JSU CAREER: 2016: Appeared in 10 games during the year, including three starts…tallied 11 total tackles on the year, 1.0 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks…credited with two quarterback hurries, both at Eastern Kentucky on Oct. 22…set a career high for tackles in a game with four against the Colonels…previous best was three against North Alabama on Sept. 1…recorded two tackles against Coastal Carolina on Sept. 17…had lone sack statistic against the Lions in the season opener.
2015: Played in 13 games in his first season in Jacksonville…made his only start of the year against Southeast Missouri on Nov. 14…matched a season high with two tackles in the national championship game against North Dakota State…also had a pair of take downs against Mississippi Valley State and SEMO…recorded a pass breakup at Tennessee Tech…finished the season with 13 total tackles, assisting a defensive unit which recorded the fourth most tackles (1,101) in a season for JSU.Â
PRIOR TO JSU (Washington State): 2013: Sat out the season as a redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Charles Moody, Jr., at Aliceville High School in Aliceville, Ala…ranked the No. 79 defensive tackle prospect in the country and the No. 33 overall prospect out of Alabama by ESPN.com…as a senior, tallied 15 sacks, forced 10 fumbles, recovered four fumbles and blocked a field goal…also rushed for five touchdowns…as a junior, recorded 15 sacks and caught two touchdowns as a tight end.
PERSONAL: Full name is Gerald Tyshun Sterling…born Jan. 14, 1995, in Aliceville, Ala…son of Patrick Sterling and Latoya Hinton…has a younger brother, Jordan, and a younger sister, LaKaysha…has an older sister, Jamonda…has a daughter, Ayanna…majoring in social work at JSU.
