Gardner-Webb University Athletics

Veteran who could challenge for All-Big South honors with moreconsistent play ... Will start at guard for the third season in arow ... Powerful blocker who excels in run situations ... Is thelone senior starter projected on the offensive line ... Started inthe 2007 Spring Game ... Has started in 21 consecutive games.

2006 at Gardner-Webb: Made all 11 starts at right guard ... HelpedGWU post averages of 24.5 points and 338.5 yards of total offenseper game ... Cleared a path for three games with 400-plus offensiveyards, including a season-high 504 yards vs. Tennessee Tech (9/9).2005 at GWU: Started 10 games at guard ... Helped GWU average 441.0yards of total offense in 11 games played ... That ranked theBulldogs No. 10 nationally on the I-AA level and led the Big SouthConference. 2004 at GWU: Played in 10 games as a true freshman,seeing the majority of his action at left guard ... Saw action inthe Bulldogs final six games of the season, with his playing timeincreasing during that stretch.

High School: Played at Spartanburg (S.C.) High under formerGardner-Webb quarterback and Palmetto State coaching legend DocDavis ... A first-team Associated Press All-State selection as asenior ... Also a Class 4A All-State selection by the S.C. HighSchool Sports Report ... An All-State choice by SCVarsity.com ...Played in the annual Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas ... Helped theVikings to over 2,000 yards rushing on the season ... A first-teamAll-Area selection by the Spartanburg Herald-Journal ... Also namedAll-Region ... Set Spartanburg High records in the dead lift andsquat ... Chose GWU over S.C. State and Hampton, along with severalother programs.