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  Jay McCurty

Jay McCurty

Player Profile

Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
LaGrange, Ga.

High School:
LaGrange

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 200

Position:
Defensive Back

Birthdate:
09/23/1984

Experience:
3L

**2007 Charles Williams Memorial Jersey Winner**

2006: Saw action in all 11 games, starting 10 at linebacker . . . ranked second on the team with 52 tackles . . . registered 5.5 tackles for a loss and one sack . . . recovered two fumbles . . . had five tackles in each of the first two games, against Miles and at Georgia Tech . . . recorded seven tackles, all solo stops, against Eastern Illinois . . . had six tackles against Eastern Illinois . . . had a season-high nine tackles against Tennessee-Martin . . . recorded seven tackles at Jacksonville State.

2005: Played in all 11 games, starting seven contests . . . second on the team with 82 tackles, including 40 solo stops . . . had 10 tackles for a loss on the season . . . forced one fumble and recovered one fumble . . . had nine tackles at Eastern Illinois . . . recorded 12 tackles, including two tackles for a loss against Southeast Missouri . . . had nine tackles at Eastern Kentucky . . . ­recorded 10 tackles, including two tackles for a loss against Murray State . . . had nine tackles, including seven solo tackles against Tennessee State . . . had three tackles for a loss and seven total tackles at Tennessee Tech . . . registered eight tackles, six solo tackles against Jacksonville State.

2004: Had 42 tackles, including 20 solo stops . . . registered five tackles in the season opener against West Alabama . . . had six tackles at Southeast Missouri . . . totaled six tackles against Eastern Kentucky . . . had five tackles at Tennessee-Martin . . . registered six tackles at Jacksonville State.

2003: Redshirted . . . participated as a ­member of the Bulldogs' practice squad.

High School: Named first team All-County and All-Area as a senior at LaGrange High School . . . named second team All-Region and awarded Best Defensive Back.

Personal: Born Sept. 24, 1984 . . . son of Kenneth McCurty and Veronica Jackson . . . majoring in sociology.