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2024 Football Roster
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Jersey Number 3
Syrus Webster
- Position:
- EDGE
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 254
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- West Jordan, Utah
- High School:
- West Jordan HS
- Prev School:
- Utah Tech
WASHINGTON STATE
SENIOR (2024): Transferred from Utah Tech in January and participated in spring practice…named to Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List…started all 13 games…made 32 tackles with 3.5 for loss including one sack…according to PFF, led team with 28 quarterback hurries…made four tackles including one for loss in win over Texas Tech…had two stops in Apple Cup win over Washington…shared a tackle-for-loss in double-overtime win over San Jose State…made four stops in win at Fresno State…had three tackles with one for loss in win over Hawaii…had three tackles in wins at San Diego State and over Utah State…made two stops at Oregon State…made five tackles including a sack against No. 21 Syracuse in Holiday Bowl.
UTAH TECH
JUNIOR (2023): Played in all 11 games…garnered first-team honors in inaugural 2023 United Athletic Conference…began the season as the UAC Preseason Player of the Year, was the only defensive player unanimously selected by the conference's head coaches for first team honors…led the UAC and closed the regular season t-third nationally with four forced fumbles, and finished the season ranked second in the conference in sacks (7.0; t-46th nationally) and third in TFLs (11.0 – t-60th nationally)…only defensive player in the UAC who was ranked in the top-12 overall in sacks, TFLs and total tackles (14th – 77; 31 solo)…became Utah Tech's career sacks leader with two sacks at Austin Peay (11/11), registered double digits in tackles three times on season, highlighted by an 11-tackle night with one sack and a career-high 3.5 TFLs at Colorado State (9/30)…tallied 10 tackles with 2.0 sacks and 3.0 TFLs at Northern Arizona (9/16), and racked up a career-best 12 tackles vs. Montana (9/9).
SOPHOMORE (2022): Played in all 11 games including eight starts, earning all-WAC honors... recorded 42 tackles (22 solo) with a team-high 10 TFLs, and was the WAC co-leader with 5.5 sacks on his way to first team all-WAC honors ... finished the year with added four QB hurries, two forced fumbles, and one pass break up ... recorded a career high 3.0 sacks in the Trailblazers' Homecoming win vs, Southern Utah (11/5), which tied for second-most in a single game in the program's NCAA era ... opened the year with a season-high six stops (5 solo) with a one sack and 2.0 TFLs, one forced fumble and a TFL at Sacramento State (9/3) ... racked up five or more tackles in five of 11 games and recorded at least 0.5 TFL in seven games overall ... earned Academic All-WAC honors.
FRESHMAN (2021): Burst onto the scene as a freshman, leading the defensive line with 40 total tackles (24 solo) in 11 games, which included 5.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks, along with a pair of QB hurries and one forced fumble ... racked up a career-high nine tackles, highlighted by his first collegiate strip sack and fumble recovery at Montana (10/9) ... collected four solo tackles and a sack vs. Stephen F. Austin (10/23) ... earned Academic All-WAC honors.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four varsity letters in football at West Jordan High School…a two-time first team all-region selection for the Jaguars…recorded 80 career tackles, including 17 sacks and 30 TFLS, to go with 38 quarterback hurries…also lettered in basketball and track, and was part of region championships in both sports… was listed on the honor roll.
PERSONAL
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah… parents are Aaron Webster and Angela Haylock.
SENIOR (2024): Transferred from Utah Tech in January and participated in spring practice…named to Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List…started all 13 games…made 32 tackles with 3.5 for loss including one sack…according to PFF, led team with 28 quarterback hurries…made four tackles including one for loss in win over Texas Tech…had two stops in Apple Cup win over Washington…shared a tackle-for-loss in double-overtime win over San Jose State…made four stops in win at Fresno State…had three tackles with one for loss in win over Hawaii…had three tackles in wins at San Diego State and over Utah State…made two stops at Oregon State…made five tackles including a sack against No. 21 Syracuse in Holiday Bowl.
UTAH TECH
JUNIOR (2023): Played in all 11 games…garnered first-team honors in inaugural 2023 United Athletic Conference…began the season as the UAC Preseason Player of the Year, was the only defensive player unanimously selected by the conference's head coaches for first team honors…led the UAC and closed the regular season t-third nationally with four forced fumbles, and finished the season ranked second in the conference in sacks (7.0; t-46th nationally) and third in TFLs (11.0 – t-60th nationally)…only defensive player in the UAC who was ranked in the top-12 overall in sacks, TFLs and total tackles (14th – 77; 31 solo)…became Utah Tech's career sacks leader with two sacks at Austin Peay (11/11), registered double digits in tackles three times on season, highlighted by an 11-tackle night with one sack and a career-high 3.5 TFLs at Colorado State (9/30)…tallied 10 tackles with 2.0 sacks and 3.0 TFLs at Northern Arizona (9/16), and racked up a career-best 12 tackles vs. Montana (9/9).
SOPHOMORE (2022): Played in all 11 games including eight starts, earning all-WAC honors... recorded 42 tackles (22 solo) with a team-high 10 TFLs, and was the WAC co-leader with 5.5 sacks on his way to first team all-WAC honors ... finished the year with added four QB hurries, two forced fumbles, and one pass break up ... recorded a career high 3.0 sacks in the Trailblazers' Homecoming win vs, Southern Utah (11/5), which tied for second-most in a single game in the program's NCAA era ... opened the year with a season-high six stops (5 solo) with a one sack and 2.0 TFLs, one forced fumble and a TFL at Sacramento State (9/3) ... racked up five or more tackles in five of 11 games and recorded at least 0.5 TFL in seven games overall ... earned Academic All-WAC honors.
FRESHMAN (2021): Burst onto the scene as a freshman, leading the defensive line with 40 total tackles (24 solo) in 11 games, which included 5.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks, along with a pair of QB hurries and one forced fumble ... racked up a career-high nine tackles, highlighted by his first collegiate strip sack and fumble recovery at Montana (10/9) ... collected four solo tackles and a sack vs. Stephen F. Austin (10/23) ... earned Academic All-WAC honors.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four varsity letters in football at West Jordan High School…a two-time first team all-region selection for the Jaguars…recorded 80 career tackles, including 17 sacks and 30 TFLS, to go with 38 quarterback hurries…also lettered in basketball and track, and was part of region championships in both sports… was listed on the honor roll.
PERSONAL
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah… parents are Aaron Webster and Angela Haylock.
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