2008 Football
Roster
Mike Vesser
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Newnan, GA
Redshirt junior safety who will be one of the team’s topplayers at the position in 2007 ... Listed as the starter at strongsafety heading out of spring practice ... Deceptively fast and hasa penchant for delivering contact ... Has good size ... Could alsoserve as the team’s backup punter ... Provides quality depthfor GWU in the secondary ... Ran the 40-yard dash in 4.60 secondsduring spring testing, and posted a 4.13-second time in the 20-yardshuttle.
2007 Spring Game (3/31): Recorded one solo stop.2006 at Gardner-Webb: Played in all 11 games ... Finished with 10total hits (seven solo), one forced fumble and an interception ...Returned lone interception 49 yards for a touchdown at Jacksonville(9/2) ... Had a season-high two hits vs. No. 2 Appalachian State(9/23) and at No. 25 Charleston Southern (11/4). 2005 at GWU:Played in nine games, seeing action on special teams and at safety... Finished with 19 tackles (10 solo) ... Had a season-high fivehits (two solo) vs. Belhaven (9/10) ... Made three stops vs.Liberty (10/29). 2004 at GWU: Redshirted.
High School: Played at East Coweta (Ga.) Highunder Coach Danny Cronic ... A first-team All-Area selection atsafety and punter by the Newnan Times-Herald ... A first-teamAll-Region 4-AAAAA selection at safety and punter ... A second-teamAll-Area choice by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ... Had 108total hits (64 solo) and two interceptions as a senior ... LedRegion 4-AAAAA in punting with an average of 38.0 yards per kick... Had a season-best punt of 52 yards ... One of theregion’s top tacklers ... Also saw action as a fullback onoffense and linebacker on defense ... Named first-team All-Countyin soccer by the Newnan Times-Herald ... Played a back position insoccer, and was one of the area’s top defenders ... NamedCoweta County Most Versatile Player in soccer by theTimes-Herald.
