Troy University Athletics
2025 Football Roster
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Cattledge, Steven

Jersey Number 2
Steven Cattledge
- Position:
- LB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 236
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Columbus, Miss.
- High School:
- Columbus HS
- Prev School:
- East Mississippi CC
Bio
2024 (RS-Junior): Played in 11-of-12 games (missed trip to Louisiana) as reserve linebacker and Spear … Finished season with 22 tackles and a half tackle for loss (Coastal Carolina) … Season-best five stops in victory over Florida A&M and added four in games against Texas Stat and Coastal Carolina … Had at least one tackle in 9-of-11 games played … Played 199 defensive snaps
2023 (Junior): Started Troy’s game against Duke in the 76 Birmingham Bowl … Played in just four games due to injury suffered against Kansas State in week two … Had four tackles and a tackle for loss against the Blue Devils … Recorded three tackles against App State in Troy’s SBC Championship Game victory; his first game back from injury
East Mississippi CC: Helped lead East Mississippi CC to a combined two-year record of 17-4, back-to-back MACCC playoff appearances, and consecutive No. 6 final rankings in the NJCAA Division I poll … Member of EMCC’s 2022 MACCC championship team … Tabbed 2022 All-MACCC/North Division First Team… Ranked as the nation’s No. 10 overall junior college recruit (#2 LB) by On3.com … As a sophomore, led NJCAA Division I with 120 total tackles, including 21 tackles for loss and 10 sacks … Also had an interception, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and two pass breakups on the year … Finalist for the 2022 Walter Jones Trophy, awarded annually to the nation’s top junior college player in NJCAA Division I football … Recorded 10 or more tackles in nine of 11 games played this past season … Registered at least one tackle for loss in nine games and had a hand in at least one QB sack in seven contests in 2022
High School: 2020 Bernard Blackwell Classic All-Star North Team member and MAC Class 5A All-State Second Team … Totaled 315 tackles during his junior and senior seasons combined for Columbus High School … Credited with 133 stops, including 16 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks as a senior … 2019 MAC Class 5A First Team choice as a junior after recording 182 total tackles on the year … High school and JUCO teammate with fellow signee Ethan Conner
Personal: Majoring in post-baccalaureate
2023 (Junior): Started Troy’s game against Duke in the 76 Birmingham Bowl … Played in just four games due to injury suffered against Kansas State in week two … Had four tackles and a tackle for loss against the Blue Devils … Recorded three tackles against App State in Troy’s SBC Championship Game victory; his first game back from injury
East Mississippi CC: Helped lead East Mississippi CC to a combined two-year record of 17-4, back-to-back MACCC playoff appearances, and consecutive No. 6 final rankings in the NJCAA Division I poll … Member of EMCC’s 2022 MACCC championship team … Tabbed 2022 All-MACCC/North Division First Team… Ranked as the nation’s No. 10 overall junior college recruit (#2 LB) by On3.com … As a sophomore, led NJCAA Division I with 120 total tackles, including 21 tackles for loss and 10 sacks … Also had an interception, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and two pass breakups on the year … Finalist for the 2022 Walter Jones Trophy, awarded annually to the nation’s top junior college player in NJCAA Division I football … Recorded 10 or more tackles in nine of 11 games played this past season … Registered at least one tackle for loss in nine games and had a hand in at least one QB sack in seven contests in 2022
High School: 2020 Bernard Blackwell Classic All-Star North Team member and MAC Class 5A All-State Second Team … Totaled 315 tackles during his junior and senior seasons combined for Columbus High School … Credited with 133 stops, including 16 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks as a senior … 2019 MAC Class 5A First Team choice as a junior after recording 182 total tackles on the year … High school and JUCO teammate with fellow signee Ethan Conner
Personal: Majoring in post-baccalaureate
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