Kenneth Boley

Kenneth Boley

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Elkmont, Ala.

High School:
Elkmont

Last College:
Southern Mississippi

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 232

Position:
Linebacker

Birthdate:
03/30/1981

Experience:
1L

2005 (Junior): Played in all 11 games for SFA, earning six starts ...Finished fifth on the team with 47 tackles, including 16 solo stops ... Recorded 5.5 tackles for a loss, 1.0 sack, recovered two fumbles and forced one ... Registered a career-high 10 tackles, including two for a loss, and a sack against No. 21 UC Davis ... Posted an eight-tackle effort, including one for a loss the week earlier against Southeastern Louisiana ...Registered three tackles in the victory at Southern Utah ... Also blocked a punt that he recovered and returned 17 yards for a touchdown at SUU.

Southern Mississippi: Played in three games in 2004, before sustaining a season-ending shoulder injury in a game against TCU ... Selected defensive "Tomorrow's Team Player of the Week" by the coaching staff for the Nebraska and Alabama games and for special teams for the South Florida game.

High School: Four-year starter ... All-state defensive end ... Three-year all-county and all-area ... Had 165 tackles, 22 sacks and 35 tackles for loss in final two seasons ... Lettered four years in basketball ... Received U.S. Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award.

Personal: Son of Kenneth Boley Sr., and Marilyn Pointer ... Born March 30, 1981, in Gasden, Ala. ... Served three years in the United States Army where he fought in the Afghanistan War in "Operation Enduring Freedom" ... Rank of Specialist ... Received the Army Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Army Service Medal, Combat Infantry Badge and Air Assault Badge ... Also is a Combined Life Saver Trainer ... Has also served in the U.S. National Guard ... Brother, Michael, currently plays for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons ... Is a nursing and kinesotherapy major.