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Jersey Number 47
John Syptak
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bellville, Texas
- High School:
- Bellville
Bio
Rice -- Talented athlete who should be one of the top defensive players in Conference USA in 2005... High-energy player who has made an impact on the Owl defense since his freshman season... Listed on most C-USA preseason honor teams, and is on the watch list for the Hendricks Trophy as the nation[apos]s best defensive end... Moved into the starting lineup as a sophomore to lead the D-line in tackles, TFLs and sacks, repeating as a junior... Enters his senior season with 169 career tackles (101 primary), including 28 for 124 yards in losses... Has 12 career sacks (fifth all-time at Rice) and 28 TFLs (tied for seventh)... Has started the last 23 games for the Owls at defensive end. 2004: Selected first-team all-Western Athletic Conference by the league coaches... CoSIDA academic all-district and an academic all-WAC team member... Shared a Jess Neely Defense Award with Jeremy Calahan as the Owls[apos] top defensive lineman... Started all 11 games as a junior... Led the defensive line with 69 tackles (40 primary), including 15 for 86 yards in losses... Had a season-high 10 tackles in the double-overtime game at UTEP... Credited with three TFLs for 24 yards in the season-opening win over Houston at Reliant Stadium... Also had three TFLs at Nevada... Had two sacks against both Houston and Hawaii, both Rice wins... Forced a fumble against UTEP and had a pass deflection at Nevada... His eight sacks in `04 equaled the second-best season total ever at Rice (Ndukwe Kalu also had eight in 1994), and his 15 TFLs equal the fifth-best season total in Rice history. 2003: Started all 12 games at defensive end... Led the defensive line with 81 tackles (45 primary), including 12 for 33 yards in losses... Led Rice in sacks with four for 24 yards lost... Had his career-high of 11 tackles against Houston and Duke in the first two games of the year, and added 10 stops against Navy... Four of his TFLs came against Duke, and he added two more in the win at Louisiana Tech... Those 12 TFLs equaled the sixth-best season total ever at Rice... Led the Owls with four fumbles recovered, all coming in the final three games of the season... Recovered two fumbles at La.Tech, and forced fumbles against Houston and SJSU. 2002: Recorded 19 tackles (16 primary) in nine games for the Owls... Had two tackles for loss amassing five yards... Recovered one fumble playing as a true freshman.
High School -- 2002 graduate of Bellville High... Three-year starter for coach Huey Chancellor... Helped lead the Brahmas reach the regional finals of the Class 3A Division I playoffs three years in a row while compiling a composite 27-10 record... All-Austin County and all-District 25-3A... County and district defensive MVP... First-team all-Tri-County linebacker as a senior, and the Brahmas[apos] most valuable defensive lineman in 2001... Team captain as a junior and senior... Also a four-year letterman in baseball, winning all-district honors as a junior catcher... Four-year academic all-district honoree... Valedictorian of his graduating class... Activities include National Honor Society, Latin Club, Boys State, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and two-year member of the student council... Won Bellville[apos]s citizenship award... Sophomore class favorite.
Personal -- Full Name: John Ashley Syptak... Born: March 16, 1984, at Houston... Parents: Johnnie and Shirley Syptak, Bellville (one brother)... Rice Major: economics/managerial studies/sports management... College: Jones.
WBB: Rice vs. Marshall Postgame Presser
Wednesday, March 09
VB: Rice-Texas Postgame Presser
Saturday, December 04
VB: Rice-San Diego Postgame Presser
Thursday, December 02
