Jeff Redcross was a four-year football letterman from 1990-93 and was named the Division II National Defensive Player of the Year by the Football Gazette as a senior. Following 1993 season he was selected selected first-team All-Gulf South Conference, GSC Defensive Player of the Year, All-South Region, first-team All-American by the NCAA Division II Sports Information Directors and the Football Gazette and second-team All-American by the Associated Press and C.M. Frank He was selected GSC Defensive Player of the Week in the Lions 44-32 win at Portland State.
He finished fifth on the team in tackles with 82 total stops, including 51 primary hits. He caused one fumble, recovered three, broke-up six passes, had 20 quarterback pressures, 15 tackles for loss and seven sacks for a combined 107 yards in losses. He also blocked an extra-point. The Lions went 14-0, winning the GSC and NCAA Division II National Championships.
He played on teams with a combined 32-14-1 record and helped take the Lions to the NCAA playoffs in 1990, 1992 and 1993. For his career, he made 179 tackles in three seasons as a starter on defense, with 104 primary stops, 22 tackles for loss and 10 sacks. He played his freshman season at tight end. A native of Huntsville, Ala., he was selected for the 50th Anniversary UNA Football Team for 1949-98 and was named to Gulf South Conference Team of the 1990s.
He is a 2001 UNA graduate with a degree in Criminal Justice and was employed by the Florence Police Department as a criminal investigator at the time of his induction.
