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2023 Football Roster

52 Zyier Thornton

  • Position OLB
  • Ht./Wt. 6-3 / 255
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Los Angeles, Calif.
  • High School Lynwood HS
  • Previous School Cerritos College

Biography

2022 (Sophomore at Cerritos College)
Totaled 36 tackles and four sacks on the season ... Notched a season-high seven stops on October 15 against Chaffey ... Notched 2.0 tackles for loss in his debut at Pasadena City ... Forced a fumble on October 22 at El Camino ... Recorded eight straight games with at least one tackle ... Helped lead Cerritos to an 8-3 record and 3-2 mark in conference play ... Notched a 35-28 victory in the Western State Bowl over Long Beach City. 

2021 (Freshman at Los Angeles Harbor College) 
Played in eight games and finished with 14 tackles (11 solo)… Also had three quarterback sacks, three tackles for loss, a forced fumble, fumble recovery and broke up a pass… Had a season-high four tackles against Citrus College and posted a pair of sacks against Orange Coast College

Personal
Transferred to NM State from Cerritos College in California where he earned Second Team All-Central League ... Has two brothers - Darrell and Michael ... Cousin, Dionte Thornton, plays cornerback for Boise State

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Junior

    Outside Linebacker
    6'4" 240 lbs
  • 52

    2023Junior

    Outside Linebacker
    6'3" 255 lbs
    52