Craig Anthony Loston, Jr. (born December 21, 1989) is a former American football safety. He played college football at LSU, and signed with the Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2014.
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| Position: | Safety | ||||
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| Born: | December 21, 1989 Houston, Texas, U.S. | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 217 lb (98 kg) | ||||
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| High school: | Eisenhower (TX) Houston | ||||
| College: | Louisiana State | ||||
| Undrafted: | 2014 | ||||
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Early life
editLoston attended Eisenhower High School in Houston, Texas, where he was a four-sport star in football, basketball, track and baseball. In track & field, he was timed at 10.4 seconds in the 100-meter dash.[1]
Regarded as a five-star recruit, Loston was ranked as the best safety in the country by Rivals.com.[2]
College career
editLoston played in two games as a true freshman in 2009 before suffering an injury and being redshirted.[3] After spending 2010 and 2011 as a backup, he became a starter for the first time in 2012.[4] He finished the season with 55 tackles and three interceptions. He nearly declared for the 2013 NFL draft, but returned for his senior season at LSU.[5]
Professional career
edit2014 NFL Combine
edit| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | Bench press | |||||||
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| 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
217 lb (98 kg) |
30+3⁄4 in (0.78 m) |
9+3⁄4 in (0.25 m) |
4.59 s | 12 reps | |||||||
| All values from NFL Combine[6] | ||||||||||||
Jacksonville Jaguars
editFollowing the 2014 NFL draft, Loston was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent. The Jaguars released Loston on August 29, 2014.[7] However, he was signed to the practice squad on August 31, 2014.[8]
Loston was promoted to the active roster on September 13, 2014. He was released on September 20 and re-signed to the practice squad on September 22. He was once again elevated to the active roster on September 29.
He was released on September 5, 2015.[9] He was signed to the practice squad on September 6, 2015.[10] On October 14, 2015, he was released. On October 20, 2015, Loston was signed to the practice squad, but was released one day later. On October 27, 2015, he was re-signed to the practice squad. On November 18, 2015, Loston was promoted to the active roster.
References
edit- ^ https://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=824482
- ^ Rivals.com
- ^ Loston given '09 redshirt
- ^ Getting healthy and staying on the field are strong motivation for LSU's Craig Loston
- ^ LSU's Craig Loston chose another year of comfort at DBU over a chance at fast money
- ^ "Craig Loston Stats, News and Video - SS". NFL.com.
- ^ "Cut day: C Mike Brewster, QBs Ricky Stanzi and Stephen Morris waived". Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ^ Jacksonville Jaguars announce initial 2014 practice squad
- ^ Oehser, John (September 5, 2015). "Marks to active roster as Jaguars move to 53". Jaguars.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017.
- ^ "Jaguars sign eight to practice squad". Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
External links
edit- Jacksonville Jaguars bio
- LSU Tigers bio Archived December 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine