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2024 Football Roster

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73 Briggs Kearse

  • Position Offensive Line
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 300
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Blackville, S.C.
  • High School Barnwell

Biography

CAREER: Played in 39 career games with 26 starts on the offensive line.

2024: Started all 12 games at right guard ... Had one tackle against Mercer (9/28) ...Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... 2023: Started seven of eight games played ... Started the first two games of the season at left guard and added five starts at right guard ... 2022: Played in eight games with six starts at left guard ... 2021: Played in seven games with one start ... Had two knockdown blocks on the season ... At VMI (9/25) had a knockdown block ... Started at ETSU (10/2) and had a knockdown block ... 2020-21: Played in four games ... At Samford (3/13) had a knockdown block ... Against The Citadel (4/3) had six knockdown blocks ...

HIGH SCHOOL: Played both offensive and defensive line at Barnwell High School for coach Dwayne Garrick ... The team was 14-1 in 2019 and 13-1 in 2018, winning two region titles and two Lower State Championships ... Named All-State and All-Region during his sophomore, junior and senior years ... Competed in the 2019 Shrine Bowl, helping the Sandlappers earn a victory ... As a senior he had 65 knockdown blocks and added 42 knockdown blocks as a junior ... Also competed on the track and field team, earning All-Region honors in the discus ... Member of the Beta Club and National Honor Society  ...

PERSONAL: Son of Will and Brooke Kearse ... A business economics major.

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2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 73

    2020Freshman

    Offensive Line
    6'4" 285 lbs
    73
  • 73

    2021Sophomore

    Offensive Line
    6'4" 300 lbs
    73
  • 73

    2022Junior

    Offensive Line
    6'4" 300 lbs
    73
  • 73

    2023Senior

    Offensive Line
    6'4" 300 lbs
    73
  • 73

    2024Fifth Year

    Offensive Line
    6'4" 300 lbs
    73