2017 GAS Memorial Countdown... 54 Days!!!!!

[Tribe4SF]

W&M

#54 Jarrett Heckert
6'3" 215
Freshman
Linebacker
Annapolis, MD
Annapolis Area Christian School

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[bonarae]

Harvard #54 not yet assigned; here is an incoming freshman eligible to wear it:

Jack McGowan
Height: 6-1
Weight: 220
Year: Fr
Hometown: Canton, Mass.
High School: Catholic Memorial
Position: LB

Before Harvard
Four-year letterwinner and two-time captain at Catholic Memorial … Three-time Catholic Conference All-Star … Catholic Conference MVP as a senior … Named to MHSFCA All-State team … Selected to Boston Herald and Boston Globe All-Scholastic teams … USA Today Massachusetts Defensive Player of the Year … Also a four-year letterwinner in basketball … Member of National Honor Society and Rho Kappa History Honor Society … Father, Brian, played football at Central Connecticut State and mother, Kelly, played field hockey at Northeastern.

[The Cats]

Western Carolina



Art Byrd's #54 is retired, Art's jersey and number - 54- was the first to be retired in Western Carolina's athletic history.


#54 Art Byrd
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Art Byrd was Western Carolina's first football All-American Selection in 1949 when he helped lead the Catamounts to the North State Conference championship, the school's first football title. He was a two-way player as an offensive and defensive lineman who amazingly was in on every play of every game in the 1948 season. Helped the Catamounts to an 8-2 regular season mark in 1949 and their first North State Conference title. That team additionally holds the distinction of being WCU's first to earn a postseason bid, playing in the Smoky Mountain Bowl in Bristol, Va.

According to his head coach, Tom Young, Byrd "epitomized the spirit of those fine football teams that put us on the map." Byrd was a catalyst of three winning records in his four seasons (1946-49). Byrd ss the first Western Carolina student-athlete to have their jersey retired, and he was inducted into the Western Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990, WCU's first-ever induction class.



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[dewey]

Here is #54 for the 13 time National Champions the North Dakota State University Bison.
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#54 Dillon Radunz
Class: Redshift Freshman
Position: Offensive Tackle
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 288
Hometown: Becker, Minn.
High School: Becker HS

2016 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out as a redshirt in the Bison program.

HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year starting left tackle for the back-to-back Minnesota Class 4A state champions in 2014 and 2015 under coach Dwight Lundeen...Becker went 25-1 over the two title-winning seasons...Top 10 finalist for Mr. Football in Minnesota...Helped pave the way for a team that rushed for 3,091 yards and passed for 2,251 yards with 77 touchdowns in 2015...Team captain and district MVP who earned all-state recognition from the Associated Press, KARE-11 TV and Minnesota Vikings along with all-conference and all-metro honors...On defense, wound up his career with 99 solo and 64 assisted tackles, including 14 quarterback sacks...All-conference in basketball, where he is a three-year starter...Sixth-place finisher in the shot put at the 2015 Class 2A state track and field meet.

PERSONAL: Born March 28, 1998...Son of Kathy Radunz and the late Jeff Radunz of Becker, Minn...Has an older sister, Danielle, and a younger brother, Nicholas.

Good luck with the upcoming season and in the classroom Dillon.

Go Bison!

Dewey

[UAalum72]

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#54 NICK DILLON


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Position: Defensive Lineman
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 271
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Lincolnshire, Ill.
High School: Adlai Stevenson
Other College: Eastern Michigan


2016: Appeared in all 11 games on defense, finishing with 27 tackles and three quarterback hurries... Season-high six tackles in home win over Holy Cross (9/17)... Four tackles, including three solo, vs. Richmond (10/8)... Notched five tackles in road game vs. Villanova (10/22).


EASTERN MICHIGAN (2015): Played in four games at Eastern Michigan ... Recorded a tackle vs. Army (Sept. 26).


HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Adlai Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Ill. ... Played under Head Coach Bill McNamara as a Patriot ... Listed as a three-star prospect per 247sports and Scout and is a two-star prospect by Rivals ... Ranked as the No. 5 defensive tackle in the state of Illinois by Scout and the 84th best nationally at the position ... Named first team all-state by the Chicago Tribune ... A four-year starter for the Stevenson football team, played 50 games and went 41-9, culminating with a 14-0 campaign that ended with a Class 8A state championship ... The state title was the first for Stevenson's program ... Selected the Pioneer Press' Football Defensive Player of the Year as well as a first team honoree ... Collected Chicago Sun-Times All-Area football team accolades ... Received special mentions honors by the Champaign News-Gazette's annual all-state team ... Made 95 tackles, (64 solo, 31 assist), had seven sacks and caused two fumbles as a senior ... The Patriots' defense allowed just 11 points a game during the 2014 season ... Routinely disrupted offenses with his play at the line of scrimmage and also played on Stevenson's offensive line ... Posted 14 stops in the state title victory over Homewood-Flossmoor ... Also a member of the basketball team.


PERSONAL: Son of Cynthia Dillon ... Intends to major in business.

[SFA 93]

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LB:#54 Spencer Choka 6-0; 230 Bryan, Texas (Rudder) (So.)

2016 (Freshman): Appeared in all 11 games for the Lumberjacks ... Registered 15 tackles for SFA, including six solo tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks ... Posted a season-high six tackles in the win over West Alabama, finishing with 0.5 sacks ... Tallied a pair of tackles in his collegiate debut at Texas Tech, credited with a tackle for loss ... Registered two unassisted tackles against Sam Houston State at NRG Stadium ... Also posted a pair of tackles against Southeastern Louisiana.

2015 (Redshirt): Utilized his redshirt season, competing on the SFA scout team.

Prior to SFA: Three year letterwinner at Rudder High School, playing linebacker, quarterback, running back and defensive end ... All-state honorable mention selection in 2014 ... Three-time all-district selection, earning first team honors as a senior ... Posted over 300 tackles during his prep career, including six sacks and four defensive touchdowns ... Holds program record for both season and career tackles ... Coached by Will Compton ... Also lettered three times in track and field and once in powerlifting ... Earned first team all-district honors in the discus ... Three-time academic all-district honoree ... Academic all-state as a senior ... Three-star recruit by 24/7 Sports #171 ILB and two-star recruit by Rivals and Scout ... Son of Joseph Choka and Candilyn McLean ... Plans to major in business.

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[Gangtackle11]

​54 TYLER VON NESSEN
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Class:
Sophomore



Hometown:
Manalapan, N.J.



High School:
Freehold Twp.






Height / Weight:
6-0 / 200



Position:
LB



Birthdate:
10/21/1997









Freehold Twp. High School: Was an all-district honoree on defense ... Winner of the Captains Award ... Earned three varsity letters in both football and lacrosse, as well as two in basketball ... Honor Roll student academically and was inducted to the National Honor Society.Personal: Older of two children of Ed and Laureen Von Nessen ... Father played football at Boston College ... Born 10/21/97.

[mvemjsunpx]

Montana #54

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Gage Smith - LB
Junior
6'3", 206 lbs.
Whitefish, MT
Whitefish HS


'16 Stats:

1 Tackle