Illinois State University Athletics

Two-time FCS All-American selection … two-time Buck Buchanan Award finalist, an award given to the top defensive player in FCS football … 2006 MVFC Defensive Player of the Year … two-time All-MVFC First-Team selection … ranks No. 6 in ISU history in career total tackles with 394 … following senior season, earned First-Team All-America honors from the Associated Press and the Walter Camp Football Foundation … 2006 Buck Buchanan Award finalist, finishing fifth overall in the voting … All-MVFC First-Team Selection after ranking No. 2 nationally in total tackles with 154 … helped lead the Redbirds to the 2006 FCS playoffs, including a first-round win at Eastern Illinois … named FCS national defensive player of the week, following a career-best 22 tackle performance against Eastern Illinois … as a junior in 2005, earned First-Team All-America honors from the Sports Xchange and  was a Second-Team All-America pick by The Sports Network … Third-Team Associated Press All-American … Buck Buchanan Award finalist and All-MVFC First-Team Selection … led the team and conference with 132 total tackles and ranked second on the team with 14 tackles for loss … as a sophomore in 2004, started 10 games, ranking second on the team with 92 total tackles … posted five double-digit tackle efforts, including a season-high 14 against Eastern Illinois … finished the year with seven tackles for loss … as a freshman in 2003, played in all 11 games, following a transfer from Washington State … blocked a punt at Eastern Illinois that forced the game-tying safety … after collegiate career was over, spent time in the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals and Minnesota Vikings, before heading to Canada to play for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League.