2024 Football Roster
Jersey Number 47
Ty French
- Position:
- SPUR
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Moultrie, Ga.
- High School:
- Colquitt County
- Prev School:
- Gardner-Webb
- Played in 54 career games, had 261 tackles, including 137 solo stops, 34.5 sacks, 63 tackles for loss, one interception, seven forced fumbles, seven pass breakups and three fumble recoveries
2024 (Sr.)
- Played in all 13 games at Spur
- Saw action on 482 plays, including 334 defensive snaps
- Finished with 22 tackles, including 12 solo stops, 2.5 tackles for loss, one pass breakup and three quarterback hurries
- WVU Blue Collar Award: UCF
- Season-high five tackles at Oklahoma State, including three solo stops and assisted on a tackle for loss
- Registered three tackles, including two unassisted tackles and a tackle for loss against UAlbany
- Had three tackles at Cincinnati, including two solo stops and a tackle for loss
2023 (Jr.) - Gardner-Webb
- Played for coach Tre Lamb at Gardner-Webb
- Four-time All-Big South Conference First-Team honoree
- Finished with the school record in career sacks (34 1/2) and career tackles for loss (61)
- Played in 41 career games, had 239 tackles, including 125 solo stops
- Registered 68 tackles, including 9 1/2 sacks and 22 1/2 tackles for loss
- His 22 1/2 tackles-for-loss tied for the eighth-most in a single season and were No. 10 nationally
- Also had five pass breakups and forced three fumbles this season, the seventh most in the FCS
- Buck Buchanan Award Finalist
- Helped lead Gardner-Webb to a 7-5 record, the Big South Conference Championship and the first round of the FCS playoffs
2022 (So.) - Gardner-Webb
- Finalist for the Stats Perform FCS Buck Buchanan National Defensive Player of the Year Award, Ted Hendricks Award and the first Runnin’ Bulldog to be voted Big South Defensive Player of the Year since 2008
- Played in 14 games registering 12.5 sacks, including finishing the regular-season as the Big South leader in sacks (11.5), which set the league single-season record
- Tallied 75 total tackles, 16 tackles-for-loss, one interception and one forced fumble
- Ranked No. 9 nationally in sacks per game (0.88) and No. 44 in tackles for loss per contest (1.2)
- Collected 4.5 sacks in three games vs. FBS opponents and held a streak of three straight games with two sacks
- During the five-game Big South season, he was No. 1 in sacks (5.5), No. 6 with 6.5 TFL and amassed 23 tackles
- Posted a tackle for loss in 10-of-13 appearances, as well as a sack in nine games
2021 (Fr.) - Gardner-Webb
- Named All-Big South Conference First Team at defensive end for the second season in a row
- Earned 2021 Hero Sports Sophomore All-America Team accolades
- Finished with 61 tackles, including 8.5 sacks and 14.5 tackles for loss
- Added 14 quarterback hurries to lead the Big South for the second season in a row
- Recovered two fumbles, including one for a touchdown and forced two fumbles, both on sacks
- Recorded seven sacks and 10 tackles for loss in the final four games
- Named FCS National Defensive Player of the Week vs. Robert Morris, finishing with nine stops, including six solo, three sacks, five tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and four quarterback hurries
- Recovered one of those fumbles for a touchdown
- Had seven solo stops and two sacks at Hampton
- Had at least one sack in four consecutive games to end the season
- Made nine tackles vs. Georgia Southern and North Carolina A&T
- Had five stops and three hurries vs. Campbell
Spring 2021 (COVID) - Gardner-Webb
- Started all four games and was named 2021 Big South Defensive Freshman of the Year
- Earned Freshman All-America First-Team selection by Hero Sports
- Led team with 35 total tackles, which also ranked third in the Big South Conference
- Led the Big South with four sacks, eight tackles for loss, both ranking No. 9 nationally
- Led the nation with 10 quarterback pressures in four games
- Also broke up a pass, blocked a kick, forced one fumble and recovered one fumble
- Named FCS National Freshman of the Week after posting 12 hits and four tackles for loss in a win over No. 24 Elon
- Had five quarterback pressures to go with 1.5 sacks vs. Presbyterian
High School
- Played for coach Justin Rogers at Colquitt County High
- Earned Class 7A All-State First-team honors from RecruitGeorgia.com
- Named Class 7A All-State Honorable Mention selection by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Two-time All-Region 1-AAAAAAA selection
- Posted 116 total tackles, 11 tackles for loss and three quarterback sacks and broke up five passes, helping Colquitt County to a 9-3 record as a senior
- Finished junior season with 45 total tackles, 12 tackles for loss, three sacks and 16 quarterback pressures
- Helped Colquitt County to a 14-1 record and state runner-up finish and No. 14 nationally as a junior
- Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports.com and Rivals.com
Personal
- Son of Michael and Tenita French
- One of three children (1 brother, 1 sister)
- Majoring in sport leadership
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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