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2008: Appeared in all 11 games for the Rams in 2008...Did not start a contest...Tied for fifth on the WSSU roster with 47 total tackles...Recorded 38 solo tackles and nine assisted tackles to rank third on the team in solo tackles...Recorded 3.5 tackles for loss as he set WSSU's opponents back 37 yards...Tallied 2.5 sacks...Intercepted one pass which he took back 18 yards for a touchdown...Hurried opposing quarterbacks six times...Recorded at least one tackle in all 11 of the Rams' games...Tallied four tackles at North Carolina A&T on Sept. 6 including a sack that set the Aggies back 20 yards...Recorded two tackles versus Savannah State on Sept. 13...Recorded four tackles versus Morgan State on Sept. 20 and picked off a pass which he took 18 yards for a touchdown...Tallied a season-high nine tackles versus eventual MEAC Champion South Carolina State on Sept. 26 including a season-high eight solo tackles...Tallied four tackles in the Rams' victory over Howard on Oct. 4...Recorded one tackle in the Rams' nationally-televised loss at Florida A&M on Oct. 9...Recorded four tackles in the loss to Bethune-Cookman on Oct. 24...Tallied four tackles, including three solo markers at Hampton on Nov. 1...Also added a sack against the Pirates...Recorded eight total tackles in the Rams' road victory over defending MEAC Champion Delaware State on Nov. 8...Earned a single tackle in the Rams' loss at North Carolina Central on Nov. 15...Closed the season with a six-tackle performance versus Norfolk State on Nov. 22 in a contest in which he pressured NSU's quarterback a season-high three times.
2007: Appeared in five games for the Rams and made no starts...Tied for 22nd on the team with seven total tackles (five solo, two tackles assists)...Recovered one fumble and saw significant playing time on special teams where he recorded one blocked kick...Appeared in the Rams' loss at Coastal Carolina (Sept. 8) and did not record any statistics...Turned in his most productive game of the season at Howard (Sept. 29) when he recorded two solo tackles, recovered a fumble and blocked a kick...Saw time in the 2007 Circle City Classic in Indianapolis, Ind. where he recorded one solo tackle and two tackle assists in WSSU's win over the Rattlers (Oct. 6)...Appeared in the Rams' Homecoming loss to Delaware State (Nov. 2) but did not record any statistics...Closed out the 2007 season in the Rams' defeat at Norfolk State (Nov. 17) where he collected a pair of solo tackles...Spent most of the season on the WSSU special teams unit.
2006: Sat out the entire season as a redshirt...Did not appear in, or dress, for any of the Rams' games.
Personal: Kearney returns to the Rams in 2009 for his fourth season as a member of the WSSU football team after successful seasons in 2006, 2007 and 2008...A native of Henderson, N.C., he is a 2006 graduate of Southern Vance High School where he was an All-Conference and All-State selection for four consecutive seasons...Was named the MVP of the Raiders' basketball team for three years as well as garnering the honor for football twice...An All-Conference selection in basketball for three seasons while capturing All-Area honors in basketball three times as well...The son of Maurice Taylor and Tina Kearney...A computer information sciences major...Born in Henderson, N.C. on Dec. 20, 1987.
Year G/GS UT AT Total TFL Int. PBU FF/FR 2008 11/0 38 9 47 3.5/37 1 0 0/0 2007 5/0 5 2 7 0/0 0 0 0/1 2006 1/0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0/0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 17/0 43 11 54 3.5/37 1 0 0/1
