Eastern Michigan Athletics
2008 Football Roster
Oct 11 (Sat)
TBA
Roster
Tim Fort
- Position:
- LB
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Southfield, Mich.
- High School:
- Southfield
PERSONAL: Full name: Timothy Earl Fort, Jr....Son of Timothy E. Fort, Sr. and April Fort...Born 6-8-88...Computer-aided design major...EMU: Has earned three letters over the past three seasons while playing in 32 games, 10 as a starter...Has totaled 69 career tackles with four tackles-for-loss of 13 yards...2009: Played in all 12 games and earned seven starts...Finished fifth on the team with 43 tackles...Turned in three tackles-for-loss of 11 yards...Recorded 10 tackles at home against Ball State (Oct. 24) with seven stops at Northern Illinois (Nov. 5) and in the season finale at Akron (Nov. 27)...2008: Played in 11 games, earning three starts, against Western Michigan (Nov. 1), Temple (Nov. 22) and Central Michigan (Nov. 28)...Recorded 22 tackles on the year...Best outing of the year came against Western Michigan when he had three solos and four assists for seven total tackles to go along with a half tackle-for-loss of one yard...2007: Played in nine games as a backup linebacker and special teams player...Recorded four tackles on the year...Had two tackles and 0.5 tackles-for-loss of one yard at Vanderbilt (Sept. 29)...2006: Redshirted as a freshman...Practiced with the team all year and was singled out by the coaching staff as one of the Practice Players of the Week for the Louisiana Lafayette (Sept. 30) game...HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Southfield High School where he played football for Head Coach Tim Conley...Member of the Academic Honor Roll.
