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The University of the South

2017 Football

26 John Cleveland

  • Weight 170
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fort Worth, Texas
  • High School Trinity Valley School

Biography

2017: All-SAA First Team Defense … Tennessee Sports Writers Association (TSWA) Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 25 … SAA Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 25 … Played in nine games with eight starts … Made 76 total tackles … Made 48 solo tackles … Made 28 assisted tackles … Made 3.5 tackles for a loss, totaling 18 yards … Made six interceptions, totaling 54 yards … Had two breakups … Forced one fumble … Made one punt on the season for 62 yards …

2016: All-SAA First Team Defense as punter … All-SAA Second Team as defensive specialist … Preseason First Team All-American with Football Gameplan … Lindy's Sports Preseason First Team All-American … Played in all 10 games … Threw two passes out of two attempts for 42 yards (4.2 per game) … Had an efficiency rating of 276.4 … Rushed two times for -2 yards … Made 50 punts on the season for 2,191 yards … Averaged 43.8 yards per punt … Had a season-long punt of 65 yards … Punted the ball 19 times inside the 20-yard line … Made 54 total tackles … Made 40 solo tackles … Made 14 assisted tackles … Made 2.5 tackles for loss, totaling eight yards … Recorded 0.5 sacks, totaling zero yards … Made one interception, totaling 57 yards … Had five breakups …

2015: All-SAA First Team Defense as punter … All-SAA Honorable Mention Defense as defensive specialist … Played in all 10 games … Rushed three times for 35 yards … Made 56 punts on the season for 2,371 yards … Averaged 42.3 yards per punt … Had a season-long punt of 82 yards … Punted the ball 18 times inside the 20-yard line … Made 27 total tackles … Made 19 solo tackles … Made eight assisted tackles … Made one tackle for loss, totaling one yard … Made three interceptions, totaling zero yards … Recovered one fumble … Had eight breakups …

2014: Played in eight games … Punted the ball 24 times for 940 yards … Averaged 39.2 yards per punt … Had a season-long punt of 70 yards … Punted the ball eight times inside the 20-yard line … Made five total tackles … Made four solo tackles … Made one assisted tackle … Made one tackle for loss, totaling one yard … Made one interception, totaling zero yards …

Prep: Attended Trinity Valley School in Fort Worth, Texas … Lettered for three years in football … Also lettered four seasons in baseball and two seasons in basketball … All Conference in football, baseball, and basketball … Single game receiving year record (273) … Ford Texas High School Player of the Week …

Personal: Son of Dan and Julia Cleveland … Double majoring in International Global Studies and Spanish …

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2014Freshman

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    165 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2015Sophomore

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    175 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2016Junior

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    175 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2017Senior

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    6'" 170 lbs
    26