2007 Football
Roster
Rent Sherrill
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 183
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Hephzibah, GA
Veteran defensive back who is in line to start at cornerback forthe fourth season in a row ... A preseason second-team All-BigSouth Conference choice by Phil Steele’s 2007 FootballPreview Magazine ... Has logged 29 career starts at the position,including 19 games in a row ... Credited with 150 total tackles,two interceptions and 15 pass break ups for his career ... One ofjust two senior starters on the defensive side of the ball.
2007 Spring Game (3/31): Recorded five hits(three solo) and a tackle for loss. 2006 at Gardner-Webb: Startedall 11 games at corner ... Finished with 50 total tackles (34solo), one forced fumble and two tackles for loss ... Broke up fourpasses ... Had a season-high nine tackles at No. 25 CharlestonSouthern (11/4) ... Had four hits or more in eight different games... Made seven stops at Liberty (10/21). 2005 at GWU: Played innine games (eight starts) at cornerback ... Finished with 32 totaltackles (22 solo) ... Added 1.5 tackles for loss (minus-3 yards),five pass break ups and a forced fumble ... Averaged 4.0 tacklesper game in Big South Conference play ... Had a season-best seventotal hits (five solo) and two PBU vs. Liberty (10/29) ... Had sixhits (five solo) and a pass break up at No. 7 Furman (10/1) ...Made four stops vs. No. 8 Hampton (10/8). 2004 at GWU: Played in 11games and started 10 as a true freshman ... Finished the season asthe Big South’s top tackling freshman with 68 hits (37 solo)... Added an impressive six tackles for loss (-13 yards), a fumblerecovery, a forced fumble and six pass break ups ... Interceptedtwo passes on the season ... Had a career-best 11 tackles (ninesolo), two tackles for loss, a pass break up and a 32-yardinterception return in Gardner-Webb’s win over No. 27Southeastern Louisiana (11/20) ... Made 10 stops (five solo) atMorgan State (9/11) and at No. 25 Hampton (10/9) ... Had twotackles for loss at Hampton ... Had five hits and an interceptionat Charleston Southern (11/13).
High School: Played at Hephzibah (Ga.) High underCoach Todd Booker ... A first-team All-Region 3-AAAA choice ... Asecond-team All-Area selection by the Augusta Chronicle ... Asecond-team All-CSRA selection ... Holds school records for careerreceptions (50) and single-season receptions (26) ... Helped teamto a 6-4 record in 2003 ... Registered 70 total tackles, twotackles for loss, two interceptions and eight pass break ups duringsenior season ... Caught 26 passes for 342 yards and threetouchdowns on offense ... Also rushed 34 times for 156 yards andthree touchdowns ... Returned nine kickoffs for 135 yards ... Had81 hits and two interceptions as a junior ... Chose Gardner-Webbover The Citadel.
