 
#51 Liam Ezekiel Sr. LB 6'1 - 245 Arlington, MA (Arlington HS) Individual statistics |
| Football 2004 •TEAM PAGE | ROSTER | SCHEDULE | TEAM STATS |
 Ezekiel was an absolute terror in the middle of the defense during his four years at Northeastern. He was one of the toughest (played the last five weeks of 2002 with a broken thumb) and strongest (400-pound bench) players to ever don the Red and Black. NU’s all-time leading tackler, Ezekiel is the Huskies' first three-time All-American and four-time all-conference honoree.2004: Appeared in and started 10 games...earned a spot on the All-Atlantic 10 first team for the third straight year...received first team All-American honors from the Associated Press and second team All-American honors by the Sports Network...named a first team All-Star by the New England Football Writers and the ECAC...finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award...represent NU in the East-West Shrine Game in San Francisco, recording six tackles...led Atlantic 10 and was sixth in the nation in tackles per game (12.2); his 122 total tackles placed him fifth in the conference and fifth on the Huskies' all-time list...finished as NU's all-time leader in total tackles (489), which also placed him second in 1-AA history...tallied season-high 19 tackles (10 solo) and 1.5 sacks in victory over Villanova...registered season-high 11 solo tackles (17 total) against Harvard...had 15 tackles (seven solo) and added a forced fumble on Homecoming against New Hampshire. 2003: Started all 12 games...received first team All-America honors from the Associated Press and Sports Network...earned a spot on the All-Atlantic 10 first team for the second straight year...named a first team All-Star by the ECAC and New England Football Writers...took home A10 Co-Defensive Player of the Week honors after recording a season-high 17 tackles (10 solo) and returning an interception 40 yards against Massachusetts...finished fifth in the A10 and 12th in the nation in tackles per game (11.7)...made 140 tackles, second most in school history behind the 145 he put up in 2002...placed in a tie for ninth in the league in sacks (5.5)...registered double-digit tackles in the last 11 games of the season...posted a career-high two sacks against Rhode Island. 2002: Led the Atlantic 10 and was seventh in the nation with a school-record 145 tackles (11.2 per game)...named Sports Network third team All-America...first team All-A10...New England Football Writers All-Star...named A10 Defensive Player of the Week after recording career-high 22 tackles (one short of the NU game record) at Delaware...had 20 stops at William & Mary to become the first Husky to have two 20-tackle games in the same season...won James Thornton Memorial Award as Homecoming MVP after recording 15 tackles, a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries against Villanova...ran back first career interception 28 yards for a TD against James Madison...averaged 13.6 tackles over the last nine games of the season...had seven double-figure tackle games...won Chicken Lou Award as team’s most aggressive player...has 227 career tackles through just two years, only 20 shy of NU’s top 10. 2001: Named third team All-A10, the first NU player ever to earn All-Conference honors as a freshman...originally headed to play at IA West Virginia, decided to attend NU in summer of 2001...missed first two games, but played last nine...listed second on the team with 82 tackles, setting an NU freshman record...average of 9.1 tackles was the highest on the team and eighth-best in the conference...in first appearance as a Husky, stepped in for the injured Joe Gazzola and made 13 stops to lead NU to its first-ever win over Delaware...had season-high 15 tackles and a sack for a 15-yard loss to pace NU to its first A10 shutout ever, a 7-0 blanking of Richmond...forced two fumbles against Maine. High School: Lettered in football, basketball and track at Arlington High...made record 21 tackles in a single game and had 115 tackles in one season...finished high school career with a school-record 450 tackles...named Team MVP and a League All-Star as a sophomore, junior and senior...named All-State as a junior and senior...named All-Scholastic by the Boston Herald and Boston Globe...named to All-State select 22 team as a senior. Personal: Born Oct. 30, 1982...Criminal Justice major...grandfather played football at Wyoming...Class of 2006. |
| #51 Liam Ezekiel Statistics |
 TACKLES G UA A Total TFL-Yds PD FF FR Blkd 2001................ 9 43 39 82 9.0-33 5 2 0 0 2002................ 13 59 86 145 13.0-39 2 2 3 0 2003................ 12 62 78 140 10.5-43 5 2 1 0 2004................ 10 54 68 122 8.0-29 1 1 0 0 TOTAL............... 44 218 271 489 40.5-144 13 7 4 0 SACKS G UA A Total Yds 2001................ 9 3 0 3.0 21 2002................ 13 2 0 2.0 14 2003................ 12 4 3 5.5 23 2004................ 10 2 1 2.5 13 TOTAL............... 44 11 4 13.0 71 INTERCEPTIONS G No Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G 2001................ 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2002................ 13 1 28 1 28 28.0 2.2 2003................ 12 2 40 0 40 20.0 3.3 2004................ 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 TOTAL............... 44 3 68 1 40 22.7 1.5 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR Total Avg/G 2001................ 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2002................ 13 0 0 0 0 28 28 2.2 2003................ 12 0 0 0 0 40 40 3.3 2004................ 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TOTAL............... 44 0 0 0 0 68 68 1.5 SCORING G TD Rush Pass Retn PAT 2PAT FG Total Avg/G 2001................ 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2002................ 13 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.5 2003................ 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2004................ 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TOTAL............... 44 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.1 |
