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George Linberger rushed for a game-high and career-high 132 yards. (Photo Courtesy of Matt Huston)
George Linberger

36 George Linberger

  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    225
  • Year:
    Fr.
  • Hometown:
    Barberton
  • High School:
    St. Vincent-St. Mary
  • Position:
    RB
gp 10
yds 589
yds/g 58.9
td 8

2023

  • Appeared in all 10 games
  • Led the team and was seventh in Ohio Athletic Conference with 116 carries 
  • Led the squad and was sixth in Ohio Athletic Conference with eight rushing touchdowns
  • Second on the team and was eighth in Ohio Athletic Conference wuth 589 yards
  • Caught nine passes for 113 yards with a long of 29

2022 (at NCAA Division I Youngstown State University)

  • Did not appear in a varsity game
  • Given a redshirt year
  • Academic All-Missouri Valley selection
  • Dean's List student

High School

  • Competed in baseball, football, track and field and wrestling
  • President's List student
  • Manhood Award winner
  • Student-Athlete Award recipient

Personal

  • Chemistry major
  • Son of George and Angel Linberger 
This page was last updated on December 13, 2023
Recent Games
Sep 30 Marietta L, 42-21
Oct 14 at Muskingum W, 34-22
Oct 21 at Otterbein W, 24-0
Oct 28 Capital W, 59-35
Nov 4 Heidelberg W, 24-21
Nov 11 at #2 Mount Union L, 41-17
Statistics category Overall Conf
Rushes 116 107
Yards 589 565
Yards per game 58.9 62.8
Yards per rush 5.1 5.3
Touchdowns 8 8
Fumbles 1 1
Fumbles lost 1 1
Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 2 Mount St. Joseph L, 46-33 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 Wilmington W, 61-25 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 #17 John Carroll L, 30-7 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 at Ohio Northern W, 31-21 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 Marietta L, 42-21 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 at Muskingum W, 34-22 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Otterbein W, 24-0 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Capital W, 59-35 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 Heidelberg W, 24-21 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 at #2 Mount Union L, 41-17 - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 2 Mount St. Joseph L, 46-33 9 24 2.7 8 0 - -
Sep 9 Wilmington W, 61-25 19 102 5.4 18 0 - -
Sep 16 #17 John Carroll L, 30-7 12 37 3.1 10 1 - -
Sep 23 at Ohio Northern W, 31-21 22 132 6.0 23 1 - -
Sep 30 Marietta L, 42-21 6 32 5.3 21 0 - -
Oct 14 at Muskingum W, 34-22 9 35 3.9 13 1 - -
Oct 21 at Otterbein W, 24-0 9 37 4.1 16 0 - -
Oct 28 Capital W, 59-35 10 88 8.8 20 2 - -
Nov 4 Heidelberg W, 24-21 16 82 5.1 18 2 1 1
Nov 11 at #2 Mount Union L, 41-17 4 20 5.0 20 1 - -
Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 2 Mount St. Joseph L, 46-33 1 29 29.0 29 0 - -
Sep 9 Wilmington W, 61-25 1 21 21.0 21 0 - -
Sep 16 #17 John Carroll L, 30-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 23 at Ohio Northern W, 31-21 1 5 5.0 5 0 - -
Sep 30 Marietta L, 42-21 1 23 23.0 23 0 - -
Oct 14 at Muskingum W, 34-22 - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Otterbein W, 24-0 2 9 4.5 10 0 - -
Oct 28 Capital W, 59-35 - - - - - - -
Nov 4 Heidelberg W, 24-21 - - - - - 1 1
Nov 11 at #2 Mount Union L, 41-17 3 26 8.7 18 0 - -
Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 2 Mount St. Joseph L, 46-33 - - - - - 0
Sep 9 Wilmington W, 61-25 - - - - - 0
Sep 16 #17 John Carroll L, 30-7 - - - - - 0
Sep 23 at Ohio Northern W, 31-21 - - - - - 0
Sep 30 Marietta L, 42-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 14 at Muskingum W, 34-22 - - - - - 0
Oct 21 at Otterbein W, 24-0 - - - - - 0
Oct 28 Capital W, 59-35 - - - - - 0
Nov 4 Heidelberg W, 24-21 - - - - - 0
Nov 11 at #2 Mount Union L, 41-17 - - - - - 0
Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 2 Mount St. Joseph L, 46-33 - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 Wilmington W, 61-25 - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 #17 John Carroll L, 30-7 - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 at Ohio Northern W, 31-21 - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 Marietta L, 42-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 at Muskingum W, 34-22 - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Otterbein W, 24-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Capital W, 59-35 - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 Heidelberg W, 24-21 - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 at #2 Mount Union L, 41-17 - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 2 Mount St. Joseph L, 46-33 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 Wilmington W, 61-25 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 #17 John Carroll L, 30-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 at Ohio Northern W, 31-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 Marietta L, 42-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 at Muskingum W, 34-22 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Otterbein W, 24-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Capital W, 59-35 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 Heidelberg W, 24-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 at #2 Mount Union L, 41-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 2 Mount St. Joseph L, 46-33 1 24 29 - - 53
Sep 9 Wilmington W, 61-25 1 102 21 - - 123
Sep 16 #17 John Carroll L, 30-7 1 37 - - - 37
Sep 23 at Ohio Northern W, 31-21 1 132 5 - - 137
Sep 30 Marietta L, 42-21 1 32 23 - - 55
Oct 14 at Muskingum W, 34-22 1 35 - - - 35
Oct 21 at Otterbein W, 24-0 1 37 9 - - 46
Oct 28 Capital W, 59-35 1 88 - - - 88
Nov 4 Heidelberg W, 24-21 1 82 - - - 82
Nov 11 at #2 Mount Union L, 41-17 1 20 26 - - 46
Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 2 Mount St. Joseph L, 46-33 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 9 Wilmington W, 61-25 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 16 #17 John Carroll L, 30-7 6 1 - - - - - - - 0 0 0
Sep 23 at Ohio Northern W, 31-21 6 1 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 30 Marietta L, 42-21 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 14 at Muskingum W, 34-22 6 1 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 21 at Otterbein W, 24-0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 28 Capital W, 59-35 12 2 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 4 Heidelberg W, 24-21 12 2 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 11 at #2 Mount Union L, 41-17 6 1 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 2 Mount St. Joseph L, 46-33 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 Wilmington W, 61-25 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 #17 John Carroll L, 30-7 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 23 at Ohio Northern W, 31-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 Marietta L, 42-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 at Muskingum W, 34-22 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Otterbein W, 24-0 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Capital W, 59-35 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 Heidelberg W, 24-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 at #2 Mount Union L, 41-17 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Total 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 9 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
Home 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
Wins 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
September 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Total 10 116 589 58.9 5.1 8 23 1 1
Conference 9 107 565 62.8 5.3 8 23 1 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 6 72 365 60.8 5.1 5 21 1 1
Away 4 44 224 56.0 5.1 3 23 - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 6 85 476 79.3 5.6 6 23 1 1
Losses 4 31 113 28.3 3.6 2 21 - -
-
September 5 68 327 65.4 4.8 2 23 - -
October 3 28 160 53.3 5.7 3 20 - -
November 2 20 102 51.0 5.1 3 20 1 1
  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Total 10 9 0.9 113 11.3 12.6 0 29
Conference 9 8 0.9 84 9.3 10.5 0 23
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
-
Home 6 3 0.5 73 12.2 24.3 0 29
Away 4 6 1.5 40 10.0 6.7 0 18
Neutral - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 6 4 0.7 35 5.8 8.8 0 21
Losses 4 5 1.3 78 19.5 15.6 0 29
-
September 5 4 0.8 78 15.6 19.5 0 29
October 3 2 0.7 9 3.0 4.5 0 10
November 2 3 1.5 26 13.0 8.7 0 18
  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Total 10 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 9 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
-
Home 6 - - - - - - - 0
Away 4 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
-
Wins 6 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 4 - - - - - - - 0
-
September 5 - - - - - - - 0
October 3 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0
  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 9 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 6 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 6 - - - - - - - -
Losses 4 - - - - - - - -
-
September 5 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -
  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
-
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
-
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -
  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Total 10 589 113 - - 702 70.2
Conference 9 565 84 - - 649 72.1
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
-
Home 6 365 73 - - 438 73.0
Away 4 224 40 - - 264 66.0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
-
Wins 6 476 35 - - 511 85.2
Losses 4 113 78 - - 191 47.8
-
September 5 327 78 - - 405 81.0
October 3 160 9 - - 169 56.3
November 2 102 26 - - 128 64.0
  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Total 48 4.8 8 0 - - - - - - 0 0
Conference 48 5.3 8 0 - - - - - - 0 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
-
Home 30 5.0 5 0 - - - - - - 0 0
Away 18 4.5 3 0 - - - - - - 0 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
-
Wins 36 6.0 6 0 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 12 3.0 2 0 - - - - - - 0 0
-
September 12 2.4 2 0 - - - - - - 0 0
October 18 6.0 3 0 - - - - - - - 0
November 18 9.0 3 0 - - - - - - 0 0
  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Total 10 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conference 9 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
Home 6 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Away 4 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 6 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 4 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-
September 5 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
October 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 2 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Linberger action photo 1 George Linberger rushed for a game-high and career-high 132 yards. (Photo Courtesy of Matt Huston)