COLLEGE: Saw action in all 10 games last season, starting eight ... Credited with 25 tackles (8 solo), including 5.0 for minus-17 yards ... WWU Defensive Player of the Week vs. Nebraska-Omaha on 9/15/07 ... Played in all 11 games in 2006, making one start ... Credited with 5 tackles, including 1 for loss of 1 yard, and 1 pass defensed ... Two letters ... Also played and lettered one season at Adams State College (Colo.) ... Saw action in all 10 games for Grizzlies, making three starts.

HIGH SCHOOL: Second-team WashingtonPreps.com Class 4A all-State pick as senior at Stanwood High School ... First-team Skagit Valley Herald and Everett Herald all-Area and all-Western Conference selection on both offense and defense ... Played in East-West all-star game ... Helped Spartans to 7-3 record, league title and first round of state playoffs ... Team co-captain ... Coaches and inspirational award winner ... First-team SVH all-area and all-league on offense as junior ... Started and lettered three years ... Long snapper ... Competed in Olympic lifting program as junior and senior, and participated in freestyle Greco-Roman wrestling as sophomore.

PERSONAL: Major is recreation.