AT SAN JOSE STATE:In his fifth season with the Spartans... A returning starter at a defensive end spot... The team[apos]s most experienced defensive end based on number of games played... Tops the opening fall depth chart at a defensive end position... Played in 27 games with seven starting calls in his first three seasons... Heads into the 2014 season with a single-game best five tackles twice.
2013: Had his most productive season at the major college level... First season he was a starter... Appeared in all 12 games and was in the starting lineup seven times... Started the final five games of the season as an outside linebacker... Third on the team with 3.0 quarterback sacks... Was credited with a quarterback sack in the UNLV victory (11/2) and against San Diego State (11/9) and Navy (11/22)... Had at least one tackle in 11 of the team[apos]s 12 games... Matched his single-game high of five tackles in the Nevada contest (11/16)... One fumble recovery was in the San Diego State game and resulted in a Spartan touchdown.
2012: Played in eight games as a reserve defensive end ... Credited with nine tackles and a tackle for loss... Career-high five tackles which included a tackle for loss in the New Mexico State win (11/10)... Had a pair of tackles in the UTSA (10/20) and Idaho (11/3) victories.
2011: Played in seven games as a reserve defensive end and on special teams...First tackle of his major college career was for a 3-yard loss in the Hawai[apos]i victory (10/14).
2010: Completed the season as a redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2009 CalHiSports first-team all-state selection...The 2009 Del Rey League Defensive Lineman of the Year and a first-team All-CIF selection for Division III state champion Serra High of Gardena, Calif. (Coach Scott Altenberg)...130 total tackles, 17.0 quarterback sacks and a fumble recovery in 2009...Credited with 55 tackles, 3.0 quarterback sacks and a fumble recovery as a junior...Three-sport letterwinner was a middle blocker in volleyball team and a sprinter on the track team.
MORE ON SEAN: A communication studies major...Bacon did not take up the game of football until he was 15-years old... Credits his dad, Vincent Bacon, for encouraging him to take up the game... The native of Inglewood, Calif., was born on May 18, 1992.
CAREER STATISTICS
| YEAR | G | UT | AT | TOTAL | TFL/YDS. | SK | FR | INT | DEF |
| 2010...Redshirt | |||||||||
| 2011...FR | 7 | 1 |
0 | 1 | 1.0/3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012...SO | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1.0/1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013...JR | 12 | 20 | 12 | 32 | 3.0/31 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| CAREER | 27 | 26 | 16 | 42 | 5.0/35 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |