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Meet the Eagles 55 6 - Jerry Miclisse Height: 6-2 Weight: 196 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Homestead, Fla. High School: Bayside Palm Bay Position: DB 2013: Made appearances in 12 of 13 games. Finished with 19 tackles, .5 tackles for loss and an interception. Made a season high four stops against Wayne State (9/5), Lenoir-Rhyne (11/2) and Newberry (11/9). Picked off his lone pass of the year against Brevard (9/21) and returned it 21 yards. High School: Bayside Palm Bay product who is the 22nd best prospect from the Orlando, Fla.-area and the 184th-best prospect in the state of Florida according to MaxPreps. com. A three sport athlete who also played basketball and ran track for three years. Miclisse was named third team all-state, first team all-Cape Coast and a Central Florida all-star. Miclisse was also named a Brevard County all-star and a two-time first team all-district and two time first team all-conference selection. Recorded five interceptions as a sophomore. Personal: The son of Nadia Miclisse. Plans to major in business administration. Career Stats INTERCEPTIONS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g 2013 12 1 21 0 21 21.0 1.8 TOTAL 12 1 21 0 21 21.0 1.8 TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk 2013 12 7 12 19 0.5-0 2 0 0 0 TOTAL 12 7 12 19 0.5-0 2 0 0 0 Career Highs All-purpose yards: 21, Brevard, Sep 21, 2013 Interceptions: 1, Brevard, Sep 21, 2013 Long interception return: 21, Brevard, Sep 21, 2013 Tackles: 4, at Lenoir-Rhyne, Nov 02, 2013 (1-3); Newberry, Nov 09, 2013 (1-3); Wayne State, Sep 05, 2013 (1-3) Tackles for loss: .5, at Lenoir-Rhyne, Nov 02, 2013 (0-0) Pass breakups: 1, Tusculum, Oct 19, 2013 59 - Nathan Miranda Height: 5-11 Weight: 210 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Maryville, Tenn. High School: Maryville Previous College: Occidental 2013: Redshirted Previous College: Started nine of seven games at Occidental College and had 40 tackles. High School: Tallied more than 270 tackles in his high school career. Led Maryville in tackles his senior year with 110. He was named to the All-District team in his junior and senior seasons, and the All-State team his senior year. Named a CAREacter Student Athlete his final three years at Maryville. Was a team captain his senior year for coach George Quarles. Helped guide Maryville to A 6A state title in 2010 and 2011 and runners-up trophies in 2008 and 2009. Personal: The son of Ralph and Amy Miranda. His father played football for Notre Dame. Is undecided on a major. 95 - Frank Mutter Height: 6-4 Weight: 240 Year: Senior Hometown: Church Hill, Tenn. High School: Volunteer Position: DL 2013: Key reserve defensive lineman who started made appearances in 12 games for the Eagles. Made 10 tackles with 2.5 tackles for loss, a sack and a blocked kick. Had a career high three stops against Brevard’s (9/21). Had his sack at Shorter (10/12) and his blocked kick against Catawba (9/28). 2012: Appeared in four games for C-N as a reserve defensive lineman. PERSONAL: Son of Sherry Carter…Born July 14, 1993. Career Stats TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk 2012 4 0 0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 2013 9 5 5 10 2.5-9 0 0 0 1 TOTAL 13 5 5 10 2.5-9 0 0 0 1 SACKS g ua a total yards 2012 4 0 0 0.0 0 2013 9 1 0 1.0 5 TOTAL 13 1 0 1.0 5 Career Highs Tackles: 3, Brevard, Sep 21, 2013 (0-3) Sacks: 1.0, at Shorter University, Oct 12, 2013 (1-0) Tackles for loss: 1.0, at Wingate, Nov 16, 2013 (1-0); at Shorter University, Oct 12, 2013 (1-0) 65 - Dusty Nance Height: 5-11 Weight: 205 Year: Junior Hometown: Lewisburg, Tenn. High School: Marshall County Position: LS 2013: Started the first four games of the year as Carson-Newman’s long snapper before going down with a shoulder injury in the Catawba game. Eagles did not have a punt or kick blocked before Nance’s injury. 2012: Started all 12 games as C-N’s long snapper. As a part of the kicking team with Curt Duncan, Nick Tankersly and Charlie Rhea, did not have a kick blocked all season. Had one solo special teams tackle. HIGH SCHOOL: Standout at Marshall County High in Lewisburg, Tenn. Was a Super All-Region selection as a senior and All-Region as a junior. Part of the Beta Club and graduated with honors from Marshall County. PERSONAL: Son of Chad and Kathy Nance. Cousin Michael Murphy played football at Tennessee St. 91 - Javaris Neal Height: 6-2 Weight: 245 Year: Junior Hometown: Columbia, Tenn. High School: Zion Christian Academy Position: DL 2013: Followed up a 2012 SAC defensive freshman of the year campaign by earning all-conference and allregion honors. The Columbia, Tenn.-native rumbled for a 41-yard interception return against Newberry (11/23) for a touchdown and also picked off a pass against Mars Hill (10/5). Neal is was in the league in tackles among defensive linemen. He was sixth in the league overall in sacks. He had a career best nine tackles against Brevard (9/21). Neal turned in season best 2.5 tackle for loss-performances against Brevard and Wingate (11/16) in the regular season and Newberry in the playoffs. He also took down the opposing quarterback 1.5 times in the Brevard and Newberry games. Neal produced a team high nine quarterback hurries, recovered two fumbles and forced another. He recovered his fumbles against Newberry (11/9) and Tusculum (10/19). 2012: The SAC’s 2012 Defensive Freshman of the Year. The Eagles’ leading tackler among linemen and seventh on the team overall with 39 takedowns. Ranked second in tackles for loss with seven. Forced one fumble and recovered another. Bookended his season with his best performances. Opened the year with a six tackle day against Glenville State (8/30) and closed it with a six tackle day versus Valdosta State (12/1). Both games he had four solo tackles and two assists. Set his career high for tackles with seven against Brevard (10/27). Had a career high and C-N best three tackles for loss against the Tornados. Notched a tackle and a half for loss against Wingate (9/27). Recovered his long fumble in the playoffs against Lenoir-Rhyne (11/24). Forced his lone fumble against Valdosta State. PERSONAL: Son of Karry and Cheryl Neal…Born February 26, 1993. The younger brother to former C-N d-lineman Jamar Neal. Career Stats INTERCEPTIONS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g 2012 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2013 13 2 44 1 42 22.0 3.4 TOTAL 25 2 44 1 42 22.0 1.8 TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk 2012 12 22 17 39 7.0-14 0 1 1 0 2013 13 22 40 62 10.5-46 5 1 2 0 TOTAL 25 44 57 101 17.5-60 5 2 3 0 SACKS g ua a total yards 2012 12 0 1 0.5 2 2013 13 5 3 6.5 34 TOTAL 25 5 4 7.0 36 Career Highs Interceptions: 1, Newberry, Nov 09, 2013; at Mars Hill, Oct 05, 2013 Long interception return: 42, Newberry, Nov 09, 2013 Tackles: 9, Brevard, Sep 21, 2013 (4-5) Sacks: 1.5, at Wingate, Nov 16, 2013 (1-1); Brevard, Sep 21, 2013 (1-1) Tackles for loss: 2.5, at Wingate, Nov 16, 2013 (1-1); Newberry, Nov 23, 2013 (2-0); Brevard, Sep 21, 2013 (2-1) Fumbles forced: 1, Brevard, Sep 21, 2013 Fumbles recovered: 1, Newberry, Nov 09, 2013; Tusculum, Oct 19, 2013 Pass breakups: 1, Newberry, Nov 23, 2013; Tusculum, Oct 19, 2013; at Colorado Mines, Sep 14, 2013


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