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2020 Football Roster

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  • ILB
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Belvidere, Ill.
    Hometown
  • 6'0
    Height
  • 225
    Weight
  • Belvidere
    High School
  • San Diego Mesa CC
    Previous School
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
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#38
Eric Munoz
ILB
Position
Senior
Class
Belvidere, Ill.
Hometown

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Biography

HONORS: Mountain West Co-Defensive Player of the Week (11/18/19); Academic All-Mountain West (2019, 2020).

2020 (SENIOR SEASON): Appeared in three games and made one start… Finished the season with four tackles (3-solo, 1-assist), to go along with one quarterback hurry… Had a season-high four tackles and a quarterback hurry in his lone start of the season against New Mexico (11/26)… Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.

2019 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON): Played in eight games, starting the last four… Finished the season with 36 tackles (21-solo, 15-assist), which included 2.0 tackles for loss, to go along with two interceptions and two quarterback hurries… Was named the Mountain West Co-Defensive Player of the Week following his first-career start against Wyoming (11/16) as he recorded a career-high 13 tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss, and notched the first two interceptions of his career, to go along with one pass breakup… He returned those two interceptions 56 yards, as one set up a field goal and the other occurred in the final minute to seal the win… Had seven tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss, against No. 20 Boise State (11/23)… Had four tackles, including a career-high 1.0 tackles for loss, against Kent State (12/20) in the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl… Added nine tackles at New Mexico (11/30) and three tackles at Fresno State (11/9)... Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.

2018 (REDSHIRT): Redshirted as he played in four games and recorded six tackles (1-solo, 5-assist), including 0.5 tackles for loss… Had a season-high five tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss, against Tennessee Tech (9/13)… Added one tackle against San José State (11/10)… Also played at Colorado State (11/17) and against North Texas in the New Mexico Bowl (12/15).

JUNIOR COLLEGE: Earned California Community College Athletics Association all-conference honors in the Southern California Football Association at linebacker as a sophomore at San Diego Mesa College... Recorded 69 tackles, which included 2.5 sacks and 7.5 tackles for loss... Added one interception, one fumble recovery, one block and one pass breakup on the year... Had a season-high 11 tackles against Desert JC and added 10 stops, including 1.0 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss, to go along with a fumble recovery against Antelope Valley JC... Helped led the Olympians to the Southern California Bowl Championship.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned Northern Illinois all-conference honors at linebacker as a prep senior at Belvidere (Ill.) High School... Also played basketball.

PERSONAL: One of three children of Gerardo and Bertha Munoz... Earned his bachelor's degree in exercise science from USU in the fall of 2020.

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