Weber State University Athletics
2021 Spring Football Roster
George Tarlas
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 260
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Chalkida, Greece
- High School:
- Borah (Boise, ID)
George played in 45 career games in three seasons at Weber State. He was a three-time All-Big Sky performer. He finished his Wildcat career with 120 tackles, 24.5 tackles for loss and 19 sacks. He also had two interceptions.
2021 (Junior)
Earned second-team All-Big Sky honors…Played in all 11 games and was second on the Wildcat team in tackles with 54 for an average of 4.9 per game…Recorded 7.5 tackles for loss and had five sacks…Had eight tackles and a sack in WSU’s win at Dixie State…Also had seven tackles against Montana State and Porltand State...Had two sacks in a win at Cal Poly…Also had four forced fumbles and four quarterback hurries…Earned Big Sky Academic All-Conference honors in Professional Sales.
Spring 2021
Played in all six games during the spring season, helping Weber State to a fourth straight Big Sky Championship…Earned All-Big Sky honors for the second straight season, after being named to the second team…Finished seventh in the Big Sky in sacks with 2.5 on the season and was 11th in tackles for loss with 4.5...Totaled 24 tackles on the year, including 14 solo tackles...Had a season-high eight tackles in Weber State’s epic win over Northern Arizona...Also had two tackles for loss and one sack in the win at Southern Utah...Finished the season with three quarterback hurries and one pass breakup.
Played in all 15 games for the Wildcats during Weber State’s historic season, helping WSU win a third-straight Big Sky title and advance to the FCS Semifinals…Earned third-team All-Big Sky Conference honors and finished second on the team and fourth in the Big Sky in sacks with nine...Had a season-high six tackles with two sacks and two forced fumbles in a win at Idaho and was named the Big Sky Player of the Week...Also had two sacks in a win over Northern Arizona...Finished eighth in the conference in forced fumbles with three...Had two interceptions in Weber State’s FCS Playoff win over Montana...Also had three pass breakups on the year and totaled 31 tackles, including 26 solo tackles...Earned Big Sky Academic All-Conference honors in Professional Sales.
2018 (R-Freshman)
Saw action in all 13 games for the Wildcats, helping Weber State to a second-straight Big Sky title and a trip to the FCS Quarterfinals...Recorded 11 tackles on the season with four solo and seven assisted tackles...Had a season-high five tackles in a win at Idaho State...Also had 2.5 sacks on the year, with two coming at Idaho State for a loss of 14 yards.
2017
Sat out the season as a red shirt after signing with WSU in February 2017.
Borah High School
Played for coach Jason Burton at Borah High School...Was a Second Team All-State selection as a senior and was a two-time All-Conference selection...Recorded 64 tackles as a senior with nine sacks and one defensive touchdown...Also had four forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.
Personal
Was born Sept. 28, 1998, in Greece...Is originally for Greece and only played two seasons of football after moving to the United States...Parents are Ioannis and Colleen Tarlas and has four siblings.
