Eastern Illinois University Athletics

Eastern Illinois Tickets Donate To EIU Panther Club Buy Panther Gear Now!
EIU NCAA Home OVC ICS

2008 Football Roster


Seymour Loftman
Seymour Loftman
Seymour Loftman

Position: Free Safety
Class: Junior
Hometown: Plantation, FL
High School: American Heritage

EIU: 2008 Outlook: Will start at free safety after missing 2007 with injury... had a solid spring camp... 2007: Missed season with medical redshirt after off-season shoulder surgery... 2006: Started 12 of 13 games last year missing Southeast Missouri game due to injury... ranked fifth on team in tackles with 50 while leading squad with four interceptions... four interceptions came in four straight games (Tenn. Martin through Jacksonville St.)... ranked third in OVC in interceptions... season high 10 tackles at Illinois... one sack at Hawai'i... 2005: Played in ten games with one start in NCAA playoff game against Southern Illinois... had 16 tackles with one interception.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Byron Walker at American Heritage HS in Ft. Lauderdale... was Honorable Mention All-State and two-time All-Broward County... also lettered twice in track.

PERSONAL: Majoring in physical education... No. 1 sports highlight was in high school “getting two interceptions and scoring a touchdown in my first start at cornerback”... son of Seymour, Sr., and Carol Loftman.. a relative, Autry Denson played college football at Notre Dame.





Return to Roster