COLLEGE: Saw action in 10 games last season as linebacker, making one start ... Credited with 18 tackles (12 solo), 2 for losses of 4 yards ... Had 7 tackles vs. Nebraska-Omaha on 9/16/06 and 6 vs. South Dakota on 10/14/06 ... Played in nine games in 2005, missing North Dakota contest with shoulder injury ...Credited with 8 tackles (5 solo), 1.5 for losses of 2 yards, and 1 forced fumble ... Played in seven games in 2004, making five starts ... Missed three games with hamstring injury ... Credited with 26 tackles, 2 for losses of 7 yards, including 1 quarterback sack for minus-5 yards ... Had season-high 9 tackles versus Fort Lewis CO ... Three letters ... Redshirt in 2003.

HIGH SCHOOL: First-team Washington State Sportswriters Association Class 4A all-State selection and Narrows League Defensive Player of the Year as senior at Bremerton High School ... Bremerton Sun all-Area co-MVP ... Listed among Seattle Times Top 100 (white chip) state high school seniors ... Played in East-West all-star game ... First-team Narrows League (Bridge Division) all-star ... Played in national high school all-star game in Florida ... Team co-captain ... Credited with 174 tackles, 3 forced fumbles, 2 interceptions and 1 fumble recovery ... First-team team all-league as junior ... Credited with 384 career tackles ... Started and lettered three years ... Also earned three letters in track as long and triple jumper and one in basketball.

PERSONAL: Major is economics.