2022 Football Roster
Roster
Ga'Marcus Freeman
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 239
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Albany, Ga.
- High School:
- Dougherty HS
Veteran defensive end who will play a key role up front again in 2022 … Gifted pass rusher who has gained considerable game experience during his time in Boiling Springs … Should be at full strength entering the season.
2022 at Gardner-Webb: Saw action in a dozen games during his senior season as an edge rusher ... Collected three tackles on the year all against FBS competition ... Had a season-best two at Liberty (10/15) ... Notched his other one of the year at Marshall (10/1).
2021 at Gardner-Webb: Played in eight games as a reserve defensive end … Finished the season with 11 total tackles (five solo) and 1.5 tackles for loss (minus-4 yards) … Had two pass break ups … Posted a season-high five stops and a tackle for loss vs. Western Carolina (9/25) … Had three hits vs. Campbell (10/9) … Batted down two passes in the WCU game.
Spring 2021 at Gardner-Webb: Played in all four games … Finished with 12 total tackles, one tackle for loss and a sack … Recovered two fumbles … Had a 22-yard fumble return at Charleston Southern (4/17) … Broke up two passes vs. No. 18 Monmouth (4/3) … Posted a pair of quarterback pressures on the season.
2019 at Gardner-Webb: Saw action in 10 games, primarily on special teams … Finished the season with seven total tackles (four solo) … Had a pair of stops in the season opener at Charlotte (8/31).
High School: Two-sport standout at Dougherty (Ga.) High … Starred in football under Coach Damien Gary … Runs the 40-yard dash in 4.6 seconds … Earned first-team All-Region I-AAAA in 2018 … A member of the Albany Herald Dynamite Dozen in the preseason … Finished 2018 season with 80 total tackles, 14.0 tackles for loss, three sacks and five forced fumbles … A second-team All-State selection by the Georgia Sports Writers Association and Associated Press in 2017 … Earned first-team All-Region I-AAAA honors as a junior in 2017 … Posted 94 total tackles, 19.0 tackles for loss and 12.0 quarterback sacks that season … Made the state finals in the shot put as a junior … Named honorable mention All-Area as a sophomore defensive end and tight end in 2016 … Chose Gardner-Webb after considering offers from Florida A&M, Kennesaw State, ETSU, Charleston Southern, The Citadel, Southeast Missouri and Alabama State.
