Gardner-Webb University Athletics

Preseason All-Big South Conference selection at linebacker ...Enters third year as a starter in the middle ofGardner-Webb’s defense ... Has been a very productive playersince moving into the lineup as a true freshman ... Has registered163 career tackles in just 16 career starts, an average of 10.2hits per game ... Not the fastest linebacker on the team, but makesup with more than adequate instincts and a tough mentality ... Willchallenge for All-Conference honors again as a true junior ... Hascompiled nine games with at least 10 tackles in his career ...Sister, Sara, played golf at Gardner-Webb University under CoachTee Burton.

2007 Spring Game (3/31): Did not play.

2006 at Gardner-Webb: Started all 11 games ... Asecond-team All-Big South Conference selection ... A third-teamDivision I FCS All-Central Region selection ... Registered acareer-high 87 tackles (33 solo), two tackles for loss (minus-3yards) and two pass break ups ... Had a season-high 12 hits (threesolo) and a tackle for loss vs. Wofford (11/18) ... Made 11 stops(10 solo) at UT-Martin ... Had 11 tackles (four solo) at Liberty(10/21) ... Collected 10 hits (five solo) at Southeastern Louisiana(9/30), helping GWU to a comeback win on the road ... Was one ofthree Bulldog linebackers with at least 10 hits in the game,joining starters Mario Brown (25 hits) and Quantavis Jackson (10hits). 2005 at GWU: Saw action in 11 games, playing early onspecial teams ... Started the season’s final five games atmiddle linebacker as a true freshman ... Had 76 total tackles (34solo), three tackles for loss (minus-4 yards) and two pass breakups on the season ... Had 71 of his tackles in the final fivegames, averaging 14.2 hits per start ... Set a new Big SouthConference single-game mark with 24 tackles in the Bulldogs’win at VMI (10/22) ... Broke up a pass that led to an interceptionto end the game ... Had 11 hits vs. Liberty ... Made 14 stops(seven solo) vs. Charleston Southern (11/5) ... Made 13 hits,including a career-best 10 solo stops, at Savannah State (11/12)... Had nine tackles vs. Wofford (11/19) ... Named I-AA NationalDefensive Player of the Week after his efforts at VMI.

High School: Played at Eden Prairie (Minn.) Highunder Coach Mike Grant ... One of 10 finalists for the 2004Minnesota Mr. Football Award ... Runs the 40-yard dash in 4.7seconds ... A first-team All-State selection by the St. PaulPioneer Press ... A second-team All-State selection by theAssociated Press ... A first-team All-Metro choice by theMinneapolis Star-Tribune and KARE-TV ... Led team to a 10-2 recordas a senior ... Had 120 total hits (75 solo) and two quarterbacksacks in 2004 ... Carried 55 times for 175 yards and fourtouchdowns at fullback ... Was the squads’ leading tackler asa junior and senior ... Spearheaded a defense that allowed only 160yards per game in 2004 and held six opponents to seven points orless ... Burst onto the scene as a junior, totaling 100 tackles andthree interceptions on defense ... Chose Gardner-Webb over NorthernIowa and North Dakota State ... Also recruited by Minnesota andIowa State.