2015 Football Roster
Roster
Deion Calhoun
- Position:
- OL
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 303
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Pleasant Grove, AL
- High School/Previous School:
- Restoration Academy
2019 NFL Combine Participant
2019 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Participant
2018 Second-Team All-SEC (Coaches)
2018 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2018 SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week (vs. Arkansas)
2017 SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week (vs. Kentucky)
CAREER: One of the top offensive guards in the SEC who was a four-year starter … Played in 48 games and finished with 36 starts … Saw action in 2,495 career snaps according to Pro Football Focus … Allowed only three sacks over 1,200 career snaps in pass protection … Had a solid senior season that saw him earn second-team All-SEC honors from the coaches ... The first from his high school to be offered a scholarship at an FBS school … Graduated from MSU in December 2018 with a degree in industrial technology.
2018 SENIOR SEASON: Started all 13 games at right guard … Part of an offensive line that helped the offense rank second in the SEC in both rushing yards per game (223.6) and yards per rush (5.7) … Helped pave the way for the offense to rush for 300 or more yards in an SEC-best four games … Allowed only two sacks over 356 pass-blocking snaps, according to Pro Football Focus … Allowed just 12 pressures across 748 total snaps played … Earned a 74.7 pass-blocking grade from PFF, his highest since 2016 … Did not allow a sack over the last five games of the season … Collected a season-high 75.6 overall grade from PFF in the second game of the season at Kansas State (9/8) … Aided in the offense’s 384 yards on the ground and had an 80.7 grade in the run game … Finished with the third-highest run-blocking grade in the country among guards (73.3) at No. 5 LSU (10/20) to earn a spot on PFF’s National Team of the Week … Allowed just one QB hurry on 28 snaps in pass protection against the Tigers … Garnered SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week honors vs. Arkansas (11/17) … Registered two knockdowns, did not allow a sack and anchored an offensive line that paved the way for the offense to rush for 287 yards (102 to his side according to PFF) against the Razorbacks.
2017 JUNIOR SEASON: Started all 13 games at right guard … Earned SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week honors vs. Kentucky (10/23) … Graded out the highest against the Wildcats at 93 percent with three knockdowns and paved the way for an MSU offense that rushed for 282 yards vs. a UK defense that was ranked 10th nationally … Part of an MSU offensive line that allowed the fewest sacks in the SEC and the fifth-fewest nationally (13).
2017 JUNIOR SEASON: Started all 13 games at right guard … Earned SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week honors vs. Kentucky (10/23) … Graded out the highest against the Wildcats at 93 percent with three knockdowns and paved the way for an MSU offense that rushed for 282 yards vs. a UK defense that was ranked 10th nationally … Part of an MSU offensive line that allowed the fewest sacks in the SEC and the fifth-fewest nationally (13).
2016 SOPHOMORE SEASON: Started all nine games he played in with all starts coming at right guard … Missed the Kentucky (10/22), Samford (10/29), Ole Miss (11/26) and Miami (12/26) games due to an ankle injury … Played 528 snaps during the year with a season-high of 90 at UMass (9/24) … His highest snap count during an SEC game was 80 against South Carolina (9/10), a contest the Bulldogs rushed for 290 yards in.
2015 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON: Played in all 13 games for the Bulldogs during the 2015 season with one start … Saw action in 282 snaps during the regular season … Made his collegiate debut on the road at in-state rival Southern Mississippi (9/5), helping the Bulldogs rush for 205 yards in the 34-16 victory … Provided time for Dak Prescott to break the MSU single-game passing yards record with 508 against Arkansas … Finished the year earning his first-career start at right guard in the Belk Bowl against NC State, helping the team put up 569 total yards in the 51-28 victory.
2014 TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON: Redshirted during first year on campus.
HIGH SCHOOL: A two-way standout for Coach DeWayne Coker and the first Restoration Academy player ever to sign a Division I football scholarship ... Rated the No. 46 overall prospect in Alabama by Scout.com, and the No. 7 offensive lineman in the state ... Played all three positions on the line during his career at some point ... A first-team all-state recipient as a defensive lineman in the AISA by the Alabama Sports Writers Association … Selected by the AISA for the East-West All-Star Game as an offensive lineman, and he was named All-Metro first-team offensive lineman by the Birmingham News ... Played a leading role in the Bulldogs' run to the AISA Class A championship game ... Also saw some duty as a short-yardage running back and scored a touchdown in that role ... As a junior, was the leading lineman on the Class A championship squad which only began playing 11-man football in 2004 ... The 2012 squad posted a 13-1 record with its only loss to the eventual AAA state champions from Tuscaloosa Academy ... His junior and senior teams posted a combined 25-3 record with consecutive Region 1 championships.
PERSONAL: Born Deion Lenard Calhoun on Feb. 20, 1996, in Ensley, Ala. … Nickname is “Shaq” which was given to him because he is a really good basketball player … Parents are Tracie and Derrick … Has two siblings, Raven and Zion … Chose MSU because “it is a family” … Former Alabama standout David Palmer is a relative … Twitter handle is @SHQ205.
