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Austin Pritchard

Austin Pritchard

# 35
Linebacker - LB

Height:

6-4

Weight:

233

Junior

Previous Affiliations
Lebanon

Lebanon, Ohio

Pritchard Media

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Pritchard his last week before camp

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Pritchard on tour of Ford Field

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FB - Buffalo - Pritchard Sack

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2009: Finished season with 102 tackles and earned Second Team All-MAC Defense ... led team with 11 tackles at Michigan (9/5) ... led team with 12 tackles and blocked first career kick (FG) at Indiana (9/12) ... recorded first career fumble recovery ... 10 tackles vs. Buffalo (10/24) ... season high 14 tackles at EMU (11/14) ... closed out season with 10 tackles vs. Ball State (11/24) ... named MAC West Defensive POTW twice ... earned Second Team Phil Steele's All-MAC.

2008: Appeared in all 13 games and made nine starts ... named First Team All-MAC Defense ... led the defense with 12.5 TFLs ... finished second on the team with 86 tackles (47 solo) ... had seven tackles with 1.0 TFL of seven yards at Nebraska (8/30) ... had eight tackles and one sack for a loss of one yard vs. Ohio (10/4) ... recorded career-high 17 tackles, including 10 solo tackles with 2.0 TFL of four yards at Central Michigan (10/18) ... has six total tackles with 1.5 TFLs of two yards vs. Eastern Michigan ... had eight tackles and one sack for a loss of seven yards vs. Toledo (11/15) ... led the Broncos with 11 tackles and 2.5 TFL of ten yards at Ball State (11/25)... had 5 tackles vs. Rice in the Texas Bowl (12/30).

2007: Appeared in first game of the season leading the team with 11 tackles vs. West Virginia (9/1) ... earned MAC West Defensive Player of the Week ... missed remainder of season due to injury.

2006: Appeared in all 13 games ... had one total tackle and 0.5 tackle for loss vs. Virginia (9/16) ... had one tackle and 0.5 sack for a loss of six yards vs. Temple (9/23) ... had four total tackles and one pass breakup vs. Ohio (10/7) ... had five total tackles and 1.0 sack vs. Ball State (10/21) ... had seven total tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss vs. Eastern Michigan (10/28) ... had three tackles vs. Cincinnati in the International Bowl (1/6).

2005: Appeared in all 11 games and made four starts as a true freshman ... finished season with 54 tackles (28 solo), 5.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and one interception ... made collegiate debut and first career start in season opener at Virginia (9/3) ... recorded two double-digit tackle games ... registered a career-high 14 stops (eight solo) against Ball State (10/8) ... returned first career interception 12 yards against Central Michigan (11/12).

HIGH SCHOOL: Safety, receiver, tight end ... team’s leading tackler (90) ... scored nine touchdowns in addition to 29 receptions and 515 yards ... Southwest Ohio Honorable Mention ... Mid-Miami League First Team choice ... received Ohio Coaches Association Silver Scholar Athlete Award recipient ... team captain.

PERSONAL: Majoring in civil engineering ... parents are Dave and Pam Pritchard ... born Dec. 1, 1986 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

YR	GP	GS	ST	AT	TT	TFL	SK	INT	PBU	FF	FR	QBH	BLK
2009	11	11	59	43	102	7.0-20	1.5-7	0	3	2	1	4	1
2008	13	9	47	39	86	12.5-38	2.0-8	0	3	0	0	0	0
2007	1	0	5	6	11	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	13	0	14	13	27	4.0-23	2.0-17	0	2	0	0	1	0
2005	11	4	28	26	54	5.5-37	3.5-31	1	0	2	0	0	0
TOTALS	49	24	153	127	280	29.0-118	9-63	1	8	4	1	5	1

YR	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG	YPG
2009	1	17	17.0	0	17	1.5
2008	2	2	1.0	2	1	0.2
TOTALS	3	19	6.3	2	17	0.4

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