Jerel Worthy
Encyclopedia
Jerel Worthy is an American football
defensive tackle for the Michigan State Spartans
. He is considered one of the best defensive tackle prospects for the 2012 NFL Draft
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. He was a freshman All-American in 2009.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
defensive tackle for the Michigan State Spartans
Michigan State Spartans football
The Michigan State Spartans football program represents Michigan State University in college football as members of the Big Ten Conference at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level...
. He is considered one of the best defensive tackle prospects for the 2012 NFL Draft
2012 NFL Draft
The 2012 NFL Draft will be the 77th annual meeting of National Football League franchises to select newly eligible football players.-Trades:...
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College career
Through his first two years at Michigan State, Worthy has started 24 of 26 games and has 77 tackles and 8.5 sacksQuarterback sack
In American football and Canadian football, a sack occurs when the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage before he can throw a forward pass, or when the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage in the "pocket" and the intent of what he was going to do is unclear...
. He was a freshman All-American in 2009.