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21  Tom Wort Class: Junior Hometown: New Braunfels, Texas High School: New Braunfels HS Height / Weight: 6-0 / 229 Position: LB

2010
Started the first nine games at middle linebacker ... second team Freshman All-American by Rivals, Phil Steele and CollegeFootballNews.com ... had a career-high 10 tackles vs. Texas including two for loss and one sack ... second among the linebackers for tackles on the season ... his season sack total is the No. 5 by a linebacker in the Stoops era .. at least seven tackles in five games ... had sacks against Florida State, Texas, Iowa State, Texas A&M and Baylor.

2009
Enrolled in the spring of 2009 ... redshirted after suffering season-ending injury during fall camp.

High School
SuperPrep All-American ... PrepStar All-American top 250 nationally ... 2008 First team all-class, all-star "Super Team' compiled by Texas Football Magazine ... Texas all-state honorable mention ... No. 14 player in Rivals' Texas Top 100 ... Selected to participate in the ESPN Under Armor all-star game ... clocked at 4.45 in the forty ... bench presses 315, squats 405 and power cleans 275 ... recorded 213 tackles of which 118 were unassisted in his Junior Season (2007)... despite playing in only seven games in 2008, recorded 62 tackles and had two interception returns for touchdowns ... had over 200 total tackles as a junior adding 15 tackles for loss, four sacks, three interceptions and one interception returned for a touchdown as a junior ... clocked at 4.45 in the 40.

• No. 3 inside linebacker (ESPN)
• No. 5 weak-side linebacker prospect (Scout.com)
• No. 7 inside linebacker and ranked No. 117 nationally (Rivals.com)
• No. 12 player in the Southwest region (SuperPrep)
• No. 13 linebacker (SuperPrep)
• No. 57 prospect nationally (Emfinger)
• No. 86 nationally (ESPN)

Personal
Moved to the U.S. from England in junior high and began playing football shortly after ... spent time working as a lifeguard in high school ... sociology major.