At JMU: Returning DT starter with the potential to be among the league's top DL performers... plays hard and is a player the JMU staff expects to fill a key DL leadership role, said DL coach J.C. Price... came to JMU during the summer of 2006 from Connecticut.
2006: In his first JMU year played in each game and started all but at Appalachian State... second-team all-conference... had 35 tackles (17 solo, 7.5 for loss, 6 sacks)... had a season-high six stops (3 solo, 2 sacks) vs. Rhode Island... took part in five stops vs. Bloomsburg and New Hampshire and had two sacks among four solo stops vs. Delaware... had a solo sack vs. William & Mary and assisted sacks vs. Northeastern and New Hampshire.
Before JMU: Played in one game as a true freshman at Connecticut in 2004 and seven there in 2005... assisted on a tackle vs. West Virginia as a freshman and had 10 stops (3 solo) in 2005... as a sophomore had two stops vs. Liberty, Georgia Tech, Army and Syracuse... had solo stops vs. Buffalo, Army and Syracuse... went to Connecticut for the spring 2004 semester after playing at Hargrave Military and Lincoln-Sudbury High School... all-state as a scholastic senior and all-area by the Boston Globe and Boston Herald... two-time metro west all-star, league defensive MVP and team captain... helped Linclon-Sudbury to a 9-1 record and a No. 7 state ranking as a senior.