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34 Teddy Gallagher

  • Position LB
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 230
  • Class Super Senior
  • Hometown / HS / Last School Los Angeles, Calif.

Biography

Graduated with a bachelor's degree in finance in May 2021 ... A three-time All-Sun Belt honoree, earning third-team accolades in both 2019 and 2020, as well as honorable mention honors in 2021 ... Saw action in 48 games at the linebacker position for his career at CCU where he totaled 306 tackles, including 151 solo stops and 155 assisted tackles, while also tallying 23.5 tackles-for-loss and 4.5 sacks ... With his 306 career tackles at Coastal, he became just the fourth Chanticleer in program history to eclipse the 300-career tackles mark, following right behind his running mate Silas Kelly ... His 306 career tackles rank fourth all-time, while his 155 assisted tackles and 151 solo stops rank fourth and sixth, respectively, in Coastal's career record books ... His 23.5 tackles-for-loss rank 11th all-time, while his 15 tackles at Georgia Southern in 2019 were the most by a Chant in a single game since 2014.

Honors
2022 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society
2021 All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention
2021 
Phil Steele Sun Belt Conference All-Conference Third Team
2021 Pro Football Network (PFN) All-Sun Belt Second Team
2022 Hulu Bowl Invite
2021 Preseason All-Sun Belt Second Team
2021 Phil Steele Preseason SBC All-Conference Second Team
2021 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt Second Team
2020 Phil Steele Sun Belt Conference All-Conference Second Team
2020 All-Sun Belt Third Team
2020 Preseason All-Sun Belt Second Team
2020 Phil Steele Preseason Sun Belt Conference All-Conference First Team
2020 Lindy's Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt Second Team
2020 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt Second Team
2019 Phil Steele Sun Belt Conference All-Conference Third Team
2019 All-Sun Belt Third Team
2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District 4 First Team

 

2021 (Super Senior)

  • Team Captain
  • Named a 2021 All-Sun Belt honorable mention
  • Earned a spot on the 2021 Phil Steele Sun Belt Conference All-Conference third team
  • Named to the 2021 Pro Football Network (PFN) All-Sun Belt second team
  • Played in the 2022 Hula Bowl
  • Played in and started all 13 games for the Chanticleers on the year
  • Was second on the team with 89 total tackles and was tied for the team lead with 40 solo tackles
  • Also had 9.0 tackles-for-loss, 2.0 sacks, seven quarterback hurries, one pass breakup, one forced fumble, and one fumble recovery on the season
  • Registered double-digit tackles in three games on the season - at Appalachian State (Oct. 20), at South Alabama (Nov. 26), and at the 2021 Tailgreeter Cure Bowl versus Northern Illinois (Dec. 17)
  • Had a season-high 12 tackles to go along with 1.0 tackle-for-loss, and two quarterback hurries versus the Huskies in the 2021 Tailgreeter Cure Bowl win
  • Finished with 11 total tackles, including six solo stops, 2.0 tackles-for-loss, a forced fumble, and two quarterback hurries in the road loss at Appalachian State (Oct. 20)
  • Totaled 11 tackles, 1.0 tackle-for-loss, and a quarterback hurry in the road win at South Alabama (Nov. 26)
  • Recorded nine total tackles in the road win at Buffalo (Sept. 18) and eight stops in the home win over ULM (Oct. 2), including 1.5 tackles-for-loss and 1.0 sack in the blowout win
  • Also posted seven tackles, 0.5 tackles-for-loss, and one pass breakup in the home win over Texas State (Nov. 20) on Senior Day
  • Finished with six tackles, 1.0 tackle-for-loss, and 1.0 sack in the home win over Kansas (Sept. 10)
  • Had five tackles in wins over The Citadel (Sept. 2), Arkansas State (Oct. 7), and Georgia Southern (Nov. 6)
  • Receive an invite to the 2022 Hula Bowl (senior all-star game)
  • A 2021 Preseason All-Sun Belt second-team selection
  • Earned a spot on the 2021 Phil Steele Preseason SBC All-Conference second team
  • Named to the 2021 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt second team


2020 (Senior)

  • A 2020 Phil Steele Sun Belt Conference All-Conference second team honoree
  • Named to the 2020 All-Sun Belt third team
  • Played in and started all 12 games for the Chanticleers at linebacker
  • A team captain
  • Was second on the team and 13th in the Sun Belt with 76 tackles on the season, an average of 6.3 tackles per game
  • Also had 4.0 tackles-for-loss, 0.5 sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, and four quarterback hurries on the year
  • Registered five tackles or more in 10 of the 12 games in which he played in, including a season-high 10 stops versus Georgia Southern (Oct. 24)
  • Tallied nine tackles, including a season-high seven solo stops, in the road win at Kansas (Sept. 12) in the season opener
  • Had eight total tackles in the road win at then-No. 21 Louisiana (Oct. 14)
  • Tallied seven tackles in wins over South Alabama (Nov. 7), No. 8 BYU (Dec. 5), and Troy (Dec. 12)
  • Added 1.5 tackles-for-loss in the win over the Cougars
  • Also had 1.5 tackles-for-loss and six total tackles in the win over Arkansas State (Oct. 3)
  • Named to the 2020 preseason All-Sun Belt second team
  • Earned a spot on the 2020 Phil Steele Preseason Sun Belt Conference All-Conference first team
  • Tabbed to the 2020 Lindy's Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt second team
  • Eaned a spot on the 2020 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt second team


2019 (Junior)

  • A 2019 Phil Steele Sun Belt Conference All-Conference third team selection
  • Named to the 2019 All-Sun Belt third team
  • Played in and started 11 of 12 games on the season, missing the season finale versus Texas State (Nov. 30) due to an injury
  • Led the team and ranked 10th in the Sun Belt in total tackles with 88 on the season
  • His average of 8.0 tackles per game ranked seventh in the Sun Belt, while his average of 8.9 stops per contest in conference play ranked fifth in the league
  • Recorded five tackles or more in nine of the 11 games in which he played 
  • Also had 3.5 tackles-for-loss, recovered one fumble, and had one pass breakup
  • Posted a season-high 15 tackles and recovered a fumble in the road game at Georgia Southern (Oct. 19)
  • Also had 14 stops and a pass breakup versus Georgia State (Oct. 12)
  • Recorded 10 tackles at both Kansas (Sept. 7) and Appalachian State (Sept. 28)
  • Turned in 1.0 tackle-for-loss at UMass (Sept. 21) and Appalachian State
  • Also had 0.5 tackles-for-loss versus Eastern Michigan (Aug. 31), Norfolk State (Sept. 14), and at ULM (Nov. 23)
  • 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District 4 first team selection
  • Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2019 fall semester


2018 (Sophomore)

  • Played in all 12 games on the season, making four starts at linebacker over the last four games of the year
  • Also played on special teams
  • Named the BAM Defensive Player of the Week in back-to-back games versus Georgia State (Oct. 27) and Appalachian State (Nov. 3)
  • Was fourth on the team with 53 total tackles, including 35 solo stops
  • Tallied 7.0 tackles-for-loss and 2.0 sacks
  • Also had one quarterback hurry, forced a fumbled, and recovered a fumble on the season
  • Recorded a season-high 14 tackles, including 10 solo tackles, in the home contest versus Appalachian State (Nov. 3)
  • Also had 1.0 sack and a quarterback hurry versus the Mountaineers
  • Registered 11 tackles, including a game-high nine solo stops, and 1.0 tackle-for-loss in the regular-season finale at South Alabama (Nov. 23)
  • Had eight tackles, all solo, at Georgia State (Oct. 27), which included a season-high 3.0 tackles-for-loss and 1.0 sack
  • Tallied seven tackles and recovered a fumble in the home game versus Georgia Southern (Nov. 17)
  • Also had six tackles against Arkansas State (Nov. 10)
  • Totaled three tackles at Campbell (Sept. 12) and at UMass (Oct. 20)
  • Also forced a fumble in the road win at UMass
  • A member of the 2018-19 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
  • A member of the President’s List (4.0) in the fall 2018 semester
  • Enrolled at Coastal Carolina in January 2018 and participated in spring practices
  • Earned Dean’s List (3.5 GPA or higher) honors in the spring of 2018



Prior to Coastal Carolina

2017 (Freshman) at Glendale CC

  • Named first-team Region IV All-California by the California Community College Football Coaches Association
  • Was a unanimous first-team American Division All-Metro League selection
  • Credited with 44 tackles in nine games
  • Also recorded 10.5 tackles-for-loss (totaling 132 yards), including two sacks
  • Added two pass breakups, a blocked kick, and a forced fumble


High School

  • Lettered at Loyola High School
  • Tallied 60 tackles his senior year, including five tackles-for-loss and two sacks

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Sophomore

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    2019Junior

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    6'1" 240 lbs
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    2020Senior

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    2021Super Senior

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    6'1" 230 lbs
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