2015 Football Roster
Roster
Sean Bernard
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 236
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Wichita, Kan.
Returns after an injury-shortened freshman season to vie for time at linebacker for the Bears ... Logged 4 tackles, one for loss, and broke up a pass in the Maroon and White Spring Game (4/11/15).
2014: Earned a medical redshirt as a true freshman after suffering a season-ending injury in the third game of the season against North Dakota (9/13/14) ... Still finished 17th on the squad with 11 tackles, including a forced fumble, 2 TFLs and 5 solo stops ... Posted 5 total tackles in home win over North Dakota ... Had 3 solo tackles at Oklahoma State (9/6/14) ... Earned spot on Athletic Director's Honor Roll for fall 2014 semester.
High School: Capped a standout senior season with first-team Kansas 6A all-state selection for Joe Belden at Wichita (Kan.) North High ... Selected to play in the Kansas Shrine Bowl after earning all-metro and all-league laurels as a senior as well as Wendy's High School Heisman consideration ... Participated in the Army All-American Football Combine, Nike Football Training Camp and Rivals Under Armour Camp... Was a team captain his junior and senior seasons ... An injury shortened his junior campaign, but still managed average 10.0 tackles per game that season ... Led North High with a league-high 90 tackles as a sophomore ... Was also an all-conference basketball standout, averaging 11.2 points as a senior ... Part of winning three consecutive 6A sub-state basketball titles ... Was also a three -time state qualifier in the discus, finishing second in 2014 as well as placing sixth in the shot put ... Graduated with a 3.94 GPA.
Personal: Sean Leonard Bernard was born 8/23/95 in Hutchinson, Kan. ... Son of Tim and Nancy Bernard of Wichita, Kan. ... Has a brother, Jeremy, and a sister Aliyah ... Undecided on academic major.
