Biography
2016 (SENIOR)
Named Football Gazette All-America Honorable Mention … selected to D2CCA Second-Team All-Region … tabbed Football Gazette First-Team All-Region … voted to All-PSAC West First-Team … started all 12 games on defensive line … finished with 49 tackles (23 solo), 12.0 TFL, 6.5 sacks, four forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries … tied for first in PSAC and seventh in NCAA Division II in fumble recoveries … led league with 0.33 forced fumbles per game … ranked second in PSAC with two blocked kicks … tied for second on team in TFL … made at least 1.0 TFL in eight games … recorded a 36-yard fumble recovery for touchdown and added three stops (all solo), 2.0 TFL, 2.0 sacks and one forced fumble against Millersville … tallied two tackles (both solo), 1.0 TFL and 1.0 sack at Seton Hill … collected five stops (two solo), 2.0 TFL, 0.5 sack and one quarterback hurry versus Slippery Rock … finished with six tackles (two solo) and 1.0 TFL against IUP … tied career high with nine stops (four solo) and added 1.0 TFL, one forced fumble and one pass break-up versus Gannon … recorded a 6-yard fumble recovery for touchdown and added three tackles (two solo), 2.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks and two forced fumbles at Mercyhurst … tallied two pass break-ups against Edinboro … posted six stops (one solo), 1.0 TFL, 0.5 sack and one pass break-up versus Kutztown in PSAC Championship … totaled six tackles (two solo), one quarterback hurry and a blocked field goal against IUP in NCAA Playoffs … finished with six stops (two solo), 1.5 TFL, one quarterback hurry and a blocked PAT versus Shepherd in NCAA Playoffs … member of Cal U AD Honor Roll (Fall 2016, Spring 2017)
2015 (JUNIOR)
Selected to All-PSAC West Second-Team … appeared in 10 games with eight starts on the defensive line … finished with 46 tackles (23 solo) and 10.5 TFL … led team in TFL … posted five stops (all solo) and 2.0 TFL at Virginia State … collected seven tackles (two solo), 1.0 TFL and 1.0 sack against Shippensburg … recorded six stops (four solo) and 2.0 TFL versus Seton Hill … set a season high with eight tackles (one solo) and posted 1.0 TFL at Slippery Rock … made five stops (three solo) and 2.0 TFL against Mercyhurst … totaled five tackles (three solo), 1.0 TFL and two forced fumbles at Lock Haven … member of Cal U AD Honor Roll (Fall 2015)
2014 (SOPHOMORE)
Named Don Hansen Third-Team All-Region … selected All-PSAC West First-Team … started all 10 games on the defensive line … finished with 43 tackles, 14.0 TFL, 8.0 sacks and five pass break-ups … led team in both TFL and sacks … ranked fourth in PSAC in TFL and fifth in TFL per game … finished seventh in the league in sacks and sacks per game … named PSAC West Defensive Player of the Week three times (Sept. 28, Oct. 12, Oct. 19) … posted three tackles (two solo), 1.0 TFL, 1.0 sack and one quarterback hurry against Virginia State … tallied five stops (one solo) at Bloomsburg … set career highs with 4.0 TFL and 3.5 sacks and finished with five tackles (three solo) and two pass break-ups versus Edinboro … collected two stops (one solo) and two pass break-ups at Seton Hill … established career high with nine tackles (six solo) and added 1.5 TFL and one interception against Slippery Rock … totaled seven stops (four solo), 3.0 TFL, 3.0 sacks and one forced fumble versus IUP … finished with three tackles (one solo), 2.0 TFL and 0.5 sack at Clarion … posted three stops (one solo), 1.0 TFL and one quarterback hurry at Mercyhurst … collected five tackles (two solo), 1.5 TFL and one quarterback hurry against Lock Haven … member of Cal U AD Honor Roll (Spring 2014)
2013 (FRESHMAN)
Appeared in 10 games as a reserve defensive lineman and on special teams as a true freshman … finished with six tackles … made college debut at Hillsdale … set season high with three stops, 0.5 TFL and one quarterback hurry against Clarion … member of Cal U AD Honor Roll (Fall 2013)
HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Woodland Hills … first-team all-state, two-time all-conference, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fab 22, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Terrific 25, captain
PERSONAL
Son of Jerome Turner and Cathy Welsh ... majoring in communication studies (speech communication)
