2001 Football Roster
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Roster
Dwight Freeney
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 250
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bloomfield, CT
- High School:
- Bloomfield
11th overall selection in the 2002 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts
At SU: Four letters ... Ranks second on the all-time SU sack list with 34.0 and third on the BIG EAST career record sacks list ...Posted 50.5 tackles for a loss in his career... One of four true freshmen to play in 1998 ...Had a streak of 14 straight games with a sack, including seven games in a row with at least two... Member of the Spring 1999 and Spring 2001 Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... Won the 2000 Ted Dailey Award winner for the most improved defensive player in spring practice...2001 Lombardi Award Finalist...2001 Bednarik Award Finalist..2001 .Nagurski Trophy Finalist...2001 All- American...2001 BIG EAST co- Defensive Player of the year...2001 Unanimous First Team All- BIG EAST selection.
Senior Year (2001): Started al 12 games ... Set NCAA, BIG EAST, and Syracuse single-season record with 17.5 sacks ... Set NCAA record for fumbles forced and recovered in a season with 11 (eight forced, three recovered) ... Set BIG EAST record with eight forced fumbles ... Four-time BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, which ties a league mark ... Had 25.5 tackles for a loss, which ranks second on the BIG EAST single-season record list ... Named to nine All-America teams, including Walter Camp, FWAA, Associated Press, AFCA, Football News, The Sporting News, CNN.SI, ABC Sports Online and collegefootballnews.com ... One of 17 players to start every game and one of 36 to participate in every game ... Played on SU's field goal and PAT defense units ... Had two sacks, five tackles, and a quarterback hurry in the Kickoff Classic against Georgia Tech ... Posted two sacks, a fumble recovery, three quarterback hurries and five tackles at Tennessee ... Registered two sacks, a career-high seven tackles, including four for a loss of 28 yards, seven quarterback hurries and one forced fumble against UCF ... Recorded five tackles, four solo, three for a loss, two sacks, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, and one quarterback hurry against Auburn ... Posted five tackles, four tackles for a loss, two quarterback sacks, and two quarterback hurries against East Carolina ... Had three solo tackles, two tackles for a loss, one sack, one quarterback hurry and a pass breakup at Rutgers ... Had two solo tackles and four quarterback hurries at Pittsburgh ... Recorded four tackles for a loss, two and a half sacks and forced two fumbles against Temple ... Had three tackles, one sack, two quarterback hurries and a pass breakup at Virginia Tech ... Tied a career high with seven tackles, five solo, four for a loss, two sacks, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery against West Virginia ? Had one sack, a forced fumble and three tackles against Boston College.
Junior Year (2000): Started all seven games he played ... Earned second-team All-America honors from BCSFootball.com ... Was one of four unanimous selections to the All-BIG EAST First Team and was a All-ECAC First Team selection ... Missed the last four games of the season due to illness ... Led the BIG EAST with 13.0 sacks which tied for fifth all-time in the Conference for a single-season ... Set a Syracuse single-game record with 4.5 sacks against Virginia Tech ... Had five tackles behind the line of scrimmage for a loss of 40 yards against the Hokies ... Recorded 2.5 sacks against Brigham Young and 2.0 sacks at Boston College ... osted eight quarterback hurries, one pass breakup and three forced fumbles ... Had six solo tackles at East Carolina ... Tied for first in the BIG EAST with three forced fumbles ... Ranked first on the team and tied for second in the BIG EAST with 18 tackles for a loss.
Sophomore Year (1999): Played in 11 games, starting two ... recorded 3.5 sacks and three quarterback hurries ... Suffered an injury to a tendon in his right hand against Toledo that forced him to miss the Central Michigan game ... Tallied a career-high five tackles, one pass deflection, a forced fumble and a quarterback sack for a loss of nine yards in his first career start against Toledo ... Had four tackles, including two for a loss of 14 yards against Temple ... Had one tackle for a loss of six yards at Miami ... Had four tackles and one sack against Kentucky in the Music City Bowl.
Freshman Year (1998): Played in 10 games ... Was the first true freshman to play, seeing action against Tennessee and recording one pass break-up ... Made first collegiate start against Rutgers, forcing one fumble and making one tackle for a loss of four yards ... Had one tackle for a five-yard loss and forced one fumble against Pittsburgh ... Recorded one-half sack in the Orange Bowl.
High School: Super Prep, Tom Lemming and Blue Chip All-American ... Prep Star All-Regional Team ... Named All-America defensive end by USA Today, Hartford Courant and New Haven Register ... All-CCC West defensive end and tight end ... Team captain as a senior ... Career statistics: 37 sacks, 87 tackles (21 for loss) and four defensive touchdowns ... Four-sport letterwinner, including three letters in football, four in basketball and baseball and one in soccer ... Attended same high school as current SU defensive end Julian Pollard ... Recruited by former SU assistant coach Steve Addazio.
Personal: Dwight Jason Freeney ... Born February 19, 1980 in Hartford, Conn. ... Son of Hugh and Joy Freeney ... One brother ... Majoring in information studies.
Freeney's Career Statistics
Tackles Assists Tot. Int. Sacks FF Fumble Rec.
1998 3 0 3 0 0 2 0-0 yds
1999 9 10 19 0 3.5 1 0-0 yds
2000 23 9 32 0 13.0 3 0-0 yds
2001 33 17 50 0 17.5 8 3-0 yds
Totals 68 36 104 0 34.0 14 3-0 yds
Freeney's Career Bests
Tackles Solo 5 vs. UCF, 2001 & West Virginia, 2001
Assist 2 vs. Nine times, most recent vs. Boston College, 2001
Total 7 vs. UCF, 2001 & West Virginia, 2001
Sacks 4.5 vs. Virginia Tech, 2000
