Craig Loston
Craig Anthony Loston, Jr. (born December 21, 1989) is a former American football safety. He played college football at LSU, and signed with the Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2014.
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Position: | Safety | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Houston, Texas | December 21, 1989||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 209 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Eisenhower (TX) Houston | ||||||||||||
College: | Louisiana State | ||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2014 | ||||||||||||
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Early years
Loston attended Eisenhower High School in Houston, Texas, where he was a four-sport star in football, basketball, track and baseball. In track & field, he was timed at 10.4 seconds in the 100-meter dash.[1]
Regarded as a five-star recruit, Loston was ranked as the best safety in the country by Rivals.com.[2]
College career
Loston played in two games as a true freshman in 2009 before suffering an injury and being redshirted.[3] After spending 2010 and 2011 as a backup, he became a starter for the first time in 2012.[4] He finished the season with 55 tackles and three interceptions. He nearly declared for the 2013 NFL Draft, but returned for his senior season at LSU.[5]
Professional career
2014 NFL Combine
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand size | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
217 lb (98 kg) |
30 3⁄4 in (0.78 m) |
9 3⁄4 in (0.25 m) |
4.59 s | 12 reps | |||||||
All values from NFL Combine[6] |
Jacksonville Jaguars
Following the 2014 NFL Draft, Loston was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent. The Jaguars released Loston on August 29, 2014.[7] However, he was signed to the practice squad on August 31, 2014.[8]
Loston was promoted to the active roster on September 13, 2014. He was released on September 20 and re-signed to the practice squad on September 22. He was once again elevated to the active roster on September 29.
He was released on September 5, 2015.[9] He was signed to the practice squad on September 6, 2015. [10] On October 14, 2015, he was released. On October 20, 2015, Loston was signed to the practice squad, but was released one day later. On October 27, 2015, he was re-signed to the practice squad. On November 18, 2015, Loston was promoted to the active roster.
References
- https://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=824482
- Rivals.com
- Loston given '09 redshirt
- Getting healthy and staying on the field are strong motivation for LSU's Craig Loston
- LSU's Craig Loston chose another year of comfort at DBU over a chance at fast money
- http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/craig-loston?id=2543726
- "Cut day: C Mike Brewster, QBs Ricky Stanzi and Stephen Morris waived". Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- Jacksonville Jaguars announce initial 2014 practice squad
- Oehser, John (September 5, 2015). "Marks to active roster as Jaguars move to 53". Jaguars.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)