| LANCE BRIGGS |
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 | Class:
Senior
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| Hometown:
SACRAMENTO, CALIF.
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| High School:
ELK GROVE
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| Height / Weight:
6-2 / 245
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| Position:
LB
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| Birthdate:
09/12/1980
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| Experience:
3L
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6-2 243
Sacramento, Calif.
Senior
Linebacker
Arizona: 3L... Returning starter at inside linebacker entering 2002 fall practice... 2002 Lombardi Award and Butkus Award ‘watch lists’... Has 206 career tackles in 22 games, an average of 9.4 hits per game... Finished the 2001 season with a team-best 93 tackles (59 solo hits), 14 tackles for loss (-66 yards), seven sacks, one PBU, two fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles... 2001 First-team All-Pac-10 selection for the second consecutive year... Started 10 games and was named the team’s Most Valuable Defensive Player... Tied for sixth in the league with 93 tackles and tied for sixth in the Pac-10 with seven sacks... Had four double-digit tackle games last season, including 13 hits versus Washington State... Led the team with eight tackles (seven solo), three tackles for loss and three sacks at Arizona State... Had five tackles and recovered a fumble against Stanford... Although he missed the start at Cal due to injury, Briggs still contributed two solo hits, a tackle for loss, a sack and a forced fumble... Notched nine hits and broke up a pass against USC... Tallied a team-best 10 tackles, including two for loss, at Washington... Had eight hits at Oregon State and had a team-high 12 tackles (eight solo) and two tackles for loss against Oregon... Notched a season-best 13 tackles, including two tackles for loss, and a sack versus Washington State... Had seven hits (six solo) and recovered a fumble to set up an Arizona touchdown against UNLV... Recorded 10 tackles, three tackles for loss and two sacks... Opened the season at San Diego State with nine hits, one tackle for loss, a pass breakup and a sack... Had five tackles in two scrimmages during 2001 spring ball... Entered the 2001 season as the Pac-10 Conference’s leading returning tackler... First-team All-Pac-10 honoree in 2000... Made the switch to the defense in 2000 after a break-out season at fullback as a true freshman a year before... Led the squad with 113 total tackles, 77 solo, and had 11 tackles for loss, one sack, two interceptions, seven pass breakups and one forced fumble... Finished the 2000 season as the Pac-10’s second-leading tackler... Started all 11 games for the Wildcats and exhibited solid defensive play at inside linebacker after switching from the offense... Closed the season with 12 tackles, eight solo, one forced fumble and a fumble recovery in the Arizona State game... Led the team with 10 tackles, six solo, against Oregon State and had two tackles for loss... For the fourth week in a row, recorded double-digit tackles to lead the defense with 11 tackles, including nine solo hits, at Washington... Also deflected two passes against the Huskies... Tied Antonio Pierce for a game-high 13 tackles against UCLA and had 10 solo hits and two tackles for loss... Ended the Oregon game as Arizona’s leading tackler with 12 and had one tackle for loss... Led the defense with 11 solo tackles, including one for loss, and broke up a pass in the Washington State game... Notched six hits at USC, including one for loss, and intercepted a pass in the fourth quarter for a 6-yard return... Had five tackles at Stanford and nine hits against Ohio State... Recorded eight hits, including three tackles for loss, had a sack and picked off his first pass of the season, tacking on a 17-yard return, against San Diego State... Opened the season strong at Utah with five tackles on the Utes’ first nine plays from scrimmage... Finished the season opener with a game- and career-high 16 tackles, including one for loss... Briggs played in 10 games, starting two games at fullback for the Cats in 1999... Closed the season with 189 all-purpose yards... Rushed for 163 yards on 25 carries, an average of 6.5 yards per carry... Had one reception all season for 12 yards... Did not see action in the first two games of the 1999 season... Grabbed a 12-yard reception from Keith Smith on the first play of the second quarter in the Arizona State game... Had three carries for 40 yards at Oregon State, including a 34-yard burst... Pulled double duty in the Washington game, rushing for 31 yards on six carries and recording one tackle on the defensive side... Rushed for 52 yards on only two carries at UCLA and scored a touchdown on a 48-yard scoring run at the end of the third quarter... Saw limited action in the Oregon game, but had one tackle... Had an assisted tackle in both the UTEP and USC games... Returned a kick for 14 yards in the Washington State game and rushed for 23 yards on six carries... Made his collegiate debut against Middle Tennessee State where he rushed three times for eight yards, including a 1-yard touchdown run in Arizona’s first drive of the third quarter... One of the most heralded players out of Sacramento...
High School: Elk Grove High School, Sacramento, Calif., 1999... One of the bright stars in coach Ed Lombardi’s 1998 program... Three-year letterman and versatile enough to play linebacker, running back and safety, as well as punt, place kick and return kicks... Sacramento Bee Player of the Year... Rated the 12th-best prospect in the Far West by SuperPrep... Member of Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100... First-team Best in the West selection by the Long Beach Press-Telegram... “Second-11 West Coast” by Las Vegas Sun... Had 100 tackles, including five sacks, as a senior... Rushed 26 times for 315 yards and six TDs as a fullback in Elk Grove’s sectional championship victory... Had 1,574 yards on 139 carries overall... Two-year track letterman in the 200m, 4x100 relay and shot put...
Personal: Academic major is sociology... Son of Raymond and Brenda Briggs of Sacramento, Calif... Father, a Los Angeles Technical College graduate, is a printer... Mother is in clerical work... Sister, Tranae, played volleyball at Sacramento State, South Florida and Florida State... Cousin of Tamika Dennis, a volleyball letterwinner at Arizona in 1993-94 and 1996... Full name Lance Marell Briggs... Date of birth: 11-12-80.
