Tim Sandidge Season 2004

71 - Tim SandidgePosition: Defensive Tackle
Class: r-Junior
Height: 6' 1"

Weight: 304 lbs.

High School: Amherst County
Hometown: Madison Heights, Va.

       An experienced player who is being challenged to turn his game up a notch ... Has seen a considerable amount of playing time the past two seasons, including six starts ... Will likely have to be more productive to maintain his status in the two-deep this coming season ... Possesses good quickness and athletic ability for a 300-pounder ... Has made some strides in the strength and conditioning program, winning the 2003 Ironman competition ... Only played two seasons of football in high school... Needs to make a good summer preparation and re-establish himself as a playmaker when preseason practice gets underway ...

2003: Played in all 13 games, starting the last three ... Finished the season with 21 solo tackles and 26 assists ... Included in those 47 stops were three tackles for loss and a sack ... Also had eight quarterback hurries and two passes broken up ... Had an assist and a quarterback hurry on 25 snaps in the opener against UCF ... Had two solo tackles, one of which was a tackle for loss, and two assists against James Madison ... Had three solo stops and an assist in the win over Texas A&M ... Played 36 snaps on defense against UConn, recording a solo tackles, two assists, two quarterback hurries and a pass broken up ... Played 26 snaps on defense at Rutgers, registering two solo stops and a quarterback hurry ... Had three assists and two quarterback hurries against Syracuse ... Had a solo tackle, which was for a loss, at West Virginia ... Tallied four total tackles and a quarterback hurry against Miami ... Had three assists at Pittsburgh ... Played 47 snaps at Temple, recording three solo tackles and three assists ... Made his first start of the season against Boston College, playing 61 snaps ... Had two solo tackles, including a sack, and two assists ... Played 50 snaps at Virginia, recording four solo stops, two assists, a quarterback hurry and a pass break up ... Contributed six tackles in the Insight Bowl ... Led the defensive tackles with a 640-pound back squat during spring max testing ...

2002: Played in 13 games, starting the last three ... Recorded 13 solo tackles and 17 assists ... Included in those 30 stops were five tackles for loss and four sacks ... Also had three quarterback hurries, two passes broken up and a fumble recovery ... Played 19 snaps in the opener against Arkansas State ... Recorded a solo stop and two assists ... Also broke up a pass and recovered a fumble ... Had a solo stop and an assist against LSU ... Played just nine snaps against Marshall before spraining an ankle ... Had a sack and a pass broken up in that short amount of time ... Had an assisted tackle at Texas A&M ... Did not travel to Western Michigan due to a sprained ankle ... Had a solo tackle, an assist and a sack in the win at Boston College ... Played 13 snaps on defense against Rutgers, recording two solo tackles, an assist, a quarterback hurry and a sack ... Made an assisted tackle in the win over Temple ... Was in for eight snaps against Pittsburgh, registering an assisted tackle ... Played 39 snaps on defense at Syracuse, registering five tackles, including a sack, and a quarterback hurry ... Recorded a solo tackle and an assist against West Virginia ... Made his first career start against Virginia, recording four solo stops and two assists ... Had a solo stop and an assist, including one for a loss, at Miami ... Also had a quarterback hurry ... Had an assisted tackle in Tech's bowl win over Air Force ... Ran a 4.79 forty during spring max testing and added a 31-inch vertical jump ... Also had a 605-pound back squat ... Posted three sacks during spring scrimmages ... Added another sack during the Maroon-White game ...

2001: Practiced at the nose tackle position while redshirting as a freshman ... Registered the fastest 40 time among the defensive tackles with a 4.85 clocking during spring testing ... Also turned in a 550-pound back squat ... Had three tackles in one of Tech's spring scrimmages and intercepted a tipped pass ... Added three more tackles in another scrimmage ...

High School: Only played football his final two years at Amherst County ... Participated in baseball and basketball during his freshman and sophomore years ... Had 35 tackles, seven sacks and two blocked punts in his first season of play for Coach Mickey Crouch ... Earned all-district and all-region honors ... Was in on 55 tackles as a senior, posting eight sacks, three fumble recoveries and three blocked punts ... Garnered second-team Group AA all-state honors from the state coaches ... Also named all-district and all-region ... Played defensive tackle, offensive line and tight end during his two seasons ... Scored a touchdown on a pass reception against Rustburg during his junior year ... Rated the No. 23 player in the state by The Roanoke Times ... SuperPrep ranked him the No. 22 player in Virginia, while PrepStar named him All-Atlantic Region ... Attended Tech's summer football camp in 2000 ...

Personal: Timothy Allan Sandidge ... Born 6/12/83 in Lynchburg, VA ... Son of Robert and Dorothy Sandidge ... Enrolled in residential property management.

Tackles	G	UT	AT	Tot.	Loss	Sacks
2002	13	13	17	30	5-28	4-25
2003	13	21	26	47	3-3	1-1
Career	26	34	43	77	8-31	5-26
2003 Tackles Game-by-Game
UCF	1	0	1	1	0-0	0-0
JMU	1	2	2	4	1-1	0-0
TAMU	1	3	1	4	0-0	0-0
UCONN	1	1	2	3	0-0	0-0
at RU	1	2	0	2	0-0	0-0
SYR	1	0	3	3	0-0	0-0
at WVU	1	1	0	1	1-1	0-0
UM	1	1	3	4	0-0	0-0
at PITT	1	0	3	3	0-0	0-0
at TU	1	3	3	6	0-0	0-0
BC	1	2	2	4	1-1	1-1
at UVa	1	4	2	6	0-0	0-0
vs. Cal	1	2	4	6	0-0	0-0

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