2013 Football
Roster
Azziz Higgins
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 227
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Snellville, GA
Bright young prospect at inside linebacker … Has thesize and instincts to become a true standout at the position… Was a bright spot during spring practice and teams withTanner Burch and Bradley Taylor to give Gardner-Webb outstandingexperience inside … Gained valuable experience as a truefreshman in 2012.
2012 at Gardner-Webb: Saw action in all 11games … Started the final two games of the season at middlelinebacker … Led the team’s freshmen with 31 totaltackles (14 solo) … Had a tackle for loss, one break up anda quarterback hurry … Had a season-high seven stops (threesolo) vs. Mid America Nazarene (10/13) … Collected six hitsat Pittsburgh (9/22) and vs. VMI (10/27), with three solo stops ineach of those games … Had four stops vs. Samford (9/15) andthree at Liberty (10/6).
High School: Played at South Gwinnett (Ga.) Highunder Coach John Small ... Runs the 40-yard dash in 4.55 seconds... A member of the South Gwinnett Senior Leadership Council ...Registered 69 total tackles, five tackles for loss, two fumblerecoveries and four quarterback pressures in 2011 ... Had 35 totaltackles, four tackles for loss and a sack as a junior ... Playedsophomore season at Dacula (Ga.) High ... Chose GWU over Lafayette,Western Carolina and Alabama State.
