and an interception against Toledo (11/17) … Totaled 13 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss in the MAC Championship Game against Northern Illinois (12/4) … Logged 11 tackles against Georgia Southern in the GoDaddy Bowl (12/23).
Freshman Year (2014 at Bowling Green): Played in 13 games with one start ... Notched 20 tackles and returned two kickoffs for 36 yards … Had a season-high six tackles and one tackle for loss in his first career start at Massachusetts (9/27).
2013: Redshirt season.
High School: Coached by Jim Mayzes at Sylvania Southview High School ... Team captain ... Two-time all-conference and all-district selection ... Dual-threat quarterback who passed for more than 2,000 yards and added another 1,000 yards rushing as a senior ... Led the Cougars to a pair of conference championships.
Personal: Austin Antonio Valdez … Born in February 1995 … Son of Rafael and Susan Valdez … Three brothers … Earned his undergraduate degree in business from BGSU and enrolled in the instructional design, development and evaluation graduate program at Syracuse.
Senior Year (2017): Played in 12 games, starting four at strong-side linebacker ... Also played special teams ... Logged 38 tackles (22 solo), 1.5 tackles for loss, half a sack and led the Orange with two forced fumbles … Eight games with 3+ tackles … In his Syracuse debut versus Central Connecticut State (9/1), made three tackles and forced fumble … Tallied four tackles and forced a fumble for the second time in three games versus Central Michigan (9/16) … At LSU (9/23), made his first start of the season and recorded four tackles, including half a sack ... Had six tackles at Louisville (11/18) … Started the season finale against Boston College (11/25) and posted a season-high 10 tackles ... All-ACC Academic Team selection ... Named to the ACC Honor Roll ... Member of the Fall 2017 SU Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
Junior Year (2016 at Bowling Green): Played in 10 games, starting eight times … Fourth on the team with 58 tackles … Also recorded two pass breakups and two quarterback hurries … Five games with 5+ tackles ... Season-high 10 tackles at Ohio State (9/3) and versus North Dakota (9/10) ... Made nine tackles on Oct. 22 against Miami (Ohio) ... Eight tackles versus Eastern Michigan (10/1) and at Toledo (10/15).
Sophomore Year (2015 at Bowling Green): All-MAC First Team selection … Started all 14 games and led the team with 144 tackles, including 58 solo … Tied for team lead with 11 tackles for loss … Seven 10+ tackle games ... Also had one sack, two interceptions and five pass breakups ... Recorded 13 tackles, including one for a loss, in the season opener against Tennessee (9/5) … Tallied a career-best 20 tackles in the home opener against Memphis (9/19) to become the third BGSU player since 2000 to notch at least 20 tackles in a game ... Nine tackles and made the game-clinching interception in BGSU's road win at Purdue (9/26) … Carded 10 tackles and a career-high three pass breakups at Buffalo (10/3) … Fifteen tackles, including two for a loss, and one sack at Western Michigan (11/11) … Registered 13 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and an interception against Toledo (11/17) … Totaled 13 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss in the MAC Championship Game against Northern Illinois (12/4) … Logged 11 tackles against Georgia Southern in the GoDaddy Bowl (12/23).
Freshman Year (2014 at Bowling Green): Played in 13 games with one start ... Notched 20 tackles and returned two kickoffs for 36 yards … Had a season-high six tackles and one tackle for loss in his first career start at Massachusetts (9/27).
2013: Redshirt season.
High School: Coached by Jim Mayzes at Sylvania Southview High School ... Team captain ... Two-time all-conference and all-district selection ... Dual-threat quarterback who passed for more than 2,000 yards and added another 1,000 yards rushing as a senior ... Led the Cougars to a pair of conference championships.
Personal: Austin Antonio Valdez … Born in February 1995 … Son of Rafael and Susan Valdez … Three brothers … Earned his undergraduate degree in business from BGSU and enrolled in the instructional design, development and evaluation graduate program at Syracuse.
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