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Career Highs: 16 tackles vs. No. 4 LSU in 2009
2009: Appeared in eight games with eight starts *Named one of 12 semifinalists for the Rotary Lombardi Award *Named to Phil Steele Midseason All-America Third Team *Tied for the team-lead with seven tackles vs. No. 1 Florida *Led the team with nine tackles at Vanderbilt *Had a team-high eight tackles at Tennessee *Earned Collegefootballperformance.com honorable mention linebacker Perfomance of the Week after he set a new career high with 16 tackles, seven solo, including 1.5 for loss vs. No. 4 LSU *Had a team-high 11 tackles and a fumble recovery at Arkansas *Tied career-high with 15 tackles vs. South Carolina and a pass break-up near the goal line on the last play of the game *Tied for team lead with eight tackles and a pass break-up at No. 9 Oklahoma State *Named to Rotary Lombardi Award Preliminary Watch List as well as watch lists for Lott Trophy, Chuck Bednarik Award, Butkus Award and Bronko Nagurski Trophy *Selected Preseason All-SEC First Team by Phil Steele and SEC Coaches *Earned Herbie Award as #1 ranked "Outside Edge: Best Outside Linebackers" *Tabbed by Sporting News as "SEC's Best Hitter" *Named Preseason All-SEC Second Team by Lindy's and SEC Media *Recorded two tackles in spring G-Day game *Recipient of Leon Farmer Athletic Football Scholarship
2008: Honored as the Collegiate Athlete of the Year by the Allied Athlete Group Foundation in Atlanta *Named a Butkus Award finalist *Selected Fourth-Team All-America by Phil Steele *Named to CollegeFootballNews.com’s All-Sophomore First Team *Named First Team All-SEC by SEC Coaches and by Phil Steele, also Second Team All-SEC by Associated Press *Earned the team’s Most Valuable Defensive Player Award *Started all 13 games leading the team in tackles (115), including a team-leading 10.0 TFL and a team-high 3.0 sacks to go along with two forced fumbles *His 115 tackles were the most by a Bulldog since 1998 *Named one of Sporting News Magazine’s 20 most indispensable college football players and labeled “the most dominant defensive player in the game” *Named to Sporting News Today Midseason All-America Team *Team-leader in tackles in nine games including five with double-digit tackles *Notched six tackles in Capital One Bowl victory over No. 19 Michigan State *Recorded a career-high 15 tackles at Kentucky *Tallied a pair of 14 tackle outings at No. 11 LSU and vs. No. 8 Alabama *Notched 11-tackle performances vs. No. 18 Ga. Tech and vs. Central Michigan *Recorded three nine tackle games: at Auburn, vs. No. 8 Florida and at No. 24 Ariz. St. *Team-high six tackles including and forced a fumble near the goal line late in the fourth quarter at South Carolina, and was a Pontiac Game-Changer nominee *Selected to SEC Coaches’ Pre-season All-SEC Third Team *Received the Coffee County Hustle Award at the end of spring practice
2007: Appeared in 11 games making five starts with 53 tackles including 9.0 for loss and 3.0 sacks *Third-leading tackler during Georgia’s 41-10 rout of No. 10 Hawai’i in the Sugar Bowl after registering seven tackles with two sacks *Named Freshman All-America First Team by Rivals.com, Freshman All-America Second Team by Scout.com and Honorable Mention by Sporting News *Named SEC Freshman of the Week (11/19) after he led the team with a season-high 13 tackles, one tackle-for-loss vs. No. 22 Kentucky *Had five tackles including his first-career sack vs. Troy *Five tackles including two for loss in first-career start vs. No. 9 Florida *Recipient of the Hugar and Elizabeth Wilkes Football Scholarship
High School: Brookwood...named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super Southern 100 and Class AAAAA First Team Defense...Georgia Sports Writers Association Class AAAAA All-State Team...SuperPrep All-America team and All-Dixie Team...No. 7 in the Dixie Region...Prep Star All-American....UGASports.com #19 overall prospect in Georgia...Rivals.com No. 16 Linebacker in the nation...Scout.com No. 5 Middle Linebacker in the country and #11 player in Georgia...named Gwinnett County Linebacker of the Year as a junior...Georgia Athletic Coaches Association All-Star selection...saw action at RB...High School Coach: Mark Crews.
Personal: RENNIE CURRAN; Born: Nov. 10, 1988; Major: Pre-Business.
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Year
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G/GS
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Solo
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Asst.
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Total
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Sacks
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TFL
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FF
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FR
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PBU
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Int.
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QBH
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2007
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11/5
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44
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9
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53
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3.0/10
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9.0/22
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0
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0
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0
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0
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10
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2008
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13/13
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63
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52
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115
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3.0/27
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10.0/46
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2
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0
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1
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0
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12
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Total
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24/18
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107
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61
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168
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6.0/37
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19.0/68
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2
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0
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1
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0
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22
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