Arizona: 3L... Turner will be expected to provide senior leadership up front in 2008 as the most experienced lineman and three-year starter... Six starts in 2007 and 25 total in his career... Notched 3.5 sacks among 25 tackles as a junior, plus knocked down three passes... Season and career-high five tackles in victory at Washington... Two TFL against NAU... Recorded 17 tackles including two for losses in 2006... Season- and career-high four hits in victory at Stanford... Expected to anchor one of the defensive end positions in 2006 after a solid redshirt freshman year... Exemplifies many players' physical improvement since arrival... Started 10 of 11 appearances in 2005... Earned third-team Freshman All-America honors from The Sporting News... Finished with 27 tackles, four for losses and 1.5 sacks, plus broke up a pass and forced a fumble... Had season-best four tackles in three different games including four solo stops at OSU... Turner signed with Arizona in late summer before 2004 camp... Made a strong showing in early camp and played in the Wisconsin and Washington State games before an injury put him on the sidelines... Was awarded a medical hardship season.
High School: Corona, Calif., High School, 2003... Originally signed with USC in Feb. 2003, but did not enroll... Earned SuperPrep All-Farwest, SuperPrep All-West, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, Riverside Press-Enterprise All-county and Mountain View League first-team honors as a senior linebacker and running back... Rushed for 1,083 yards and 14 scores on offense and posted 130 tackles and 7.5 sacks, with six forced fumbles in senior year... All-county honors from the Press-Enterprise as a junior, and all-MVL defensive most valuable player with 115 tackles.
Personal: Academic major is sociology... Date of birth: Feb. 6, 1985.
Turner's Career Totals
Year G-GS UT AT TT TFL Other
2004 2-0 Medical Redshirt year
2005 11-10 13 14 27 4-21 1.5 SK, PBU, FF
2006 11-9 7 11 18 2-7
2007 12-6 15 10 25 4.5-22 3.5 SK, 3 PBU
Total 36-25 35 35 70 10.5 5 SK, 4 PBU, FF
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