Les Maruo Season 2017
44PositionLB
Weight225 lbs
Height6-0
ClassJunior
HometownWichita, Kan.
Previous SchoolHutchinson [Kan.] CC
Senior (2018)
Started all 12 games … posted 86 tackles (49 solos), 4.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, two fumble recoveries, two quarterback hurries, one interception and a pass breakup … posted a career-high 12 tackles (eight solos), including 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack, and recovered a fumble at Southern Miss (Oct. 20) … matches his career best with 12 stops versus FIU (Nov. 10) … recorded nine tackles (seven solos) at UAB (Nov. 3) … had eight tackles and a QB pressure at Marshall (Nov. 17) … logged eight stops each in wins against UTEP (Sept. 29) and Rice (Oct. 6) … picked off a pass and added four stops and a hurry in the victory over Texas State (Sept. 22).
Redshirt Junior (2017)
Played in all 11 contests … recorded 12 tackles (four solos), 1.5 sacks and a quarterback hurry for a defense that led Conference USA in seven statistical categories and ranked in the top five nationally in five … posted a season-high six stops, including 1.5 sacks, in the 51-17 rout of Southern (Sept. 16) … tallied three tackles in the 20-7 victory against Rice (Oct. 21) … had a tackle and a QB hurry in the 31-14 triumph over UTEP (Oct. 28) … C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Junior (2016)
Redshirted … C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Prior To UTSA
Appeared in 22 games in 2014-15 for head coach Rion Rhoades at Hutchinson Community College … ranked second on the squad with 85 tackles, including 11 behind the line of scrimmage and two sacks, in 11 contests of action as a sophomore … had a 15-stop performance against Ellsworth Community College (Oct. 31) … registered 22 tackles, 1.5 TFLs and a fumble recovery in 11 games as a true freshman in 2014 … the Blue Dragons finished with an 11-1 overall record that year and No. 4 national ranking, the highest in program history … racked up 79 stops in nine games as a prep senior and another 59 in 10 contests as a junior.
Personal
Born Feb. 14, 1996 … son of Kazuko Myers … graduated in August 2018 with a degree in exercise science.
Started all 12 games … posted 86 tackles (49 solos), 4.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, two fumble recoveries, two quarterback hurries, one interception and a pass breakup … posted a career-high 12 tackles (eight solos), including 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack, and recovered a fumble at Southern Miss (Oct. 20) … matches his career best with 12 stops versus FIU (Nov. 10) … recorded nine tackles (seven solos) at UAB (Nov. 3) … had eight tackles and a QB pressure at Marshall (Nov. 17) … logged eight stops each in wins against UTEP (Sept. 29) and Rice (Oct. 6) … picked off a pass and added four stops and a hurry in the victory over Texas State (Sept. 22).
Redshirt Junior (2017)
Played in all 11 contests … recorded 12 tackles (four solos), 1.5 sacks and a quarterback hurry for a defense that led Conference USA in seven statistical categories and ranked in the top five nationally in five … posted a season-high six stops, including 1.5 sacks, in the 51-17 rout of Southern (Sept. 16) … tallied three tackles in the 20-7 victory against Rice (Oct. 21) … had a tackle and a QB hurry in the 31-14 triumph over UTEP (Oct. 28) … C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Junior (2016)
Redshirted … C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Prior To UTSA
Appeared in 22 games in 2014-15 for head coach Rion Rhoades at Hutchinson Community College … ranked second on the squad with 85 tackles, including 11 behind the line of scrimmage and two sacks, in 11 contests of action as a sophomore … had a 15-stop performance against Ellsworth Community College (Oct. 31) … registered 22 tackles, 1.5 TFLs and a fumble recovery in 11 games as a true freshman in 2014 … the Blue Dragons finished with an 11-1 overall record that year and No. 4 national ranking, the highest in program history … racked up 79 stops in nine games as a prep senior and another 59 in 10 contests as a junior.
Personal
Born Feb. 14, 1996 … son of Kazuko Myers … graduated in August 2018 with a degree in exercise science.
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