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2019 Football Roster

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28 Joe Lambright

28 Joe Lambright

  • Position:
    Linebacker
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    225
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Leo, IN
  • High School:
    Leo

Summary

Biography

AWARDS
2x All-GLVC First Team
GLVC Special Teams Player of the Week (10/28/19)
GLVC Defensive Player of the Week (11/5/18)
2019 UIndy Linebacker of the Year
2017 All-GLVC Second Team
2016 UIndy Most Valuable Special Teams Freshman of the Year
4x Academic All-GLVC

2019
Became a three-time All-GLVC honoree, garnered his second consecutive first-time nod ... one of three Greyhounds to finish with 60-plus tackles in the Hounds' new defensive scheme ... amassed a career-high 14.5 tackles for a loss, good for second on the team ... forced and recover a fumble versus Hillsdale (9/14) and earned an interception and subsequent 36-yard return at McKendree (9/21) ...  scored his first collegiate touchdown with a 40-yard pick-six versus Southwest Baptist (9/28) ... added second defensive score later in th year, taking a fumble back 60 yards to the house against Missouri S&T (10/26); the play featured the first fumble return for a TD for the Hounds since 2013 and longest since 2010 ... became the Greyhounds' all-time leader in career postseason tackles, racking up seven stops at Central Missouri (11/23) to up his career NCAA playoff total to 39 ... garnered inclusive in the team's One-Play Warrior Club nod, a point-based honor that measures production on special teams ... collected fourth consecutive Academic All-GLVC nod.

2018
All-conference linebacker led the team and ranked second in the GLVC with 113 total tackles … first Greyhound with back-to-back 110-tackle seasons since 2004 … racked up a career-high 15 stops, a fumble recovery and a pass break-up versus in-region Wayne State in week two (9/8) … credited with a forced fumble versus William Jewell (9/22) … amassed 12 tackles, including two for a loss, at Truman (11/3) … had two more tackles for a loss in the playoff win versus 19th-ranked Fort Hays State (11/17), matching a UIndy postseason single-game record ... earned a third straight Academic All-GLVC nod.

2017
Started all 12 games at the weak-side linebacker spot … had a breakout sophomore season, leading the team with 115 total tackles in his first season as a starter … ranked fourth in the GLVC in tackles per game (9.6) … amassed 6.5 tackles for a loss and five pass breakups … earned with a pair of sacks in a 45-17 rout of defending-league-champ Southwest Baptist (9/16) … had seven double-digit tackle games, including a career-high 14 versus Truman (9/30) … became a two-time Academic All-GLVC honoree.
 
2016
Voted the team’s Most Valuable Special Teams Freshman of the Year … saw time in all 11 games, earning his first varsity letter … also named Academic All-GLVC.

HIGH SCHOOL
One of only seven LBs named to the prestigious Indiana Football Coaches Association Top-50 All-State Team ... also picked up All-State Honorable Mention from the Associated Press ... amassed nearly 300 career tackles, including 134 stops and 11 TFL as a senior ... garnered recognition on the IFCA 4A All-State Junior Team in 2014 ... part of three conference championship teams ... honor roll student in the classroom.
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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2016Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'1" 215 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2017Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'1" 215 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2018Junior

    Linebacker
    6'1" 225 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2019Senior

    Linebacker
    6'1" 225 lbs
    28
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