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Jersey Number 29
Ernest Gunn
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Selma, Ala.
- High School:
- Selma HS
2019 (Redshirt Senior): Played in all 13 games, starting in five...Posted 19 tackles (12 solos)...Recorded career-high tying five stops at Troy (9/14) and versus Tulane (1/4) in the Armed Forces Bowl...Added three stops in the season opener versus against Alcorn State (8/31).
2018 (Redshirt Junior): Played in 10 games, including earning his first two collegiate starts in the opening weeks ... Made 10 tackles on the year, including a career-high five against Rice ... Tallied pass breakups against ULM, LA Tech and UTEP ... Also had three stops in that win against the Bulldogs.
2017 (Redshirt Sophomore): Appeared in three games in the middle of the season.Â
2016 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in 12 games and made a solo tackle at North Texas.
2015 (Freshman): Did not play; redshirted.
High School: Played his senior season at Northview High School in Johns Creek, Ga. ... Played cornerback and wide receiver for the Titans ... Named First Team All-District, All-Area and All-Region as a senior ... Registered 33 tackles (25 solo, eight assisted) in 10 games with NHS ... Recorded two interceptions, a tackle for loss, a pass defense and forced a fumble as a senior ... Returned to Selma High School to graduate.
Personal: Full name is Ernest Beneard Gunn Jr. ... Son of Lashunda Bender and Ernest Gunn Sr. ... Has two brothers, James Bender and Witney Gunn, and has one sister, Princ'Chasity Gunn ... Born on June 28, 1995 in Selma, Ala. ... Majoring in electrical engineering.
2018 (Redshirt Junior): Played in 10 games, including earning his first two collegiate starts in the opening weeks ... Made 10 tackles on the year, including a career-high five against Rice ... Tallied pass breakups against ULM, LA Tech and UTEP ... Also had three stops in that win against the Bulldogs.
2017 (Redshirt Sophomore): Appeared in three games in the middle of the season.Â
2016 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in 12 games and made a solo tackle at North Texas.
2015 (Freshman): Did not play; redshirted.
High School: Played his senior season at Northview High School in Johns Creek, Ga. ... Played cornerback and wide receiver for the Titans ... Named First Team All-District, All-Area and All-Region as a senior ... Registered 33 tackles (25 solo, eight assisted) in 10 games with NHS ... Recorded two interceptions, a tackle for loss, a pass defense and forced a fumble as a senior ... Returned to Selma High School to graduate.
Personal: Full name is Ernest Beneard Gunn Jr. ... Son of Lashunda Bender and Ernest Gunn Sr. ... Has two brothers, James Bender and Witney Gunn, and has one sister, Princ'Chasity Gunn ... Born on June 28, 1995 in Selma, Ala. ... Majoring in electrical engineering.
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