Before Louisville: Played one season for Craig Austin at West Los Angeles Community College... earned first team All-Conference accolades despite playing in just three league games... played in four games... registered nine sacks and over 50 tackles... Played in 10 games at the University of Miami as the backup weakside linebacker behind Jon Beason...totaled 17 tackles, two tackles for loss and one QB pressure in limited time...starred on special teams, leading the team with 19 tackles...played in his first game as a Hurricane in the season opener at Florida State... played on special teams and saw limited action as a reserve linebacker but made no tackles... in Game two at Clemson, played on special teams and as a reserve linebacker, playing just six plays, but making four tackles (three assists, one tackle for a loss)... also blocked a punt that was recovered by Clemson for a first down... saw action on 15 plays vs. Colorado, registering five tackles (three solo, one for a loss)...had no tackles in limited playing time vs. South Florida, then tallied two tackles and a QB pressure against Duke... registered four tackles at Wake Forest...did not play the next two games (Georgia Tech, Virginia) because of a hamstring injury...played as the backup weakside linebacker in the Peach Bowl vs. Louisiana State, but did not make any tackles... redshirted as a true freshman in 2004... suffered a knee injury during practice in August, then broke a finger while falling in October, undergoing his second surgery since arriving at Miami... Coached by Joe Zaccheo at Pace and by Walt Frazier at Carol City... was considered one of the nation's top linebacker prospect coming out of Carol City High School... named to the 2003 EA Sports High School All-America team...A U.S. Army All-American... SuperPrep All-American...rated the No. 2 prospect in the nation by SuperPrep...rated the No. 1 prospect in Florida by SuperPrep...rated the No. 1 linebacker in the nation by SuperPrep...SuperPrep Dixie Defensive Player of the Year...rated the nation's No. 10 prospect overall and the nation's No. 1 linebacker prospect by Tom Lemming's Prep Football Report...member of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super Southern 100...rated the nation's No. 6 prospect by the Miami Herald...the No. 1 prospect on the Miami Herald's Miami-Dade Top 25...the No. 1 prospect in Florida on the Miami Herald's Florida Top 25...selected first-team All-South by Fox Sports Net's Countdown To Signing Day show...the nation's No. 6 prospect on the Rivals.com National Top 100...the nation's No. 1 outside linebacker prospect by Rivals.com...the No. 4 prospect on the Rivals.com Southeast Elite 88 list...the No. 2 prospect in Florida on the Rivals.com Top 50 in Florida...as a senior in 2003, was named the Most Valuable Player of the Class 6A Florida state championship game, when he made 11 tackles, including four tackles for losses, had two sacks and forced two fumbles in Carol City's 13-0 victory over Orlando Edgewater...had 18 sacks his senior season...transferred to Carol City for his senior year...attended Monsignor Pace High School prior to attending Carol City and played three seasons for Pace...as a junior in 2002, was voted the Class 3A-1A Player of the Year in Dade County, was named first-team All-Dade and first-team All-State when he made 218 tackles, 15 tackles for losses, broke up 10 passes, had eight sacks and intercepted four passes...as a sophomore, earned second-team All-Dade honors when he was credited with more than 120 tackles, including eight tackles for losses and three sacks...chose Miami over Florida State, Florida and Auburn... born 12/14/84. |
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