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SOUTHERN UTAH THUNDERBIRDS
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2024 Football Roster

72 Lyle Santos

  • Position Offensive Line
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 300
  • Hometown Las Vegas, NV
  • Highschool Arbor View High School

Biography

2024 | Redshirt Senior

  • Named Preseason Phil Steele 1st Team All-UAC
  • Finished Career with 47 starts, 3,151 total snapsand allowed only one sack in 1767 pass blocking snaps
  • Received an 85.1 pass blocking grade this seasons per PFF (Ranked 40th on pass blocking among all 583 FBS and FCS Guards)
  • Voted as team captain
  • Started all 12 game for the Thunderbirds
  • Named 1st Team All-UAC
  • Named to the Phil Steele 1st Team All-UAC
  • Anchored the O-Line that blocked for the FCS leading rusher Targhee Lambson who broke the program's single season rushing record with 1,922 yards

2023 | Redshirt Junior

  • Preseason First Team All-UAC
  • Preseason Bluebloods First Team All Conference
  • Preseason Phil Steele Second Team All Conference
  • Started 9 Games for the Thunderbirds
  • Voted as Team Captain
  • Team allowed just nine sacks on the year, the best for a Thunderbird team in a complete season since 2015.
  • The line’s 9 sacks allowed on the season were the best in the conference and tied for 7th in the country among FCS teams
  • Phil Steele 3rd Team All-UAC
  • FCS Football Central 2nd Team All-UAC

2022 | Redshirt Sophomore

  • Started 10 games including 5 at right guard and 5 at center
  • Selected as a Team Captain
  • WAC 1st Team All-Conference
  • Phil Steele All-WAC 2nd Team
  • Bluebloods 1st Team All-Conference

2021 | Redshirt Freshman

  • Started all 11 games at right guard for the Thunderbirds

Spring 2021:

  • Started five games at right guard for Southern Utah, and played in all six games

2019 | Redshirt Season

  • Did not participate

Prep:

  • Part of the first team All-Conference

Personal:

  • Favorite movie is 21 Jump Street
  • Favorite sport besides football is UFC 

Statistics

Season:
2024

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 72

    2019Freshman

    Offensive Line
    6'3" 275 lbs
    72
  • 72

    2020-21Redshirt Freshman

    Offensive Line
    6'3" 300 lbs
    72
  • 72

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    Offensive Line
    6'3" 300 lbs
    72
  • 72

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    Offensive Line
    6'3" 300 lbs
    72
  • 72

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Offensive Line
    6'3" 300 lbs
    72
  • 72

    2024Redshirt Senior

    Offensive Line
    6'3" 300 lbs
    72