2024 Football Signees
Roster
Steve Linton
- Position:
- OLB
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 235
- Class:
- Sixth Year
- Hometown:
- Dublin, Ga.
- High School:
- Dublin HS
- Prev School:
- Syracuse / Texas Tech
2024 (Sixth-Year Senior):Â Played in nine games with five starts at outside linebacker âĶ Finished with 25 tackles, seven for a loss, with three sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and three QB hurries âĶ Had the best pass-rush grade on the team (77.6) by PFF âĶ Opened his Baylor career with three tackles and a QB hurry vs. Tarleton âĶ Had a stop at Utah âĶ Made two tackles vs. Air Force âĶ Had five tackles, two sacks, a QB hurry and forced a fumble at Colorado âĶ Had two stops at Iowa State âĶ Went for five tackles, three TFLs and a sack at Texas Tech âĶ Had four tackles, two TFLs, a QB hurry and recovered a fumble vs. OSU âĶ Made two tackles vs. TCU âĶ Had a tackle at West Virginia.Â
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Previous Schools:Â Played in 37 career games from 2019-23, including four years at Syracuse and the 2023 season at Texas Tech âĶ Played in 29 games with two starts over four years at Syracuse âĶ Had 45 tackles, 8.5 for a loss and 4.5 sacks during his Cuse career from 2019-22, adding three fumble recoveries, a forced fumble and a pass break-up âĶÂ Â 2023:Â Saw action in eight games with 22 tackles, 4.5 stops for a loss and three sacks, forcing two fumbles and recovering one fumble âĶ Had five tackles and a tackle for a loss, also recovering a fumble in the season-opening loss at Wyoming âĶ Had two tackles vs. Oregon âĶ Went for three tackles, including half a stop for a loss at West Virginia âĶ Had a tackle for Houston âĶ Had three sacks and forced two fumbles at Baylor âĶ Finished with four tackles each vs. Kansas State and at BYU âĶÂ 2022:Played in 11 games with one start as a junior, totaling 22 tackles, including six for a loss and 3.5 sacks, adding four QB hurries âĶ Ranked fifth on the team in tackles for a loss and sacks âĶ Had two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble âĶ Made a start vs. UConn âĶ Had six tackles, including two for a loss vs. Louisville, forcing a fumble and recovering a fumble âĶ Had multi-tackle efforts vs. Purdue, Wagner and Notre Dame, and three stops at Clemson â including a sack â and four vs. Wake Forest âĶ Had 1.5 sacks vs. Wagner âĶ Had a key fumble recovery in a win over Boston College âĶÂ 2021:Â Played in seven games after missing the first four games while recovering from an offseason injury âĶ Had six tackles, two for a loss and one sack on the year âĶ Had two stops each vs. Wake Forest and UofL, with a sack against Wake âĶ Had tackles vs. WVU and N.C. State âĶÂ 2020:Â Played in eight games with one start âĶ Had 15 tackles and half a stop for a loss, with two QB hurries and a fumble recovery âĶ Had four stops vs. North Carolina in the season opener, including a TFL âĶ Had four tackles in his first career start vs. Duke âĶ Went for three tackles and a fumble recovery vs. Georgia Tech âĶ Had a tackle in games vs. Clemson, BC, UofL and N.C. State âĶÂ 2019:Â Redshirted the season after playing in three games âĶ Had two tackles, both vs. Duke âĶ Also played vs. Florida State and UofL.Â
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High School:Â Starred at defensive end and tight end at Dublin High School in Dublin, Ga. âĶ Earned all-state honors by the Georgia Sports Writers Association âĶ Had 30 sacks and 161 tackles in his career âĶ Totaled 67 tackles, including 18 for a loss and nine sacks while leading a defense that allowed only 8.5 points per game with a 12-2 record âĶ Had 64 tackles, 11 TFLs and five sacks as a junior âĶ Ranked as a consensus three-star recruit by Rivals, 247Sports and ESPN âĶ Tabbed as the 32nd-best weakside defensive end available by Rivals and the 62nd-best prospect in the state âĶ 247Sports rated as the No. 53 defensive end and the No. 81 prospect in Georgia âĶ Chose Syracuse over Arizona State, Baylor, Missouri and UCF.
