Northern Illinois University Athletics

Career: Owns 649 snaps--310 on special teams--and 29 tackles in 36 appearances (2003-05). 2006 Preseason: Started at NT in spring game (4-22-06). 2005: Named First-Team MAC All-Academic selection and earned Team Academic Achievement Award presented to the player with the highest cumulative GPA. Played 26 snaps and made four tackles against Michigan (9-3-05). Totaled 22 snaps and made five stops vs. Kent State (10-22-05). Appeared in 55 snaps and registered seven tackles against Central Michigan (11-5-05). Played on 22 snaps versus Western Michigan (11-23-05). Had two quarterback hurries and one pressure on 14 snaps against Akron in the MAC Championship (12-1-05). Won start at NT for No. 2 Defense in spring game (4-23-05). 2004: Made First-Team MAC All-Academic squad with 3.59 cumulative gpa. Earned second letter with 285 snaps (160 on special teams) in 12 games. Tied for No. 7 in team QB hurries-pressures (six) and wound up No. 21 in stops (nine). Totalled career-high three stops vs. Central Michigan (10-16-04). Notched season-best five QB hurries-pressures and two tackles vs. Eastern Michigan (11-20-04). Collected first career sack (12-yard loss) vs. Troy (12-30-04) in Silicon Valley Football Classic. Performed on placement, KOR, punt, and punt return units. 2003: Won first letter with 77 overall snaps--74 on placement and punt units--plus three on offense in 12 contests. Went season-high 12 snaps vs. Ball State (11-1-03). 2002: Red-shirted as true frosh. Walk-on Scout Team performer. Prep: Three-time all-league grid standout, three-time Academic All-State pick, and one-time All-Stater with 363 career tackles (1999-2001). Named team captain, Defensive MVP, MVP, First-Team Suburban Prairie Conference All-White Division and loop Defensive Player of the Year by league coaches, plus First-Team IHSFCA Class 5A All-State and Academic All-State on an 8-2 division titlist and state playoff unit--the school[apos]s first since 1985--for coach Daryl Graves as a senior (2001). Registered 141 stops at LB as a senior and rushed for 434 yards on 78 carries (5.6 ypc.) at FB as a junior. Lettered in football (3) and baseball (4). Made all-loop baseball at 1B and DH. Chart: Blue collar liftaholic. Tied for best team reps with 225 pounds, No. 6 in team back squat, and No. 7 in team bench press. Posted 26 reps with 225 pounds, 285-pound power clean, 365-pound bench press, and 440-pound back squat in off-season conditioning program (2006). Birthdate (Age): 12-14-83 (23). Major: Marketing.