CAREER: Played in 21 games, for 219 plays, and the 2002 Orange Bowl...Registered 18 career tackles and 6.3 "Big Plays" (2.3 sacks, two TBL, one FF, one FH)...Underwent ACL surgery in September of 1999, which forced him to miss the last 10 games of that season...
2002: Played in ten games (UAB, Miami, Tennessee, Kentucky, LSU, Georgia, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, FSU, Michigan) for 104 plays...One of 14 defensive players that have registered a sack this season...Recorded nine tackles and 3.3 "Big Plays" (1.3 sacks, one TBL and one FF)...Had a career-high five tackles at FSU...
2001: A back-up at defensive tackle...Played in six of 11 regular season games (Marshall, UL-Monroe, Miss. St., LSU, Vanderbilt and South Carolina) for 59 plays, and the Orange Bowl...Five tackles on the season and one QB hurry...
2000: Suffered a fractured left foot on July 17 and missed all of fall drills and the first three games of the season before returning to action...Saw action in four games (Kentucky, LSU, Auburn and Vanderbilt) for 32 plays with two tackles...
1999: One of the top backups at defensive tackle before suffering a torn ACL in his right knee in the second game of the season vs. Central Florida and was lost for the season...Played in two games for 24 plays...Two tackles and two "Big Plays" (one QB sack (-5) and one TBL (-2.5))...Saw first game action of career in season opener against Western Michigan and registered two tackles and two "Big Plays" (one QB sack (-5) and one TBL (-2.5)...Received the defensive unit's Most Improved Freshman Award during spring... 1998: Did not see any game action and was redshirted...Worked with the scout team at defensive tackle...
PREP: One of the state's top defensive linemen in 1997 who earned prep All-America honors...National Bluechips Recruiting Service selected him among the top four players in the country at nose guard and named him to the Bluechips All-America Team...Named to PrepStar's All-America Dream Team and that publication ranked him among the top 18 defensive linemen in the nation...Named to CNN/SI's nation's Top 100 List...Named to Florida's Super Seniors Team and was also selected first-team all-state (6A)...Honorable mention All-America honors from USA Today...68 tackles in 1997 with 14 quarterback sacks, 13 other TFLs and 15 QB pressures...Played viola in symphony orchestra...High school coach was David Wilson...Also visited South Carolina, Southern Cal, Syracuse and Tennessee...Member of North Florida Conservatory of Performing Arts...
| CAREER STATISTICS |
| YEAR |
UT-AT |
TT |
TBL |
QBS |
FH |
FF |
FR |
PD |
INT |
| 1999 |
2-0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2000 |
2-0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2001 |
4-1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2002 |
7-2 |
9 |
1 |
1.3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
14-3 |
18 |
2 |
2.3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
CAREER HIGHS:
Total Tackles: 5 (FSU, 2002)
QB Sacks: --
Forced Fumbles: --
Interceptions: --
Big Plays: --
