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2007: Played in and started eight games during the regular season...missed the middle four games of the year because of a fractured big toe that he suffered in practice on Sept. 20...totaled a single-season career-high 23 tackles including a single-season career-high 4.5 tackles for minus yardage...his career-high of seven tackles came in the season opener against Clemson with five coming in the Seminoles' victory at Colorado...at least one tackle for minus yardage in four different games against Clemson, Colorado, Duke and in Florida State's victory over then-No. 2 Boston College.
Freshman Year (2006): Played in nine games on the defensive
front while earning two starting assignments at the defensive tackle
position against Boston College and Maryland...also earned playing
time at the nose guard position during the season...was one of three
true freshman to start at least one game on the defensive side of the
ball...did not play in the first three games of the season but played in
nine of the final 10 games with extensive playing time coming
because of the number of injuries to players on the interior of the
defensive line...recorded 14 tackles, 2.5 tackles for minus yardage and
one sack in his first season as a Seminole...earned career-high of five
tackles against Wake Forest with a career-high three initial hits against
the Demon Deacons...two tackles against Virginia, Western Michigan
and Florida...had a tackle for minus yardage against Wake Forest and
Florida and a half tackle for minus yardage against Boston College as a
starter...first career quarterback sack came against Florida.
High School: Graduated from Sanford High School in 2006...a
four-star prospect by Rivals.com...ranks as the No. 11 strong-side
defensive end in the country...ranked as the 17th-overall player on
Rivals.com's Postseason Florida Top 100...a preseason all-region
selection by PrepStar magazine...named all-state second team in Class
6A by the Florida Sports Writers Association after a senior season that
saw him rack up 120 tackles and six sacks...earned all-state honorable
mention honors as a junior...represented Team Florida in the
CaliFlorida Bowl and was named the No. 8 player on Rivals.com's
Florida Hot 11 list following the week of practices and the all-star
game...received high praise for a dominating performance in the
CaliFlorida Bowl where he registered seven tackles, two tackles for
minus yardage and two sacks...an all-conference performer in
weightlifting throughout his high school career...appeared at the
Miami Nike Camp as a senior and placed second among more than
250 participants with 45 reps on the bench press...chose Florida State
over Virginia Tech, Maryland and West Virginia.
Personal: Born Nov. 3, 1987...enrolled in undergraduate studies
...earned the Edith Gibbs Vaughan Award for Leadership during his
high school academic career...father, Doug, was a defensive end and
linebacker at Virginia Tech in the early 1970's...he was the Hokies' cocaptain
in 1975...his sister (Jj) plays in a band called "Seminole
County" -- the band played at halftime of Florida State's Emerald Bowl
game against UCLA in 2006.
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