2008 Football Roster
Roster
Dominic Douglas
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 235
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Clinton, MS
CAREER:
Benefited from graduating from junior college in December and reported to Mississippi State in time for spring practice 2007 ... Extra time served him well immediately ... Has played in all 13 games of his MSU career ... He has started 11 times ... Has made 78 total tackles, including eight for loss (minus 27 yards), one of which was a quarterback sack (minus 9 yards) ... Has also been credited with one pass deflection ... Came to State after leading Mississippi’s junior colleges in tackles while at Hinds (Miss.) Community College.
2007:
Played in all 13 games of his junior season, earning the starting call at one outside linebacker position 11 times ... Only missed the opening call in back-to-back weeks near mid-season against Tennessee and West Virginia ... Finished second on the club with 78 tackles, including eight for loss (minus 27 yards), one of which was a quarterback sack (minus 9 yards) ... His tackles for loss were the second-most on the team ... Had one double-digit tackle game (UAB) and led the team in tackles twice ... Also credited with one pass broken up ... Won the starter’s job at one outside linebacker position during spring drills and maintained that role through two-a-days ... Opened the season at that position and responded with a solid game in his first collegiate outing ... Registered a team-best nine tackles, including one and one-half for loss (minus 10 yards), one of which was a quarterback sack (minus 9 yards) in the season opener against LSU ... Recorded three tackles in the team’s 38-17 win over Tulane one week later ... Part of a defensive effort that allowed the Green Wave just 44 yards rushing overall, only 6 second-half yards of total offense and no first downs ... For the second time in three weeks, he led the club in total tackles during the Bulldogs’ win at Auburn ... Made nine stops, including one-half tackle for loss (minus 3 yards), in the 19-14 triumph over the Tigers ... Recorded six tackles in the Bulldogs’ Week 4 win over Gardner-Webb ... Made three tackles, including one for loss (minus 1 yard), at South Carolina one week later ... Registered his first collegiate double-digit tackle performance in the team’s Week 6 win over UAB ... Made 10 tackles, including one and one-half for loss (minus 4 yards), in the 30-13 triumph over the Blazers ... Was forced to the sidelines midway through the second half with an ankle sprain ... Missed all but Thursday’s practice in preparation for the club’s Week 7 game vs. Tennessee ... Rebounded to make five tackles against the Volunteers ... Added five more one week later at West Virginia ... Included among those tackles was a half tackle for loss (minus 1 yard) against the Mountaineers ... Finished second on the club with seven tackles at nationally No. 14-ranked Kentucky in Week 9 ... Was third on the team with eight tackles, including a team-best two for loss (minus 6 yards), in State’s 17-12 win over nationally ranked Alabama one week later ... Totaled four tackles, including one for loss (minus 2 yards), at Arkansas in Week 11 ... Made five tackles and a pass deflection in the Bulldogs’ regular season-ending win over Ole Miss in the Battle For The Golden Egg ... Posted four tackles in the team’s 10-3 win over Central Florida in the 2007 AutoZone Liberty Bowl.
JUNIOR COLLEGE:
Led the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges in solo tackles during his sophomore campaign for head coach Mike Smith at Hinds (Miss.) Community College ... Registered 77 solo tackles, making 84 overall. . . Credited with running a 4.6-second, 40-yard dash by the Rivals.com recruiting web site ... Selected to play in the state of Mississippi junior college all-star game ... Committed to MSU in November 2006.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Named second-team, all-metro Jackson by the Jackson Clarion-Ledger following his senior season for head coach Scott Brown at Clinton (Miss.) High School.
PERSONAL:
Born Dominic Jerone Douglas, 1-13-87, in Clinton, Miss. ... Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Douglas Sr. ... Majoring in fitness management.
