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2021 Football Roster

Cameron Pollack / The Citadel
Cameron Pollack / The Citadel
Frank Selden
Frank Selden

9 Willie Eubanks III

  • Class Senior
  • Position LB
  • Ht. / Wt. 6-2 / 230
  • Hometown Augusta, Ga.
  • High School Laney

Biography

2021 Buck Buchanan Award Watch List
2021 Stats Perform Preseason First-Team All-American
2021 HERO Sports Preseason First-Team All-American
2021 Preseason First-Team All-Southern Conference
2021 First-Team All-Southern Conference (coaches)
2020 Stats Perform Preseason First-Team All-American
2020 Athlon Sports Preseason First-Team All-American
2020 HERO Sports Preseason Third-Team All-American
2020 College Football America Yearbook FCS Preseason Starting Lineup
2020 Phil Steele Magazine Preseason Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year
2020 Phil Steele Magazine Preseason First-Team All-Southern Conference
2019 Buck Buchanan Award Finalist
2019 Associated Press First-Team All-American
2019 AFCA First-Team All-American
2019 Phil Steele Magazine First-Team All-American
2019 STATS Second-Team All-American
2019 Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year (coaches)
2019 Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year (media)
2019 First-Team All-Southern Conference (coaches)
2019 First-Team All-Southern Conference (media)
2019 HERO Sports First-Team All-Southern Conference
2019 Phil Steele Magazine First-Team All-Southern Conference

2020-21: Started all eight games he appeared…missed four games due to injury…posted 70 tackles, 41 solo, 6.0 tackles-for-loss, 2.0 sacks and a forced fumble…opened season with 12 solo tackles against South Florida…posted season-high 14 tackles and a sack against Eastern Kentucky…closed out fall with eight stops against Army West Point…returned from injury to record 12 tackles, 10 solo, against Wofford…forced a fumble in the season finale against Wofford.

2019: Started all 12 games…finished with 112 tackles, 63 solo, 11.5 tackles-for-loss and 4.0 sacks…added three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, one interception, four pass break-ups and 11 quarterback hurries…became first Bulldog since 2016 to eclipse 100-tackle plateau…posted double-digit tackles in six games…opened season with five tackles and a fumble recovery against Towson…recorded season-high 13 tackles and three quarterback hurries against Elon…posted nine tackles against Charleston Southern, including three-straight stops on the goal line to secure the victory…also intercepted a pass in the victory…made 10 solo stops, including a strip-sack against Samford…named Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Month for September…had a pair of 12-tackle performances against VMI and Mercer…registered 4.0 tackles-for-loss, 2.0 sacks and forced a fumble against Chattanooga.

2018: Started all 11 games at linebacker…led the team with 80 tackles…added 8.5 tackles-for-loss, 4.5 sacks, two interceptions and two fumble recoveries…posted eight tackles and a sack in the win over Mercer…recorded 12 tackles, recovered a fumble and had an interception in the win over VMI…had season-best 13 tackles, including three tackles-for-loss and two sacks against Furman…intercepted a pass, recovered a fumble and made seven stops in the win over Western Carolina…followed it up with seven tackles and a sack in the win over Samford.

2017: Appeared in five games…registered 11 tackles, including seven solo tackles and one tackle for loss…made his collegiate debut against Newberry…finished with a season-high four tackles, including two solo stops at Presbyterian…had 0.5 tackle for loss against the Blue Hose…had three stops, including two tackle assists and 0.5 tackle for loss against Mercer…recorded a season-high three solo stops at Furman.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner at Laney…earned first-team all-region honors and was voted team’s MVP following senior season after helping lead Laney into AA state playoffs…was second-team all-region selection junior year leading defense that averaged 9.8 points allowed per game and advanced to AAA state playoffs…registered 29 tackles, including 6.5 for loss with 3.0 sacks, one interception and one fumble recovery as sophomore… also earned letters in basketball and track and field…helped lead Laney basketball team to 26-3 record and AAA state playoff quarterfinals junior season and 29-2 mark while advancing to state semifinal sophomore season.
 
PERSONAL: Son of Willie Jr. and Regina Eubanks…majoring in business administration.

Statistics

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2021

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 50

    2017Freshman

    LB
    6'2" 215 lbs
    50
  • 9

    2018Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'2" 215 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2019Junior

    Linebacker
    6'2" 215 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2020-21Senior

    Linebacker
    6'2" 230 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2021Senior

    Linebacker
    6'2" 230 lbs
    9

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