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- Position Linebacker
- Class Senior
- Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 220
- Hometown Flossmoor, IL.
- Highschool Homewood-Flossmoor HS
CAREER
In 59-game, 35-start career, totaled 214 tackles (117 solo) with 23.5 tackles for loss for 82 yards, 6.0 sacks for 44 yards, one interception, four pass breakups, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery … four-year letterman.
2024
As a senior linebacker, saw action in all 12 games with 11 starts … listed as the starter at linebacker on the depth chart … named a preseason Third Team All-MAC selection by Athlon Magazine … named a preseason Fourth Team All-MAC selection by Phil Steele Magazine … ranked No. 3 on the team in total tackles (58), contributed 28 solo tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss for 19 yards, finished with three sacks for 16 yards, four quarterback hurries, and one pass breakup … concluded his career by starting eight consecutive games … made at least one tackle in all 12 games … made five tackles (three solo) with 1.0 tackle for loss in the season finale at Northern Illinois (11/30) … finished with five tackles (one solo) vs. Western Michigan (11/19) … made five tackles (three solo) with 0.5 tackle for loss at Toledo (11/12) … registered six tackles vs. Bowling Green (11/5) … made four tackles (three solo) with one sack/tackle for loss for seven yards at Miami (Ohio) (10/26) … made three tackles with 1.0 sack for six yards at Eastern Michigan (10/19) … made a season-high tying seven tackles (three solo) with a quarterback hurry vs. San Diego State (9/28) … made a season-high tying seven tackles (four solo) with 0.5 tackles for loss vs. Ball State (9/21) … has a pass breakup and three tackles at Illinois (9/14) … finished with four tackles at Florida International (9/7) … made six tackles (three solo) with 1.0 sack/tackle for loss for three yards in season opener vs. Central Connecticut State (8/29).
2023
As a junior linebacker, saw action in all 12 games … started nine games at linebacker … listed as a starter at linebacker on the depth chart … consensus preseason All-MAC selection … named a preseason All-MAC Fourth Team honoree by Athlon Magazine, Phil Steele Magazine and College Football Network … named an Academic All-MAC selection … ranked No. 4 in tackles with 53 total (31 solo) with 3.5 tackles for loss and a forced fumble on the year … registered at least one tackle in each of the 12 games … made three tackles (two solo) with 1.0 TFL in season finale vs. Toledo (11/24) … made five tackles at Ohio (11/15) … made four tackles at Western Michigan (11/7) … made four tackles, forced a fumble vs. Northern Illinois (10/31) … tied a season-high with eight tackles (five solo) with 1.0 tackle for loss at Ball State (10/21) … made four tackles vs. Akron (10/14) … finished with three tackles, 0.5 TFL vs. Eastern Michigan (9/30) … tied a season-high with eight tackles (four solo) with 1.0 tackle for loss at South Alabama (9/23) … registered four tackles (three solo) at Notre Dame (9/16) … made five tackles vs. New Hampshire (9/9) … finished with four tackles in season opener at Michigan State (9/1).
2022
As a sophomore linebacker, played and started all 12 games … saw action in 775 plays as a linebacker and on special teams … ranked third on the team in tackles (67), fifth in solo tackles (34), finished with 7.0 tackles for loss for 39 yards, intercepted one pass, broke up one other pass, and registered three quarterback hurries on the year … registered three tackles (two solo) with a quarterback hurry in the season finale at Eastern Michigan (11/25) … made five tackles (four solo) vs. Western Michigan (11/16) … totaled six tackles (four solo), intercepted pass for a seven-yard return vs. Buffalo (11/9) … made seven tackles (one solo) with 0.5 tackle for loss at Northern Illinois (11/2) … registered seven tackles (four solo) with 1.0 tackle for loss for two yards vs. Bowling Green (10/22) … made six tackles (four solo) with 0.5 sack for four yards at Akron (10/15) … made four tackles vs. Ball State (10/8) … finished with six tackles (two solo) at Toledo (10/1) … made seven tackles (three solo) at Penn State (9/24) … finished with 2.5 tackles for loss for nine yards, four tackles (three solo) vs. Bucknell (9/17) … totaled a career-high 10 tackles (four solo) vs. South Alabama (9/10) … made two solo tackles with 1.0 tackle for loss in season opener at Oklahoma State (9/1).
2021
Played in all 13 games with two starts at linebacker as a freshman … posted 28 tackles, including 7.5 tackles-for-loss and 3.0 sacks … tied for fourth on team in tackles-for-loss … posted season highs of eight tackles, four tackles-for-loss and 1 1/2 sacks vs. Toledo (10/16) … made four tackles, including a sack, and recovered a fumble vs. Kent State (11/1) … earned Academic All-Mid-American Conference honors.
2020
Appeared in all six games with one start, the first of his career, vs. Western Michigan (11/18) … made eight tackles, four of them solo … made three tackles vs. Ohio (11/4) … made two stops, including one for loss, at NIU (11/11).
2019
Redshirted as a true freshman … played in four games at linebacker.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2019 graduate of Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, Ill., where he played for head coach Craig B Buzea … earned all-conference honors … team went 10-2 in his senior season and qualified for the IHSA quarterfinals.
PERSONAL
Born Justin Isaiah Whiteside on November 23, 2000 … son of Charles Whiteside and Latoya Stokes … majors in Health and Physical Education.
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