2011 (So.): Played in all 11 games, starting nine at safety ... Ranked sixth on the team with 40 tackles ... Was the only Chant to have a TFL, sack, interception, PBU, QB hurry, forced fumble and recovered fumble ... Named
Big South Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 14) in the Chants[apos] win at Charleston Southern ... Had a career-high seven tackles, including his first career sack, adding his first career interception and recorded his first career forced fumble ... After the Chanticleers threw an interception in the second quarter, George sacked Richard Mounce on the next play, causing the quarterback to fumble and give Coastal possession ... Then, with less than a minute to play and Charleston Southern on the CCU 24, George picked off a Mounce pass on the one-yard line and returned it 16 yards to seal the seven-point win over the Buccaneers ... Followed that performance with a seven-tackle effort, all solo stops, with a TFL in the season finale at Western Carolina ... Had five tackles, all solo, in his first collegiate start in the win over Furman ... Credited with a fumble recovery. QB hurry and PBU in the Catawba win ... Also broke up a pass at Georgia.
2010 (Fr.): Played in 11 games, missing the Gardner-Webb contest due to injury ... Credited with six tackles on the season, seeing most of his action on the special teams.
Prior to Coastal Carolina: Picked to play in the SCADA North/South All-Star Game following his senior season ... Was a running back and safety for Keenan, rushing for more than 1,200 yards at tailback and recording 81 tackles and nine pass breakups his final year ... Named his school[apos]s Defensive Back of the Year after his junior season when he recorded 85 tackles, nine tackles for loss, three sacks and six interceptions ... Also played basketball and baseball at Keenan.
Personal: Son of Philip George, Sr., and Tarsha Frierson.
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