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2018 Football Roster

14 Paul Manus

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Ht./Wt. 5-10 / 195
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Claremont, Calif.
  • Prev School Claremont HS (College of the Sequoias)
  • Major Business/Marketing

Biography

At Midwestern State

Individual Awards

D2CCA All-Super Region Four (1): 2018 (1st)
Don Hansen Football Gazette (1): 2018 (3rd)
All-Lone Star Conference (1): 2018 (1st)
LSC Defensive Player of the Week (2): 9/10/18, 11/12/18

Senior (2018)

earned D2CCA All-Super Region Four first-team honors as a safety... a first-team All-Lone Star Conference performer as an outside linebacker... played in 10 games making eight starts at rover... ranked third on the team with 48 tackles including 26 solo stops... led Mustangs with eight tackles for loss including three quarterback sacks... led team with five interceptions and broke up three passes for eight total passes defended... ranked 19th in NCAA Division II and second in the LSC in interceptions per game (0.5)... earned LSC Defensive Player of the Week honors making seven tackles with two interceptions returning one of the for a 59-yard touchdown in a 38-17 win over No. 2 West Florida (9/8)... gained LSC Defensive Player of the Week for a second time intercepting two passes and making four interceptions while sealing a 24-23 win over West Texas A&M with a sack on a two-point conversion attempt in overtime (11/10)... made season-high 12 tackles in a 31-23 win at Eastern New Mexico (9/29)... made six tackles including two for loss with a quarterback sack while also returning an interception for 24 yards in a 57-36 win against Angelo State (9/22)... made five tackles including a sack for a 12-yard loss in a 43-21 win at UT Permian Basin (9/15)... made five tackles with a sack against No. 8 Tarleton State (10/27)...

Redshirt Junior (2017)

played in 11 games as a reserve safety and on special teams... logged 17 tackles including 12 solo stops, two tackles for loss and a sack... intercepted a pass and broke up two others for three pass defenses... credited for blocking two kicks... made three tackles with a sack while breaking up a pass and blocking a kick in a season opening 53-6 win over Quincy (Ill.) (8/31)... made three stops with a tackle for loss in a Lone Star Conference title clinching 56-43 win at Eastern New Mexico (11/11)... logged two tackles against Western New Mexico (9/30), Texas A&M-Commerce (10/7), West Texas A&M (10/21) and Minnesota State (11/25)... also blocked a kick in a 45-42 overtime win over Tarleton State (11/4)...

Junior (2016)

served redshirt season... made four solo tackles playing on the Maroon squad in MSU's 2017 Spring Game...

At College of the Sequoias

Sophomore (2015)

hard-hitting safety played 10 games for the Giants at the College of the Sequoias in Visalia, Calif... fourth on the team with 41 tackles with 10.5 tackles for loss, four forced fumbles and five recoveries... also effective against the pass recording six pass breakups and one interception... had season-high nine tackles with two sacks -- one for a safety -- in a 33-16 win at Foothill College (9/5)... notched four tackles with another sack for a 16-yard loss with three tackles for loss while forcing and recovering a fumble in a 53-21 win over Feather River (9/12)...

At Citrus College

Freshman (2014)

played in five games as a reserve safety at Citrus College in Glendora, Calif... recorded nine tackles and broke up two passes while returning two kicks for 36 yards... made season-best four tackles and broke up a pass against Chaffey College (10/25)...

At Claremont High School

three-year letterwinner for coach Mike Collins at Claremont (Calif.) High School... earned All-Sierra League honors at defensive back while also garnering team MVP accolades his junior year... served as team captain for two seasons...

Personal

son of Damon and Clatrice Smith... born May 24, 1996...

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016Junior

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 190 lbs
  • 27

    2017Junior

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 192 lbs
    27
  • 14

    2018Senior

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 195 lbs
    14