Northeastern State University Athletics

NORTHEASTERN STATE – A two-time letterwinner . . . has played in 19 career games with one start . . . owns 22 career tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and one fumble recovery . . . made a career-high four stops against Central Oklahoma (Nov. 16, 2013) . . . took a redshirt as a true freshman . . . named to the 2012 and 2013 MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
 
Junior (2014) – Played in all 11 games and earned a start against Central Oklahoma . . . ended with 16 tackles and 3.0 TFL’s . . . recovered a fumble against Central Missouri . . . had at least one tackle in every game, which included a season-best three against Missouri Southern State . . . finished with 2.0 TFL’s in the season finale against Lindenwood.
 
Sophomore (2013) – Competed in six games, including the final four contests of the season . . . finished the year with six tackles, including four in the season finale against Central Oklahoma . . . made two stops against Central Missouri . . . had 1.5 tackles for loss . . . named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.

Redshirt Freshman (2012) – Appeared in the first two games of the season . . . missed the final eight games of the year . . . was a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.

Freshman (2011) – Redshirted.
 
High School – Played for two seasons at Prince of Peace Christian School . . . named a Lutheran High School All-American linebacker senior year . . . competed in the Dallas-Fort Worth All-Star game . . . named all-state and all-district senior year . . . was honored as the school’s male athlete of the year and the team’s offensive newcomer of the year . . . was the team defensive MVP as a junior . . . played football and wrestled at Wakeland High School freshman and sophomore years.
 
Personal – Major is undecided . . . son of Ken and Diane Culbertson . . . born Sept. 3, 1992.