2023 Football Roster

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2 Evan Eller

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 225
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Roanoke, Va.
  • Highschool Lord Botetourt

Biography

2022 (Junior)
- Ended season 33rd among FCS players with 9.0 tackles per game, T-13 with two fumbles recovered
- 99 tackles T-2nd among SoCon players
- Six-plus tackles in all but one game, 7.0 tackles for loss on the season
- Opened season with 9.0 tackles, 1.0 sacks at No. 22 Wake Forest
- Had 9.0 tackles in win over Bucknell, vs. Cornell
- 15.0 tackles at Western Carolina with a QBH
- Career-high 17.0 tackles, 1.5 TFL (6 yards) at No. 10 Samford
- Finished season with 11.0 tackles, 1.5 TFL's against The Citadel

Fall 2021 (Sophomore)
- A regular in the defensive backfield as a junior, playing in all 11 games with five starts
- Made 27 tackles on the year, including 13 solo tackles
- one tackle for loss
- made a season-best eight stops in VMI’s victory against Wofford

2020 (Freshman - Spring 21 season)
- Appeared in seven games for VMI, totaling 2.0 tackles)
- Made debut against Furman, picking up a tackle

Personal: International Studies major.

High School: Named the Virginia 3A State Defensive Player of the Year at Lord Botetourt HS in Roanoke, Va. … a second Team All-USA VA DB/LB as a junior …compiled 80 solo tackles, 38 assists, 19 TFL, 5 sacks, and 3 interceptions in 2018…also played quarterback… was responsible for five TDs in just two and a half games on offense and 30 tackles and three INTs on defense before injury shortened his senior season…honor roll student.

Statistics

Season:
2023

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2020Freshman

    Defensive Back
    6'1" 210 lbs
    18
  • 2

    2021Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    6'1" 210 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2022Junior

    Linebacker
    6'1" 210 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2023Senior

    Linebacker
    6'1" 225 lbs
    2