Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR IN 2016
Second team All-Ohio Valley Conference … second team preseason All-OVC by CollegeSportsMadness … started all 11 games at cornerback … second on the team with 89 tackles, 50 of which were solo tackles … ranked eighth in the OVC with an average of 8.1 tackles per game … had one interception and five pass break-ups … posted 3.0 tackles for a loss … forced two fumbles and recovered one … only player on the team to return punts, finishing with an average of 5.3 yards on 17 returns … third in the OVC in punt return average … had 10 or more tackles in a game three times … finished with 11 tackles in the season-opener at Purdue (Sept. 3) … had 15 tackles at Tennessee Tech (Oct. 1) … registered 16 tackles at Tennessee-Martin (Oct. 29) … intercepted a pass against Pikeville (Sept. 8) and returned it 12 yards for a touchdown … forced a fumble at Purdue (Sept. 3) and against Southeast Missouri (Oct. 8) … longest punt return of the season was a 22-yarder at Austin Peay (Nov. 12).

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR IN 2015
Played in all 11 games … started three times at safety … tied for the team lead with three interceptions, two of which came in the end zone … seventh on the team with 43 tackles … had four pass break-ups … returned 11 punts for 79 yards, an average of 7.2 yards per return … had six tackles at North Carolina State (Sept. 12) … intercepted a pass in an overtime loss to Southeastern Conference opponent Kentucky (Oct. 3) … pick against the Wildcats came with 23 seconds left in the first half and ended a UK drive in EKU territory, keeping the Colonels within one, 7-6, at the break … intercepted a pass in the end zone against Tennessee State (Oct. 24) with EKU leading 10-0 in the second quarter … returned a punt for a season-high 38 yards late in the first half against Tennessee State, finishing with 53 yards on three punt returns … had a game-high 11 tackles against Tennessee-Martin (Nov. 7), tying for the most by a Colonel in 2015 … intercepted a pass in the end zone against Tennessee-Martin with the game tied 14-14 and 2:33 left in the second quarter, EKU scored on that possession and took a seven-point lead into the locker room at halftime … had six tackles at Murray State (Nov. 14) and eight tackles at Eastern Illinois (Nov. 21). 
 
AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE IN 2014
Started all 13 games at safety … finished third on the team with 84 tackles … recorded 17 tackles against Southeast Missouri on Oct. 25 … intercepted passes in back-to-back games (Southeast Missouri and Tennessee State) … finished the season with four pass breakups … recovered a fumble in overtime to help EKU defeat Eastern Illinois … had an 11 yard punt return against Morehead State on Sept. 13 … returned two kickoffs for 16 yards. 
 
AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN IN 2013
Saw action in 11 games while starting seven of the final eight games at left corner back … also utilized on kick returns … tied for third on the team with 6.0 tackles for loss … notched two tackles for loss in wins over Tennessee Tech (Oct. 19) and Southeast Missouri (Oct. 26) … recovered a fumble in the second quarter against Coastal Carolina on Sept. 14 … notched six stops and a forced fumble versus Tennessee State on Nov. 2 … posted a season-high eight tackles and one pass break-up versus Tennessee-Martin on Nov. 16. 
 
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2012
Redshirt season … switched from wide receiver to defensive back late in the fall.

HIGH SCHOOL
Louisville Courier-Journal second team all-state … first team all-district wide receiver, defensive back and kick returner (only player in 6A with that distinction) … played in the ‘Best of the Bluegrass’ All-Star game … also played two years of varsity basketball.

PERSONAL 
Son of Karen Northington and Carlos Tuck … born on Aug. 22, 1994.