Eric Gentry

HISTORY — From College Profile

CAREER: In his 2-year career (1 year at Arizona State and 1 year at USC), he has 116 tackles, including 9 for loss (with 3 sacks), 5 pass breakups, 3 QB hurries, 2 forced fumbles and 1 INT while appearing in 23 games with 12 starts. 

2023: Gentry will look to once again be a key contributor at inside linebacker as a junior in 2023. 

2022: Gentry contributed heavily to USC’s defense in his first year with the Trojans playing in 11 games (all but Arizona, California and Colorado) and making 9 starts. He racked up 71 tackles (3rd for USC), including 4 for loss of 19 yards, (with 2 sacks for loss of 15 yards). He also had 3 QB hurries, 2 forced fumbles, 3 pass breakups and 1 INT.

He racked up 7 tackles, including 0.5 for loss (with 0.5 sacks) against Rice. He accumulated 10 tackles at Stanford. He had 7 tackles, 1 QB hurry and 1 pass breakup against Fresno State. He tallied 8 tackles, including 0.5 for loss, 1 INT, 1 QB hurry and 1 pass breakup at Oregon State. He had 6 tackles, including 1.5 for loss (with 0.5 sack) against Arizona State and had 5 tackles with 1 QB hurry against Washington State. He recorded 9 tackles and 1 forced fumble at Utah. He had 9 tackles and 1 forced fumble against Notre Dame. He tallied 8 tackles, including 1.5 for loss (with 1 sack) in the Pac-12 Championship against Utah. He had 2 tackles and 1 pass breakup in the Cotton Bowl against Tulane.

ARIZONA STATE:  He was a 2021 consensus Freshman All-American first teamer (Football Writers, ESPN.com, Maxwell Football Club, Pro Football Focus, 24/7Sports.com. Pro Football Network) as a first-year freshman outside linebacker at Arizona State.  Overall in 2021, he had 45 tackles (sixth on the team), including 5 for losses of 18 yards (with a 12-yard sack), and 2 deflections while appearing in 12 games (and starting the final 3 games, versus Oregon State, Arizona and Wisconsin in the Las Vegas Bowl).  He had 5 tackles versus UCLA and Arizona (with a sack), 4 tackles at Oregon State, 3 tackles against Colorado and Washington State, 2 tackles versus Wisconsin and 1 stop against Southern Utah, BYU, Stanford and Utah.  He enrolled at Arizona State in January of 2021 after graduating a semester early from high school. 

HIGH SCHOOL:  He played linebacker and defensive end at Saints Neumann Goretti High in Philadelphia (Penn.).  He did not play his senior season, which was held in the spring of 2021 due to the COVID pandemic, instead graduating a semester early to enroll at Arizona State. 

As a 2019 junior, he had 15 sacks, 2 interceptions and 3 fumble recoveries on defense and 2 TD catches as a tight end on offense. 

He also played basketball at Saints Neumann Goretti as a 2019 sophomore. 

PERSONAL

He is majoring in American Popular Culture at USC.