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Notes: Is the leading returning tackler for Western Carolina from a season ago.
2006 (Fr.): One of just eight Catamounts - and the lone true freshman - to start all 11 games ... Finished second on the team with 68 total tackles including 37 solo stops and six tackles for loss ... Ranked tied for 14th in the Southern Conference - the highest ranking freshman in the league - with a 6.2 tackle per game average ... The next closest ranking freshman was in 47th (4.1 tpg) ... Recovered a fumble in his first career start against Chowan ... Versus Eastern Kentucky, had three tackles and his first career interception, which led to the eventual game-winning field goal early in the fourth quarter ... Tallied a career-high 11 tackles twice against Chattanooga and at The Citadel ... Made a season-high seven solo stops and two tackles for loss versus Chattanooga ... Picked off his second pass of the season at The Citadel, which led to WCU's first TD on the day ... Posted a team-high 10 stops versus Georgia Southern and tied for team-high honors with eight at Furman.
Prior to Western: A three-year varsity starter at linebacker and a two-year starter at tight end ... Registered 115 tackles, including four tackles for losses and two sacks, with two recovered fumbles, two interceptions - returning one pick for TD - and four caused fumbles ... Named first team All-Western North Carolina by the Asheville Citizen-Times as a junior and senior ... Also a two-time All-Mountain Athletic Conference ... Led Asheville to a career 43-3 record ... Team won the North Carolina 3A state championship in 2005, while reaching the state semifinals twice.
