The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Derry, Lokey added to East-West Shrine Game roster
01.16.2008 | Football
Former Longhorns LB Scott Derry and DT Derek Lokey have been added to the roster of the East-West Shrine Game, which will be played on Jan. 19 at the University of Houston's Robertson Stadium. The game will air live on ESPN2 at 6 p.m. Central. The duo joins DT Frank Okam who was already scheduled to participate in the game.
Derry just returned from the Hula Bowl, which took place on Jan. 12 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He recorded 12 tackles in the game, including six solo stops, despite his Kai team dropping a 38-7 decision to the Aina team, whose offense committed five turnovers to none for the Kai team.
Former Longhorns S Marcus Griffin, LB Robert Killebrew and WR Limas Sweed will also participate in various post-season All-Star games. Griffin and Sweed are headed to the Senior Bowl, while Killebrew is going to the Texas vs. the Nation All-Star Challenge.
Derry, a two-time honorable mention All-Big 12 performer and three-time first-team Academic All-Big 12 honoree, appeared in 37 career games, starting 23, and was versatile enough to play all three linebacker positions. He tallied 159 tackles, 15 TFL, two sacks, an INT, two PBU and two forced fumbles during his career. He finished fifth on the team in tackles in 2007 with 68 to go along with four TFL, an INT and a forced fumble.
Griffin, who earned first-team All-Big 12 and second-team Academic All-Big 12 honors in 2007, played in 49 career games, starting 23, and posted 231 tackles, three TFL, a sack, five INTs, eight PBU, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. He led the team in tackles (99) and INTs (five) in 2007 and also had five PBU, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.
Killebrew, who graduated with a degree in Kinesiology in December 2007, appeared in 49 games, starting 34, at strongside linebacker and notched 179 tackles, five sacks, 16 TFL, 17 pressures, two forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries. He finished 2007 with 57 tackles, two TFL and a sack and helped Texas rank eighth nationally in run defense (93.4 ypg).
Lokey is a first-team academic All-American and was named first-team All-Big 12 by the Austin American-Statesman and second-team All-Big 12 by the league's coaches in 2007. During the year, he notched 51 tackles, nine TFL, a sack and 13 pressures. For his career, Lokey posted 102 tackles, 18 TFL, three sacks, 30 pressures, three PBD and a fumble recovery in 43 games (21 starts). He helped led a UT defense that ranked eighth nationally in run defense (93.4 ypg) in 2007 and third (61.2 ypg) in 2006.
A third-team All-America selection in 2007, Okam finished his career with 160 tackles, 10 sacks, 28 TFL, 46 pressures, 12 PBD, a forced fumble and five fumble recoveries in 50 career games (39 starts). He posted career highs in 2007 with 52 tackles, five sacks, 11 TFL and 16 pressures in 2007 and anchored a UT defense that ranked eighth nationally in run defense (93.4 ypg) in 2007 and third (61.2 ypg) in 2006.
Sweed, who was a two-time All-Big 12 selection, finished his career with 124 receptions (No. 6 on UT's all-time list) for 1,915 yards (No. 5 on UT's all-time list) and 20 TDs (No. 2 on UT's all-time list) in 43 games (39 straight starts). Despite being hampered by a wrist injury for most of the season, which eventually forced him to miss the last seven games, Sweed still managed to post 19 receptions for 306 yards and three TDs. In 2006, Sweed led the team with 46 catches for 801 yards and 12 TDs, which tied UT's single-season record.
The 2008 Under Armour Senior Bowl, which is played in Mobile, Ala., will kickoff at 2 p.m. Central on January 26, and the game will be nationally televised by the NFL Network.
The 2nd Annual Texas vs. the Nation All-Star Challenge will be played on Feb. 2 at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas. It can be seen live on CSTV at 4 p.m. Central.
