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2012 Football Roster

25 Alex Vitkauskas

  • Position DB
  • Class Senior
  • Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 202
  • Hometown Tinley Park, Ill.
  • High School Chicago-St. Rita

Biography

2012:  Started all 10 games at free safety…third on the team in tackles with 62 (53 solo, 9 assisted), including four tackles-for-loss…returned two fumble recoveries for touchdowns, one for 23 yards in the Sept. 1 Adrian game and the other for two yards in the Sept. 22 Lakeland contest…intercepted one pass and broke up two others…recovered three fumbles and blocked one kick.

2011:  Played in all 10 games and made six starts at strong safety…team’s seventh-leading tackler with 35 (26 solo, 9 assisted), including two tackles-for-loss…intercepted three passes…named CCIW “Football Defensive Player of the Week” after intercepting two passes in the Sept. 10 Lakeland game and returning the first one 38 yards for a touchdown…broke up two passes and recovered one fumble.

2010:  Played in nine-of-10 games and started the last six games of the season…collected 31 tackles (24 solo, 7 assisted), including a tackle-for-loss…broke up one pass.

2009:  Played in three games and credited with one tackle.

High School:  Team leader in interceptions his junior year on an 11-3 team that won the Chicago Prep Bowl…his sophomore-year team went 13-1 and won an Illinois High School Association Class 7A state championship, and his senior-year squad went 10-2 and reached the quarterfinals…coached by Todd Kuska…member of the baseball team his junior year…National Honor Society member and honor student.

Personal:  Business administration major…named to the fall 2012 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 11, 1990.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2009Freshman

    Defensive Back
    6'2" 183 lbs
  • 8

    2010Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    6'1" 188 lbs
    8
  • 25

    2011Junior

    Strong Safety
    6'2" 200 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2012Senior

    Defensive Back
    6'1" 202 lbs
    25