Larry Dean #32
Position: Linebacker
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 212
Year: Junior
Previous school: Tift County
Hometown: Tifton, Ga
Career Highlights
2008: Played in and started all 12 games ... Led the team with 95 tackles, including 42 solo stops and 53 assists ... Was the only non-senior to be voted team captain ... Was named second team All-Gulf South Conference ... Recorded a team-high 9.5 tackles for loss and was second with 3.0 sacks ... Intercepted one pass, against Delta State Oct. 2, which was returned for a touchdown ... Broke up three passes and had two quarterback hurries ... Forced three fumbles and recovered one ... Tallied a season-high 17 tackles against Harding Oct. 18 ... Finished with 13 stops, a fumble forced and a fumble recovery against Carson-Newman in the NCAA Division II playoffs Nov. 15 ... Tallied 12 tackles, a forced fumble and two passes broken up in the Delta State contest ... Also forced a fumble at North Alabama Oct. 25 ... Recorded nine tackles at Newberry Aug. 30, including 2.0 sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss ... Had eight stops against Fort Valley State Aug. 23 and against Ouachita Baptist Sept. 20 ... Also registered nine tackles at North Alabama in the playoffs on Nov. 22 ... Was ninth in the GSC in total tackles and 10th in fumbles forced.
2007: Played in all 14 games, making 11 starts in the process ... Only non-starts came against Ouachita Baptist Sept. 29, at Southern Arkansas Oct. 6 and versus Delta State Oct. 11 ... Registered 71 tackles, fifth-best on the team ... Had 32 solo stops and 39 assists ... Registered 7.5 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks ... Forced one fumble, at Southern Arkansas Oct. 6 ... Intercepted a pass versus West Georgia Nov. 8 ... Blocked a punt against Albany State Sept. 1 ... Tallied one quarterback hurry and recorded three passes broken up on the year ... Registered nine tackles against North Alabama Oct. 27 ... Had eight stops three times ... Recorded a tackle in all 14 games.
Larry Dean's Player StatsDean in the News
- Five Blazers Named All-GSC
(November 12, 2009) - Blazers Fall 62-27 to North Alabama
(October 22, 2009) - Blazers Roll Past Henderson State 33-20
(October 10, 2009) - Blazers Falls 24-14 to Ouachita Baptist
(September 19, 2009) - Blazers Report to Camp
(August 04, 2009) - Blazers Top Carson-Newman 24-20
(November 15, 2008) - Six Blazers Named to All-GSC Team
(November 13, 2008) - Blazers Hold Off Harding 21-13
(October 18, 2008) - Blazers Upset 27-24 by Delta State
(October 02, 2008) - Blazers Rout Fort Valley State 56-3
(August 23, 2008) - Blazers Blank West Alabama 37-0
(October 20, 2007) - Football Trounces Fort Valley State 69-0
(September 08, 2007) - Blazers Race by Albany State 41-3
(September 01, 2007)