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  A.J. Suggs

A.J. Suggs

Player Profile

Hometown:
Powder Springs, Ga

High School:
McEachern

Last College:
Tennessee

Height / Weight:
6-4 / 215

Position:
Quarterback

AT TECH: Tech’s backup quarterback after one season as the starter . . . Transferred to Tech after two seasons at Tennessee . . . Sat out the 2001 season, in accordance with NCAA rules, while quarterbacking the scout team . . . Enrolled in January, 2001.

2003: Played in two games off the bench . . . Saw his first action in the regular-season finale against Georgia . . . Came in on the final series of the first half when Reggie Ball was injured and then played the entire second half . . . Passed for 175 yards with two touchdowns but had two interceptions . . . Completed 13 of 22 passes and threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to Jonathan Smith and a 43-yard scoring pass to Levon Thomas . . . Also started the second half of Tech’s Humanitarian Bowl win over Tulsa . . . Threw just two passes for five yards in the run-dominated game.

2002: Started every game and completing 57.3 percent of his passes (208-363) for 2,242 yards with 12 touchdown passes and 15 interceptions . . . Netted 21 yards rushing for 2,263 yards of total offense . . . Put together strong performances in Tech’s back-to-back victories over Virginia and eighth-ranked NC State, completing 47 of 77 passes (61 percent) for 431 yards in those two contests . . . Completed 26 of 41 passes for 220 yards and one touchdown against the Cavaliers . . . Was 21-for-36 for 211 yards and a touchdown the following week against the Wolfpack . . . Made perhaps his biggest play of the season in the fourth quarter against NC State; with Tech trailing by a touchdown and facing third-and-19 at its own 11-yard line, he hit Jonathan Smith for a 28-yard completion to help set up the tying score . . . Season highs of 28 completions on 45 attempts for 272 yards against Maryland . . . Had a string of 126 consecutive passes without an interception, the third-longest streak in school history . . . Completed 10 f 13 passes for 132 yards and three touchdowns in his Tech debut, leading the Jackets to a 45-3 win over Vanderbilt.

AT TENNESSEE: Played in seven games in 2000, including four starts . . . Completed 81 of 139 passes for 785 yards with five touchdowns and three interceptions . . . Came off the bench in the season opener and hit four of nine passes for 75 yards and one touchdown against Southern Mississippi . . . Started the following week against Florida and hit 17 of 29 passes for 140 yards . . . Tossed a 68-yard touchdown pass against Louisiana-Monroe . . . Tied the school record with 37 completions on 59 attempts against LSU . . . Passed for 319 yards, three touchdowns and two two-point conversions against the Tigers, including the tying score with 1:30 left in regulation . . . Completed 13 of 21 passes for 96 yards against Georgia . . . Redshirted in 1999.

HIGH SCHOOL: Georgia Player of the Year by the Atlanta Touchdown Club, the Macon Touchdown Club and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . . . SuperPrep all-America . . . Led McEachern High to an undefeated regular season and a berth in the Class AAAA state championship game his senior year . . . Passed for 2,056 yards and completed 125 of 191 passes with 21 touchdowns . . . Threw for 2,100 yards and 19 touchdowns as a junior, when he helped McEachern to a 10-2 record . . . Four-year starter for coach Jimmy Dorsey.

PERSONAL: Full name is Aaron Joseph Suggs . . . Born Dec. 8, 1980 . . . Parents are Mike and Judy Suggs . . . Majoring in Management . . . Earned his degree in May 2004.

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
2003	Att-Cmp	Int	Yds	TD	LP	Sk	Rsh	Yds	TD	LP	TO	TDR
Georgia	22-13	2	175	2	43	1	3	5	0	12	180	2
Tulsa	2-2	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	0

2002 Att-Cmp Int Yds TD LP Sk Rsh Yds TD LP TO TDR Vandy‡ 13-10 0 132 3 37 0 3 3 0 2 135 3 UConn‡ 14-9 0 136 0 31 0 1 20 0 20 156 0 Clemson‡ 31-17 1 201 1 33 5 7 (-50) 0 3 151 1 BYU‡ 26-11 3 117 0 20 2 3 (-14) 0 2 103 0 UNC‡ 27-15 1 166 1 27 0 2 9 0 6 175 1 Wake‡ 24-15 1 178 2 29 1 4 (-3) 0 1 175 2 Maryland‡ 45-28 0 272 0 55 0 3 (-3) 0 4 276 0 Virginia‡ 41-26 0 220 1 19 0 5 30 0 11 250 1 NC State‡ 36-21 1 211 1 33 2 8 3 0 11 214 1 FSU‡ 44-22 3 211 1 30 3 9 4 0 11 215 1 Duke‡ 28-18 1 200 0 34 0 4 17 0 10 217 0 Georgia‡ 27-14 2 158 0 42 1 2 (-7) 0 2 160 0 Fres St‡ 7-2 2 40 1 35 0 1 12 0 12 52 1

2000 Att-Cmp Int Yds TD LP Sk Rsh Yds TD LP TO TDR So. Miss. 9-4 0 75 1 51 0 0 0 0 – 75 1 Florida‡ 29-17 1 140 0 23 2 7 2 0 5 142 0 La-Monroe‡ 16-8 1 141 1 68 1 2 (-3) 0 3 138 1 LSU‡ 59-37 0 319 3 49 3 7 (-3) 0 9 316 3 Georgia‡ 21-13 1 96 0 41 4 7 (-14) 0 8 82 0 Alabama DNP S. Carolina DNP Memphis DNP Arkansas 4-2 0 14 0 12 0 0 0 0 – 14 0 Kentucky 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 Vanderbilt DNP Kansas State DNP

CAREER STATISTICS Passing G-GS Eff Att- Cm Int Pct Yds TD LP PG 2000 (UT) 7-4 113.3 139- 81 3 .583 785 5 68 112.1 2002 13-13 111.8 363- 208 15 .573 2,242 12 55 172.5 2003 2-0 136.3 24- 15 2 .591 180 2 43 175.0 Total 22-17 115.7 504- 291 20 .577 3,207 19 68 151.4 Total(GT) 15-13 113.4 387- 223 17 .576 2,422 14 55 172.6

Rushing G Att Yds Avg TD LP Ply TO TDR 2000 (UT) 7 23 (-18) — 0 9 162 767 5 2002 13 52 21 0.2 0 20 415 2,242 12 2003 2 3 5 1.7 0 12 27 185 2 Total 22 78 8 — 0 20 604 3,194 19 Total(GT) 15 55 26 0.5 0 20 442 2,427 14

CAREER HIGHS Pass Attempts: 59 vs. LSU, 2000 (at UT) Pass Completions: 37 vs. LSU, 2000 (at UT) Yards Passing: 319 vs. LSU, 2000 (at UT) TD Passes: 3 vs. LSU, 2000 (at UT) Long Pass: 68 vs. La.-Monroe (TD), 2000 (at UT)

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