2017 Football Roster
Roster
Jack Linch
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Toledo, Ohio
- High School:
- Whitmer
2017
Played in all 14 games and led the team with 75 tackles...Also has 6.5 TFL and an interception...Career-high eight tackles vs. Tulsa...Four tackles, including one TFL, as well as his first career interception against CMU...Six tackles vs. Akron...Seven tackles at Ball State...Eight tackles in the win over NIU...Seven tackles, including a TFL and a forced fumble, in the game against Ohio...two tackles against Bowling Green...Seven tackles against Western Michigan...Five tackles vs. Akron in the MAC Championship Game...Eight tackles , 1.0 TFL in the Dollar General Bowl vs. Appalachian State...Three-time nominee for the Burlsworth Trophy, awarded to the nation’s best player who began his career as a walk-on.
2016
Played in all 13 games as a reserve linebacker and on special teams...Recorded 24 total tackles, 1.0 TFL and 1.0 sack...Had season-high four tackles and one sack against Fresno State...Nominated for the Burlsworth Trophy as the nation’s best walk-on.
2015
Played in 11 games as a reserve linebacker and on special teams, making 17 tackles...Had four tackles vs. Kent State and UMass...Nominated for the Burlsworth Trophy as the nation’s best walk-on.
2014
Played in 10 games in a backup role, making four tackles.
2013
Sat out season as a redshirt.
High School
Racked up 179 tackles and earned first-team all-state honors...High school team was state runner-up as a senior...District defensive player of the year and the league defensive player of the year...First-team all-district, all-region and all-league honors...As a junior, had 140 tackles and earned second-team all-district, all-region and all-league honors...Played baseball, earning first-team all-district and all-league honors as a junior...High school coach was Jerry Bell.
Personal
Full name is Jack Francis Linch...Parents are Jay and Julie Linch...Has one sister, Molly...Criminal justice major.
Career Game Highs
Tackles: 8 (Three times, last vs. Appalachian State, 12-23-17)
