Craig Suits

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-0
Weight:
223
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Sunnyvale, Texas
High School:
Poteet
Prev School:
Poteet

Tulsa – A three-year letterwinner and three-year starter … enrolled at Tulsa in January 2013, after gray-shirting during the 2012 season … has played in 36 games and has started 34 contests … has 207 career tackles, 22 stops for -52 yards, 4.5 sacks for -17 yards, five pass breakups, four forced fumbles, three interceptions and two fumble recoveries … has three career double-figure tackle games … 2016 – Played in all 13 games and started 12 contests … did not start at Navy … had 79 tackles, nine stops for -27 yards, one interception, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery … had four stops and one TFL for -2 yards in the season opener against San Jose State, and also had four tackles vs. North Carolina A&T … had a season-best 10 tackles at Fresno State, including 1.5 TFLs for -1 yard … also had nine stops against Cincinnati … compiled eight tackles, including two stops for -8 yards at UCF … totaled eight stops, including one TFL vs. East Carolina … totaled eight tackles, one stop for -7 yards and one forced fumble vs. Tulane … had 6 tackles and one fumble recovery at Houston … had a four-yard interception return at Memphis … 2015 – Played and started 11 games … missed the New Mexico and Oklahoma games with an injury … had 47 tackles, 5.5 TFLs for -11 yards, one interception, one pass breakup, one fumble caused and one fumble recovery … returned to the lineup vs. Houston and tallied seven tackles and one stop for -2 yards … had a season-best eight tackles, two TFLs for -5 yards and two pass breakups vs. UL-Monroe … totaled five stops at East Carolina, while going over 100 career tackles in that game … totaled six stops, including five solos, at SMU … had 3 tackles and one forced fumble vs. #17 Memphis … had three stops, one TFL for -1 yard and a 28-yard interception return for a touchdown to put Tulsa ahead 38-34 with 6:31 remaining against Tulane in the regular season finale to clinch a six-win season and bowl eligibility … 2014 – Started all 12 games as a red-shirt freshman … was credited with 81 tackles, 7.5 TFLs for -14 yards, four pass break-ups, one interception and two forced fumbles … earned Football Writers’ Association (FWAA) Freshman All-America Team honors … made his first career start in his first collegiate game vs. Tulane and totaled six stops and one pass break-up … tallied eight stops, including six solos vs. Oklahoma … totaled a career-best 10 tackles and two TFLs for -3 yards at FAU … had eight tackles, one stop for -2 yards and one pass breakup vs. Texas State … had his first career interception at Temple, while adding three tackles … tallied six stops, one tackle for -2 yards and one pass break-up against USF … had five tackles and forced a fumble that was picked up for a six-yard TD at Memphis … totaled seven tackles and forced one fumble vs. SMU … had seven stops and one sack for -1 yards at UCF … tied his career-best with 10 tackles at Houston … 2013 – Was one of several freshmen to sit out the 2013 season due to red-shirt status.

High School – Was a four-year letterwinner and starter at Mesquite Poteet High School … started all four years at linebacker … was a two-time first-team all-district selection … collected 321 tackles, 32 TFLs, 11 pass break-ups and three interceptions in his career … totaled 92 stops and 15 TFLs as a senior … named to the Dallas Morning News Top-100 all-area team … received a Rivals.com three-star rating … was credited with 151 tackles, seven TFLs, six pass break-ups and four sacks his junior season as his team posted a 12-3 record and advanced to the Class 4A state semifinals … was named first-team all-area as a junior … had 78 tackles his sophomore campaign … high school coach was Randy Jackson.

Personal – Favorite movie is Wedding Crashers … his favorite sports movie is Remember the Titans … the Dallas Cowboys is his favorite NFL team … lists Clay Matthews as his favorite NFL player … favorite actor is Mark Wahlberg … the one word he uses to best describe himself is “passionate” … his favorite vacation spot is Mexico … his cousin, G.J. Kinne, played quarterback at Tulsa … parents are Marion and Karla Suits … already received his bachelor’s degree in exercise & sports science … working on a master’s degree in math and science education … born October 14, 1993.