Gardner-Webb University Athletics

Named preseason fourth-team FCS All-America at linebacker byPhil Steele’s College Football Preview Magazine ... Namedpreseason Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Year byCollege Sports Madness ... Preseason All-Big South Conferenceselection by the league’s head coaches and media …Also a preseason first-team All-Big South Conference choice by PhilSteele … Named to the College Football Performance Awards(CFPA) Linebackers Watch List … All-America candidate… Big, sturdy linebacker who will remain inside inGardner-Webb’s new 3-4 scheme … Overcame a late-seasoninjury in 2012 to post a strong spring effort with the new GWUstaff … Continues a strong tradition of outstandinglinebackers at Gardner-Webb.

2012 at Gardner-Webb: A third-team FCSAll-America selection by College Sports Madness following theseason … Named first-team All-Big South Conference afterleading the league and ranking No. 2 nationally with 12.6 tacklesper game … Finished the season with 113 total tackles innine games … Added 7.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, twofumble recoveries and a pair of pass break ups … Collectedat least 10 tackles in eight of the nine games he started …Missed the final two games of the season after a fourth-quarterinjury suffered vs. Coastal Carolina (11/3) … A testament tohis impact on the defense, Gardner-Webb gave up 55 points in thefourth quarter of the three games Burch was injured … GWUallowed just 8.5 points per game in the fourth quarter with Burchin the lineup in 2012 … Made 51 solo stops on the season… Had 15 tackles in the season opener vs. No. 10 Wofford(9/1) … Had 16 hits vs. Samford (9/15) … Made 10 hitsin the first half at Liberty (10/6), and finished with 13 and asack for the game … Had a career-best 18 total tackles (10solo) and 2.0 tackles for loss in the win over Mid America Nazarene(10/13) … Key tackle for loss on fourth down sparked the GWUwin … Had 13 tackles at No. 10 Stony Brook (10/20) …Made 12 tackles (eight solo) and had a sack vs. VMI (10/27)… Made 11 tackles (eight solo) in three quarters of actionvs. Coastal Carolina (11/3) … Averaged 14.0 tackles per gamevs. top-10 teams … Lone game with less than 10 hits on theseason came at Big East member Pittsburgh (9/22), when he finishedwith five.

2011 at Gardner-Webb: Played in all 11 games,seeing reserve action at middle linebacker … Collected 17total tackles (nine solo) and 1.5 tackles for loss … Made aseason-high six total stops (one solo) at Ohio (9/10) … Hadfive hits (three solo) at Wake Forest (9/17).

High School: Played final two seasons at Savannah(Ga.) Christian Prep under Coach Donald Chumley … Led teamto a 13-2 record in 2010 … Named to the U.S. AirForce/MaxPreps Small Schools All-America Team … Named ClassA Georgia Defensive Player of the Year by the AtlantaJournal-Constitution … Earned Class A All-State honors fromthe GACA and Atlanta Journal-Constitution … Selected to playin the annual GACA North/South All-Star Game … SavannahMorning News Area Defensive Player of the Year … Region 3-AEast Defensive Player of the Year in 2010 … Collected 133tackles, 20.0 tackles for loss and 7.0 sacks as a senior …Helped Raiders to a 14-1 record as a junior … Namedfirst-team All-Greater Savannah by the Morning News …Registered 93 total tackles and 11 tackles for loss … Earnedsecond-team All-Greater Savannah honors from the Morning News as asophomore and All-Region 2-AAAA recognition at South Effingham(Ga.) High … Chose GWU over Jacksonville State and GeorgiaSouthern.