2017 Football Roster

60 Bruce Hector

  • Position Defensive Tackle
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 296
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Tampa, Fla.
  • High School Robinson HS

Biography

HECTOR'S CAREER HIGHS
Tackles         6, 3x, last vs. Tulsa (11/16/17)
Sacks           2.0, 3x, last vs. South Carolina, Birmingham Bowl (12/29/16)
TFL               3.0, 2x, last vs. South Carolina, Birmingham Bowl (12/29/16)
FF                 1, 2x, last at UConn (11/4/17)
PBU              1, at SMU (11/19/16)

USF CAREER: Played in 43 career games while making 24 starts...posted 18.0 career sacks (-119 yards) to rank tied for fourth all-time on the USF career sacks chart and fifth in career sack yardage...led or tied for the team lead in sacks in each of his final three seasons, posting a career-best 7.0 in his senior campaign...earned second team All-American Athletic Conference honors in his senior season...logged 90 tackles, 28.0 tackles for loss, three pass break-ups, two forced fumbles and a blocked kick on his career. 

2017: All-conference second team selection… selected to play in the 2018 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl at Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, Calif. ... ranks fourth on USF’s all-time sacks list with 18… one of 10 USF football players to graduate in the spring… totaled 38 tackles (26 solo), 13.0 tackles for loss and 7.0 sacks, along with a forced fumble, a blocked kick and a pass breakup while starting all 12 games…third season leading or tying for the team lead in sacks... second on the team in tackles for loss (13.0)...posted at least one tackle for loss in eight games and had two in four games… tied his career high with six tackles against Tulsa (11/16).

2016: Started all 13 games at defensive tackle…set career highs with 33 total tackles, 8.0 tackles for loss and 6.0 sacks... tied his career high with 6.0 tackles in the win over Navy (10/28)…posted a sack and 2.0 tackles for loss against FSU (9/24)…had 1.5 sacks against ECU (10/8) and SMU (11/19)... matched his career high with 2.0 sacks and 3.0 tackles for loss in the Birmingham Bowl win over South Carolina (12/29).

2015: Appeared in 12 games on the season…recorded 19 tackles, including 14 solo tackles…sixth on the team with seven tackles for loss and tied for the team lead with five sacks on the year…also recorded one pass break-up and one forced fumble……recorded a season-best six tackles, three tackles for loss and two sacks in a win over FAMU (9/5)...had three tackles, two tackles for loss and two sacks in a win over Cincinnati (11/20).

2014: Hector saw action in six games…lettered.

2013: A redshirt season.

ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Mike Depue at Robinson ... a versatile two-way lineman who was an all-state and two-time all-county selection ... posted 86 tackles and 6.5 sacks during his final two seasons ... a first-team 5A all-state selection by The Associated Press as a senior ... a first-team all-Suncoast and all-Hillsborough pick ... tallied 55 tackles, 3.5 sacks, nine TFL and a PBU ... led a defense that allowed less than 12 points per game ... helped the Knights to a 12-2 record and a berth in the state semifinals ... ranked 40th in the Tampa Bay Times' Top 100 entering his senior year ... an honorable mention all-Hillsborough selection as a junior ... posted 31 tackles and three sacks ... led Robinson to a 9-3 record and a trip to the regional semifinals ... played his first two varsity seasons at Gulf High School in New Port Richey, Fla. ... also lettered in basketball.

PERSONAL: Born in Tampa, Fla. ... son of Monica Lockett...graduated in spring of 2017 with a degree in health sciences. 

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Historical Player Information

  • 60

    2013Freshman

    Defensive Tackle
    6'2" 275 lbs
    60
  • 60

    2014Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive Tackle
    6'2" 296 lbs
    60
  • 60

    2015Sophomore

    Defensive Tackle
    6'2" 295 lbs
    60
  • 60

    2016Junior

    Defensive Tackle
    6'2" 296 lbs
    60
  • 60

    2017Senior

    Defensive Tackle
    6'2" 296 lbs
    60