Matt Starks

Position:
ILB
Height:
5-9
Weight:
212
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Paducah, Ky.
High School:
Lone Oak

Last updated July 30, 2014

2013: Participated in all 12 games and started 10 at linebacker...Ranked fifth on the team with 63 tackles, including 39 solo stops...Had one tackle for loss, an interception and two pass breakups...Registered eight tackles in first career start at Southeastern Louisiana (8/29)...Followed that up with a season-high 11 tackles and nine solo stops at Ole Miss (9/7)...Recorded eight tackles and had his first career interception vs. Urbana (11/2)...Southeast Scholar-Athlete and Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll selection.

2012: Played 10 games, mainly on special teams...Southeast Scholar-Athlete and OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.

2011: Saw limited action, playing in three games...Southeast Scholar-Athlete and OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.

2010: Redshirted.

Prep: Three-time All-Western Kentucky Conference selection and Courier Journal All-State pick at Lone Oak High School...Four-year starter...Set school records for most rushing yards in a game and most touchdowns in a season (32)...Ran for 1,358 yards on 138 carries, averaging 9.8 yards per rush as a senior...Also caught 60 passes for 648 yards...His team went undefeated and was runner-up in the state during the 2007 and 2009 seasons...Was News Channel 6 Player of the Week eight times in 2010.

Personal: Born April 4, 1991...Majoring in Exercise Science...Son of Wallace Starks and Ginger Bennett...His mother went to college at Murray State.