43 Jeron Gouveia-Winslow
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  • Linebacker
  • r-Freshman
  • 200 lbs.
  • Stone Bridge
  • Ashburn, Va.

A solid young player who impressed the coaches during a redshirt year … Has worked at both the rover and whip linebacker positions … Picked up some needed on-field reps during the spring … Has a good head … Rarely makes the same mistake twice … Needs to continue his work in the strength and conditioning program and improve as a tackler … Figures to provide excellent depth at whip behind seniors Cody Grimm and Cam Martin this fall … May also play a role on special teams.

2008: Took a redshirt year … Worked as a rover during the fall … Increased his weight and strength during the off-season program … Moved to whip linebacker for spring practice … Posted a tackle, an interception and broke up a pass during Tech’s first scrimmage of the spring … Contributed a tackle for loss in another scrimmage … Missed two practices during the final week with an ankle injury but played in the Maroon-White game, breaking up a pass.

High School: The Washington Post All-Met Defensive Player of the Year his senior season for Coach Mickey Thompson … Ranked the No. 23 player in the state of Virginia by The Roanoke Times … Rated the No. 34 safety in the country by ESPN.com/Scouts, Inc. … Rated the No. 120 safety in the country and the No. 24 prospect in Virginia by SuperPrep … Ranked the No. 33 player in the Commonwealth by scout.com … Named first-team Group AAA all-state as a defensive back by The Associated Press his senior year … Also earned first-team all-state honors from the VHSCA and was named Defensive Player of the Year … Led Stone Bridge with seven interceptions, including two in the Group AAA Division 5 state championship game which the Bulldogs won … One of team’s leading tacklers with 73 stops … Also ran for more than 900 yards and scored 22 touchdowns en route to being named the Liberty District Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year, as well as the Northern Region Defensive Player of the Year … Totaled 76 stops and had four interceptions and three forced fumbles as a junior … Earned AP first-team all-state honors as a junior, as well as second-team Washington Post All-Met honors.

Personal: Jeron Kaulana Gouveia-Winslow … Born 2/21/90 in Fairfax, VA … Son of Tommy and Loree Winslow … Enrolled in university studies.