| #2 Shane Gross
Position: Linebacker
Height: 5-11
Weight: 210
Class: Junior
Hometown: Pottsgrove
High School: Pottsgrove
2009: Made the switch from the secondary to outside linebacker and delivered a breakout season...Started all 11 games and was one of the team's most productive players, ranking fourth in tackles with 51...Ranked second on the team in tackles for loss and sacks...8.0 tackles for loss accounted for 35 yards...Tallied 4.0 sacks...Broke up three passes...Recorded five or more tackles in six games...Tallied five or more in each of the first three games and at least four in the last five games...Set a then-career-high with six stops in each of the first two weeks...Topped that mark with 10 tackles--five of which were solo stops--against Kutztown on Oct. 24...Totaled five tackles for loss in the last five games...Made 2.0 tackles for loss at Cheyney on Oct. 10 and against Kutztown...Recorded first career sack at Indiana (Pa.) on Sept. 12...Also picked up sacks at Cheyney, against Kutztown and at East Stroudsburg on Oct. 31...Totaled three sacks over the final five games.
2008: Logged eight appearances as a back-up safety...Finished the season with 12 tackles including five solo stops...Recorded two or more tackles in four games...Made a career-high three tackles at Shippensburg on Sept. 27.
2007: Appeared in six games totaling three tackles...Made first appearance on Sept. 15 against Lock Haven...Totaled one tackle in that game...Also made stops against West Chester (Oct. 6) and Bentley (Nov. 3).
High School: Won three letters in football and four in lacrosse at Pottsgrove High School.
Personal: Born on Feb. 23, 1989...Son of James and Michelle Gross...Majoring in occupational safety and environmental health.
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