| James Gonsoulin
Class: Senior
Hometown: Tulsa, Okla.
High School: Jenks
The leader of the defensive line . . . The only senior on the front line . . . Hails from an outstanding high school program . . . A great leader both on and off the field . . . Plays hard every play . . . 2006: Member of the SoCon Academic Honor Roll . . . Had a breakout season as a junior . . . Named second team All-SoCon by the league coaches . . . Finished fourth in the Southern Conference and second on the team with 6.0 sacks . . . Had 3.5 sacks in a 28-20 win at home over The Citadel (Oct. 7) . . . Those 3.5 sacks were the most in a game by a SoCon player in 2006 . . . Made a season and career-high eight tackles against Western Carolina to earn SoCon Defensive Player of the Week honors . . . Recorded four tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks in a win over Western Carolina (Oct. 28) . . . 2005: Was a key reserve at defensive end alongside Layton Baker . . . Made two starts against Elon (Oct. 8) and VMI (Oct. 15) in place of Erik Hutchinson . . . Made a season-high five tackles against the Keydets . . . Also had four stops vs. West Virginia . . . Had 1.5 sacks for a loss of 10 yards as part of his three tackles for loss against VMI . . . Had at least one TFL in three of the final four games of the season . . . Also had an 11-yard sack of Furman quarterback Ingle Martin (Nov. 12) . . . Had two tackles, a tackle for loss and a quarterback hurry at Western Carolina (Nov. 5) . . . 2004: Played in all 11 games. . . Totaled a season-high five tackles in a win over Johnson C. Smith (Sept. 25) . . . Recorded an assisted stop at Georgia Southern (Sept. 18) . . . 2003: Did not see game action after breaking his leg in preseason camp . . . High School: 2003 graduate of Jenks High School . . . An all-state selection by the Tulsa World . . . Also selected to play on the all-state team . . . Two-way starter as a senior . . . Utilized as a defensive end and nose guard on defense and at right guard on offense . . . Had 10 quarterback sacks among his 70 tackles . . . Two-time Player of the Week recipient . . . Had two tackles for a loss and two sacks while totaling 10 stops against Union . . . Also had a fumble recovery in the game . . . Selected for his school’s prestigious Ultimate Trojan Award . . . Team captain and a three-year starter . . . Helped lead Jenks to 6-A state titles his sophomore and junior years and a USA Today Top 25 ranking . . . Also lettered in track . . . Personal: Born Oct. 15, 1984 in New Orleans . . . Religion major . . . Son of Jim Gonsoulin and Dianna Chenevert . . . His mother has relocated to Spartanburg after being displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in September 2005 . . . She is the donations coordinator for Habitat for Humanity in Spartanburg.
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