Gardner-Webb University Athletics

Preseason second-team All-Big South Conference selection byPhil Steele’s College Football Preview Magazine and CollegeSports Madness … One of the league’s most productivelinemen … Versatile defender who excels at both end andtackle … Has added size since the 2011 season, but shouldremain in the mix at both end and tackle … Has shown anability to impact a game quickly … Part of a veryexperienced defensive front four … Made five tackles to gowith a sack and a tackle for loss in the 2012 spring game.

2011 at Gardner-Webb: Played in 10 games andmade two starts … Collected 29 total tackles (14 solo), 10.5tackles for loss (minus-46 yards) and 4.5 sacks (minus-28 yards)… Made five solo stops and had 2.0 tackles for loss in hisfirst start of the season at Presbyterian (10/15) … Came offthe bench for a career-best game against Charleston Southern(10/22) … Finished with 10 total tackles, 4.5 tackles forloss and 3.5 sacks in that game, along with four quarterbackhurries … Helped GWU register a season-high 7.0 sacks and 11quarterback pressures in that game as a team … Dicksonearned Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors forhis efforts … Made three total tackles vs. Liberty (10/8)and Virginia State (11/3) … Had a solo tackle and sack atWake Forest (9/17) … Forced a fumble at Samford (10/1).

2010 at Gardner-Webb: Played in all 11 games… Made two starts … Finished with 29 total tacklesand 2.0 tackles for loss (minus-2 yards) … Had a five-yardfumble return … Broke up one pass … Collected a pairof quarterback hurries … Had a season-high five tacklesthree times, vs. Presbyterian (10/23), at No. 16 Liberty (11/6) andvs. VMI (11/20) … Had 21 tackles in the season’s finalfive games.

High School: Played 2009 season at Fork UnionMilitary (Va.) Academy under Major John Shuman … Started onboth sides of the football for one of the nation’s toppostgraduate teams … Played senior season at Hillside (N.J.)High under Coach John Power … Helped team to an 8-3 record… Earned All-County, All-Conference and All-Group 2 honorsin 2008 … Registered 77 total tackles, seven sacks, twoforced fumbles and a fumble recovery on defense … Was atwo-way starter as a junior and senior … Also earnedAll-Conference and All-Group 2 honors as a junior … ChoseGardner-Webb over Delaware, James Madison Monmouth and Wagner.