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#8 Desmond Little Season 2024

Position
Linebacker
Height
6'5
Weight
230
Class
Junior
Hometown
Prichard, Ala.
High School
Vigor HS

CAREER
Spent 4 years with the Tigers before entering the transfer portal in December of 2022 … Played in 12 games during his career, starting 1 time … Finished with 16 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks … Start came in 2022 in win over Southern.

JUNIOR SEASON (2022)
Appeared in 7 games and earned his first career start in win over Southern in week 2 … Had best game of season with career-high 6 tackles and a fumble recovery vs. Southern … Returned fumble 5 yards vs. the Jaguars.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2021)
Played in 5 games with no starts … Recorded 10 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss (-18) and 2.5 sacks (-16) … Opened season with 5 tackles, including a sack for a 10-yard loss in home-opener against McNeese … Followed that with 3 tackles and a half-sack for a 1-yard loss in win over Central Michigan … Had a pair of tackles, including a sack for a 5-yard loss in win over Louisiana-Monroe … Other action came at Alabama and against Arkansas.

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON (2020)
Appeared in 2 games … Did not record any statistics … Saw action against Mississippi State and Vanderbilt during the first two weeks of the season.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2019)
Redshirted as a true freshman in 2019.

HIGH SCHOOL
A long outside rusher from who will get to the quarterback … A top-30 player in the state of Alabama … Helped lead Vigor High School to the Alabama 5A state championship game … Recorded 14 sacks during his senior season … A standout on the basketball team and sprinter and jumper for Vigor’s track and field team … Coached at Vigor High School by Deric Scott.

Desmond Little’s Career Highs
Tackles: 6 vs. Southern, 2022
Tackles for loss: 1.5 vs. McNeese, 2021
Sacks: 1, 2x (Last: vs. ULM, 2021; First: vs. McNeese, 2021)
Fumble Recoveries: 1 vs. Southern, 2022

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