| 52 Quan Sturdivant |
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• 2009 First-Team All-ACC
• 2009 Butkus Award Semifinalist
• Earned UNC Coaches' Player of the Week honors after wins over Georgia Southern and Virginia Tech in 2009
• Earned UNC Coaches' Player of the Week honors after wins over Rutgers, Florida State and Tennessee in 2010
Has great speed and is physical • Makes plays all over the field and is rarely out of position • Entering the 2010 season, he was considered the top senior inside linebacker prospect in the 2011 NFL draft by ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr.
2010 - Senior Season
Played in eight games and started seven • Injured his hamstring in the Rutgers games (third game of the year) and missed the next five games • Also did not start vs. LSU in the Chick-fil-A Game, but did enter the game on the third series • Finished the season third on the team with 61 tackles, including 8.5 tackles for losses and three sacks • Posted a season-high 12 tackles and picked off a pass in the second overtime of Carolina's 30-27 win over Tennessee in the Music City Bowl • After the interception, Carolina scored a field goal on its next possession to win the game • Also had two tackles for losses and a sack against the Volunteers • Had four tackles in a 24-19 win at Duke • Posted six tackles against NC State • Had seven stops, including a 3-yard tackle for loss against Virginia Tech • Posted five tackles, all solo stops, and had a 2-yard tackle for loss in the 37-35 win at Florida State • Had his best game of the season with 12 tackles, including three tackles for losses and a sack, and broke up a pass vs. Rutgers • Posted seven tackles, including four primary stops, against Georgia Tech • Opened the season with eight tackles and recovered a fumble for nine yards vs. LSU in the Chick-fil-A Game in Atlanta.
2009 - Junior Season
Earned first-team All-ACC honors to become the first Tar Heel linebacker named first-team all-conference since Kivuusama Mays in 1997 • Named one of 16 semifinalists for the Butkus Award • Started all 13 games in his third season as a starting linebacker • Moved from outside linebacker to middle linebacker at the beginning of the season, but played outside linebacker in the last seven games • Led the team with 79 tackles and was second with 12.0 tackles for losses • Posted four tackles vs. Pittsburgh in the Meineke Car Care Bowl • Made four tackles and was limited in action due to a shoulder stinger at NC State • Recorded a team-high seven tackles and assisted on a tackle for loss in a 31-13 win at Boston College • Had five tackles, including two for losses, and had two quarterback pressures in Carolina's 33-24 win over No. 12 Miami • Made four tackles and was part of a defensive unit that held Duke to just 125 total yards in a 19-6 victory • Was named one of the coaches player of the week honorees for his performance against the Blue Devils • Registered a team-high seven tackles, including one tackle for loss, had two quarterback hurries and broke up a pass in the road win at No. 14 Virginia Tech • Posted a team-high nine tackles and had his first sack of the season against Florida State • Stripped Georgia Southern's tailback of the football and raced 49 yards for a touchdown in the win • Also had five tackles and 1.5 tackles for losses vs. the Golden Eagles • Posted four tackles, one tackle for loss and a quarterback hurry vs. Virginia • Had seven tackles, including one tackle for loss, and broke up a pass in the win over ECU • Tied for the team lead with eight tackles, including 1.5 tackles for losses, in a 12-10 win at Connecticut • Had a team-best seven tackles, including 2.5 for losses, vs. The Citadel.
2008:Led the nation with 87 unassisted tackles • Started all 13 games at outside linebacker •
Named second-team All-ACC by the ACC Sports Journal • Led the team with 122 tackles
• Ranked third in the ACC and 20th in the country with 9.4 tackles per game • Posted a
team-best 11 tackles against West Virginia in the Meineke Car Care Bowl • Led the team
and tied his career high with 13 tackles and forced a fumble in the 28-20 win at Duke
• Had nine tackles and broke up a pass against NC State • Recorded a game-high 12
tackles, including a tackle for loss, and broke up two passes at Maryland • Posted eight
tackles and a tackle for loss in the 28-7 win over No. 22 Georgia Tech • Recorded five
tackles and had a 3-yard sack in the 45-24 win over No. 23 Boston College • Posted a
career-high 13 tackles (10 solo) and broke up a pass at Virginia • Had another doubledigit
tackle game with 10 vs. Notre Dame • Intercepted a pass and returned it 32 yards
on Notre Dame's first possession of the second half • The INT for a touchdown pulled
Carolina to within one point at 17-16 and was called an "inspirational" play by head
coach Butch Davis • Tied his career-high with 11 tackles in Carolina's 38-12 win over
No. 24 Connecticut • Had one sack and two tackles for losses vs. the Huskies • Recorded
three tackles, including two solo stops, in the 28-24 win at Miami • Posted nine tackles,
including eight solo stops, vs. Virginia Tech • Had seven tackles and a 57-yard interception
return in the win over Rutgers • Led the team and matched his career high with 11
tackles in the win over McNeese State • Had nine primary stops and two assists.
2007: Played in all 12 games as a true freshman and started five at
linebacker • Started against Miami, South Carolina, Wake Forest, Maryland
and NC State • Saw action on a season-high 83 snaps at NC State • Finished
the season with 47 tackles, 1.5 tackles for losses, one sack, one
interception and blocked one punt • Had one tackle in the win over Duke •
Did not start, but played well against Georgia Tech with five tackles
• Recorded a season-high 11 tackles, including three solo stops and eight
assists, at NC State • Had five tackles and one quarterback pressure in the
win over Maryland • Led the team with eight tackles at Wake Forest •
Recovered a fumble and had four tackles vs. South Carolina • Started against
Miami and had four tackles, blocked a punt and recorded his first career
interception • Had eight tackles and a sack for seven yards against Virginia
Tech • Had played primarily on special teams until the Virginia Tech game •
Enrolled at Carolina in January after graduating high school early • Played
quarterback in high school.
West Stanly High School
Enrolled in January after graduating early from West Stanly high school •
Member of recruiting analyst Tom Lemming's All-Southeast Team • Earned
conference offensive player of the year honors as a senior • Played
quarterback for most of his career, and also spent time at safety on defense
• Member of North Carolina's Shrine Bowl team • Completed 99 of 179 passes
for 1,794 yards and 21 touchdowns and rushed 111 times for 745 yards • Had
12 tackles, one interception and two pass breakups on defense • Helped lead
West Stanly to a 9-4 record and the second round of the 2-A state playoffs •
Earned all-state honors twice and all-conference honors three times
• Coached by Rich Williams.
Personal
Son of Marcella Sturdivant • Born Dec. 5, 1988 • Communications major • Would
like to go to dinner with Michael Jordan, LeBron James and God • Would most like to
appear on the reality TV show "College Hill" • Has a tattoo that says "Only the strong
survive" • People say he looks like Steve McNair • Favorite restaurant in Chapel Hill is
Sutton's Drugstore • Best friend on another team is Melvin Ingram of South Carolina •
New Year's resolution was to get faster and stronger • Wears No. 52 because of Ray
Lewis and Jon Beason • Would like to visit Africa • Favorite NFL team is the San Francisco
49ers.
Year Pri A Total TFL SACKS INT PBU FF FR
2007 26 21 47 1.5-9 1.0-7 1-1 0 0 1
2008 87 35 122 5.5-20 2.0-4 2-89 4 1 0
2009 48 31 79 12.0-31 1.0-2 0-0 3 1 1
2010 31 30 61 8.5-22 3.0-12 1-0 2 0 1
Totals 186 114 300 27.5-82 7.0-25 4-90 9 2 3
Career High: 13 tackles at Virginia (2008), at Duke (2008)
