2015
Played and started in all 11 games…Fourth on ISU’s roster with 70 total tackles (40 solo)…Tied for 20th in the Valley in tackles…Also had one sack, three pass breakups and one forced fumble…Forced a fumble on fourth-down vs. Purdue…Led ISU with 16 tackles vs. Southern Illinois.
2014
Saw action in nine games for the Sycamores, including earning two starts in the defensive backfield ... Recorded 29 total tackles, including 15 solo stops ... Had one half of a tackle for a loss in the win over nationally-ranked Northern Iowa ... Broke up at pass against Tennessee Tech ... Notched a season-best eight tackles against both Indiana and Tennessee Tech ... Posted five multiple tackle efforts.
2013
Played in 11 games for the Sycamores in the defensive backfield as well as on special teams ... Recorded 31 total tackles, including nine solo stops ... Recorded two interceptions on the season, the first coming at South Dakota and the other against Southern Illinois with a 46-yard return ... Also recovered a fumble to stop a Coyote drive at South Dakota ... Posted a season-best eight tackles against Western Illinois, with seven against Quincy and five more in the opener at Indiana ... Posted at least one tackle in nine different contests.
2012
Sat out the season as a redshirt.
High School
Lettered for four years in football for coach Mark Raetz at Terre Haute South Vigo High School ... Named to the IFCA Top 50 All-State as a senior ... Two-time All Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference selection ... Indiana State All-State ... Selected as the Most Valuable Player In Vigo County in 2011 ... First Team All-Wabash Valley as both a junior and senior ... Associated Press Honorable Mention All-State selection as a senior ... All-Academic Wabash Valley in both 2010 and 2011 ... Recorded 99 solo tackles and 52 assists with three tackles for loss and a quarterback sack as a senior ... In 2011, also posted two pass breakups as well as an interception and a forced fumble ... For his career, tallied 449 total tackles, including 286 solos with 13 tackles for loss, one quarterback sack, one interception, five forced fumbles, four fumbles recovered and 10 pass breakups.
Personal
Born Tsali Ray Lough on Feb. 25, 1994, to Jeff and Cheryl Lough in Terre Haute, Ind. ... Brother, Brock Lough is a former Indiana State football player who was named All-Missouri Valley Football Conference as a fullback during his career...Majoring in physical education (coaching).