Three letters … Redshirted in 2002 … Member of the 2004 Fall and 2006 Fall Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
Senior Year (2006):
Participated in 10 games and started all 10 … At Wake Forest, registered eight tackles and had one sack … Against Iowa, recorded his first career interception, returned it 17 yards … At Illinois, returned a fumble 15 yards for his first career touchdown and had five tackles … Against Miami (OH), made four tackles and had a pass break up … Against Wyoming, matched a season-high with eight tackles … Against Pittsburgh, recorded seven tackles … At Cincinnati, made five tackles … At South Florida, recorded six tackles … Against Connecticut registered seven total tackles … At Rutgers, had six solo tackles and three assisted stops.
Junior Year (2005):
Played in 10 games, starting two … Ranked fourth among linebackers with 29 tackles … Against West Virginia, recorded one solo tackle … Against Buffalo, had three tackles, including one for a loss … Against Virginia, posted two solo tackles … At Florida State, had four tackles, including one solo … At Connecticut, had six tackles, including three solo, and one for a loss … Against Rutgers, recorded two solo tackles … At Pittsburgh, had eight tackles, including four solo, and one for a loss … Against Cincinnati, posted one solo tackle … At Notre Dame, recorded two tackles, including one solo.
Sophomore Year (2004):
Played all 12 games, starting 11 … Led the team with 106 tackles … Registered seven tackles behind the line of scrimmage, including two sacks … Broke up three passes … His 8.8 tackles per game ranked fifth in the BIG EAST … At Purdue, had five tackles in his first career start … At Buffalo, registered nine tackles, including six solo … Against Cincinnati, posted five tackles … At Virginia, tallied a career-best 17 tackles, including a personal-best 13 solo stops, and had the first sack of his career and four tackles for a loss … Against Rutgers, made 13 stops, including nine solo, and one pass breakup … Recorded three tackles in games against Florida State and Rutgers… Versus Connecticut, had 14 tackles, including 10 solo, and one pass breakup … Against Pittsburgh, tallied six tackles, including five solo, and two quarterback hurries … At Temple, registered 13 tackles … Had nine tackles, including eight solo and one sack, at Boston College… Posted nine tackles, including seven solo and one for a loss, against Georgia Tech in the Champs Sports Bowl.
Freshman Year (2003):
Played in four games and was on travel roster for all 12 … Recorded one solo tackle against Toledo … Had one assisted stop at Virginia Tech … Made one solo tackle against Boston College … Also played against Temple.
High School:
PrepStar All-American … Rated the No. 8 prospect in New York by SuperPrep … New York Sportwriters’ Association First-Team Class AA All-State as a senior and junior … All-Nassau County and All-Long Island as a senior … Received the Bill Piner Award as outstanding linebacker in Nassau County in 2001 … Had 85 tackles, 51 solo, one sack, two forced fumbles and three fumbles recoveries as a senior … Attended the same high school as former SU standout linebackers Clifton Smith (Cleveland Browns) and Morlon Greenwood (Houston Texans) and played for coach Russ Cellan … Recruited by former assistant coach Jerry Azzinaro.
Personal:
Jerry Joseph Mackey … September 20, 1984 in New York City … Son of Jerry and Carol Mackey … One brother … Great nephew of SU All-American tight end John Mackey (1960-62) … Earned degree in child and family studies.
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