Georgia Southern University Athletics

PREP: Atlanta Journal-Constitution All-State first team for Class AAAAA at linebacker who helped lead Ware County to the state championship game and 13-2 record… Named Region 3 AAAAA Player of the Year … Averaged more than 100 rushing yards and nearly two touchdowns per game as a senior… Finished 2012 with 1,760 yards on the ground and 29 rushing TDs… Added one touchdown reception off 12 catches to his totals… Rushed for 140 yards and scored all three of Ware County’s touchdowns in the semifinal playoff win over Northside Warner Robins… First touchdown vs. Northside was a 45-yard run… Snapped up fumble and returned it for a touchdown in playoff opener vs. Lakeside-Evans… Broke free for touchdown runs of 40 and 60-yards vs. Richmond Hill and a 61-yard score vs. Groves the next week… Rushed for three touchdowns vs. Brunswick early in the season…  Registered more than 110 tackles on defense during all-star season… Member of the class of 2013 that recorded 10 or more wins for the third straight year and reeled off 13 wins for the first time in Ware County history… Totaled 670 yards and eight touchdowns as a junior Gator in 2011… On the defensive side of the ball, registered 109 tackles with three sacks that same year at linebacker… Also had an interception and a blocked punt… Earned All-Region honors at linebacker as a junior… Played for Head Coach Ed Dudley, who was named 3AAAAA Coach of the Year for 2012 as Ware County won its first Region championship since 2007… Athletics Director at Ware County is Georgia Southern alum David Shields… Lonnie Adamson, also a Georgia Southern graduate, coaches the Gators’ ninth-grade football squad and defensive line… Tobler also competed in sprints and the 4X100m relay for the Track & Field team… Member of the A/B Honor Roll.

PERSONAL: Son of Joyce Tobler.