Chad Long

Height:
6-0
Weight:
200
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Clyde, Ohio
High School:
Clyde

2000: Started all 11 games ... registered 88 tackles (62 solo) ... second on team in that department ... recorded double-digit stops in four games (Michigan, Kent State, Miami, Ohio) ... had two takeaways and three pass-breakups ... named defensive MVP against Miami and UB ... earned special teams honors against Miami ... also served as the team's punt returner in the last six games of the season ... had a season-best 17-yard return against Marshall. 1999: Started all 11 games ... led the team in tackles with 111 ... had a season-high 16 tackles against Marshall ... recorded 14 more stops against Akron ... forced a fumble against Central Florida ... had four punt returns for 31 yards. 1998: Started all 11 games, the first three at free safety and the last eight at strong safety ... second on the team with 93 tackles ... was named to the Football News national all-freshman team ... had at least five tackles in every game ... had a high of 11 tackles in the Penn State, Ohio, and Toledo contests ... also had two tackles for a loss, three fumble recoveries, and two forced fumbles ... blocked a point-after try in the PSU game. 1997: Saw action in the first game of the season as the fifth defensive back against Louisiana Tech seeing action in 28 plays ... started the second and third games of the season (Miami and Ohio State) at free safety ... broke his right thumb in the OSU game and sat out the rest of the year, earning a medical hardship season ... was credited with 12 tackles in the three games he played with a high of five in Columbus. At Clyde H.S: Three-year letterwinner for coach Bob Bishop ... started all three seasons in the secondary and his final two seasons at tailback ... was the Division III Defensive Player of the Year in the state as a senior making 107 tackles ... was the Northwest Ohio District Defensive P-O-Y for a second successive season as a senior ... rushed for 671 yards on 145 carries (4.6 avg.) as a senior earning second-team All-Sandusky Bay Conference honors ... was a first-team all-league selection both ways his junior season helping the Fliers to a 13-1 record and their first state football title ... rushed for 1,212 yards on 233 carries (5.2 avg.) as a junior ... had a school-record 13 interceptions as a sophomore, helping Clyde to a 12-2 record and a state runner-up finish ... also rushed for 649 yards on 109 carries (6.0 avg.) ... established school records for tackles (298) and interceptions (20) in a career ... rushed for 2,532 yards on 487 carries (5.2 avg.) in his career while averaging 11.3 yards on 66 punt returns with three touchdowns ... scored 28 touchdowns in his career and six two-pointers ... also caught 52 passes for 680 yards (13.1 avg.) in his career ... was also one of the top wrestlers in the state qualifying for the state meet all four seasons ... was the state runner-up each of his final two seasons with his only loss in the title match. Personal: An integrated social studies major ... son of Gary and Cathy Long ... born Nov. 4, 1977 ... brother, Ray, was a two-time NAIA All-American linebacker at University of Findlay.

Long[apos]s Career Scorecard

Year    Solo    Ast.   Total     TFL    Int.     FR     FF
2000      62      26      88     3/5       1      1      2
1999      81      30     111     1/1       0      1      1
1998      66      27      93    2/10       0      3      2
1997       6       6      12     0/0       0      0      0
Career   215      89     304    6/16       1      5      5