
#38 Stephon Ransom
POS. | LB |
HT. | 5-8 |
WT. | 197 |
CL. | SO |
HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL (LAST SCHOOL) | Shelbyville, Tenn./Shelbyville Central HS |
2010 (JUNIOR): Voted Honorable Mention All-America by the Victory Sports Network and First Team All-Mid-South Conference West Division ... Started all 11 contests at linebacker, recording team-best 79 tackles along with 8.5 tackles for loss, three sacks, two interceptions, three forced fumbles and one fumble recovered ... Collected six tackles, 1.5 for loss, and recovered a fumble in lidlifter at Austin Peay ... Posted seven tackles and returned an interception 13 yards versus Campbellsville Univ. ... Registered 10 stops, 2.5 for loss with one sack, at Kentucky Christian ... Made four tackles against West Virginia Tech and three stops with a sack versus Lindsey Wilson ... Collected seven tackles and forced a fumble against Shorter Univ. ... Posted season-high 14 stops and returned an interception 21 yards at Faulkner Univ. ... Posted 12 tackles, two for loss with a sack, and forced a fumble at Bethel Univ. ... Registered three stops versus both Union College and Belhaven Univ. ... Collected 10 tackles and forced a fumble at the Univ. of the Cumberlands.
2009 (SOPHOMORE): Voted First Team All-Mid-South Conference West Division ... Middle linebacker who started every contest, recording 76 tackles with 5.5 for loss and 1.0 sacks as well as four fumble recoveries, one forced fumble, one interception and two pass breakups ... Collected season-high 14 tackles with 1.0 for loss in lidlifter versus Campbellsville Univ. ... Registered seven stops versus Georgetown College ... Posted 12 tackles with three quarterback hurries at Newberry College ... Forced a fumble and recorded seven stops versus the Univ. of the Cumberlands ... Returned a fumble 31 yards, tallied one tackle for loss and eight total stops at Bethel Univ. ... Recovered a fumble, had a pass breakup, another tackle for loss and four total stops versus Faulkner Univ. ... Registered one sack, 1.5 tackles for loss and four total stops at UVA-Wise ... Posted five tackles and recovered a fumble at Shorter College ... Recorded 11 tackles, 1.0 for loss, and recovered a fumble at Lambuth Univ.
2008 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in all 11 games, recording 64 tackles ... Posted team-high 13 tackles against the Univ. of the Cumberlands ... Tallied at least five tackles in seven games ... Recorded one sack at Campbellsville Univ.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner for coach Jason Hardy at Shelbyville Central HS ... Two-time Region MVP and Defensive Player of the Year ... Recorded 138 tackles as junior ... Voted Most Athletic as senior ... Also lettered three years in basketball and baseball.
PERSONAL: Stephon Dyrel Ransom ... Son of George Ransom and Lisa Webb ... Born February 19, 1989 ... Majoring in Fitness and Wellness.