MSU Athletics

The Tackett File

Parents: Jimmy and Pam Taff

Birthday: July 12, 1990

Major: Criminal Justice

Honors

None

Statistics

2013 2012 2011 2010

At Midwestern State

Senior (2013)
- started all 10 games for the Mustangs at defensive end, recording 21 consecutive starts.
- ranked 12th on the MSU tackle chart with 21 stops on the season (2.1 per game).
- posted 1.5 quarterback sacks (-4 yards), all of his tackles for losses on the year.
- forced one fumble and recovered another for the Mustangs.
- collected five games of three tackles on the season, including the season opener against Tarleton State in the Lone Star Football Festival at AT&T Stadium wher he had a solo sack for a loss of three yards.
- fumble recovery in the Comcast SportsNet Houston regionally televised game against Texas A&M-Kingsville resulted in a Mustang field goal.

Junior (2012)
- started all 11 games for the Mustangs at defensive end.
- collected 22 tackles for the season (2.0 per game).
- notched 3.0 tackles for losses (-7 yards), including 1.0 quarterback sacks (-3 yards)
- best outing was the regionally televised game at No. 18 West Alabama on Oct. 4, 2012, with four tackles.
- had three other games with three tackles.
- got the quarterback sack at Texas A&M-Kingsville, his only tackle of the game.

Sophomore (2011)
-played in 10 games at defensive end for the Mustangs.
-recorded 15 total tackles, with eight solos.
-posted 2.0 tackles for losses (-4 yards) and three quarterback hurries.
-top game was Oct. 29, 2011 at Eastern New Mexico where he posted four tackles, including three solos, and a tackle for loss (-2 yards).
-chalked up three tackles in the NCAA Division II playoff loss to Northwest Missouri State on Nov. 26, 2011.

Redshirt Freshman (2010)
-appeared in each of MSU's 12 games making eight starts at defensive end.
-finished season with 14 tackles including two solo stops, 1.0 tackles for loss, half a sack and four quarterback hurries.
-made season-high five tackles with a half a sack at Abilene Christian on Oct. 9, 2010.
-started in collegiate debut while making one tackle at New Mexico Highlands on Sep. 2, 2010.

Freshman (2009)
-served redshirt season.


At Rider High School

-a three-year letterwinner and two-year starter at linebacker for coach Scott Ponder at Rider High School in Wichita Falls, Texas.
-garnered All-District 5-4A first-team honors at linebacker in of his junior and senior seasons.
-named to Wichita Falls Times Record News Red River 22 squad after senior season of 2008.
-third on the team with 54 tacles including four sacks, a forced fumble and three pass breakups during senior campaign.
-helped Raiders to a regional final appearance in 2007 and to the second round of the Texas Schoolboy Playoffs in 2008.
-part of three district championship teams at RHS.
-earned two letters and started one season at center on the basketball court.
-competed in the triple and high jumps and threw the discus as a freshman, sophomore and junior.


Did You Know?

-older sister, Bethany, competed in collegiate track and field at McMurry University.
-has two younger sisters - Caitlin (15) and Morgan (14).