36 Ryan Helton
36 Ryan Helton
Birth Date: 05/11/1989
Height: 6-0
Weight: 213
Year: Senior
Hometown: Tazewell, Tenn.
High School: Claiborne
Position: LB

2011: Preseason second team All-South Atlantic Conference selection.

2010: Recorded 45 tackles, 28 solo, in nine games at outside linebacker… Had a season high 14 tackles and a 15-yard fumble return for a touchdown against Lenoir-Rhyne (11/6)…Also had two interceptions, against Concordia (9/16) and UNC Pembroke (9/25)…Finished season with seven tackles in win over Tusculum (11/13). 

2009: Saw time in all 14 games at linebacker…Recorded 24 tackles, including four for a loss…Tallied three sacks and had one fumble recovery…Produced a season-high five tackles and one sack in C-N’s 24-21 playoff victory at top-seeded North Alabama (11/28).

2008: Saw limited action at running back...Had four carries for two yards.  

HIGH SCHOOL: Standout at Claiborne High School in New Tazewell, Tenn.  

PERSONAL: Son of Greg Helton and Linda Jeffers...Born May 11, 1989.