2004: Saw no game action ... member of the scout team.

2003: Redshirted.

Urbana HS: Team captain senior season ... Big 12 All-Conference pick and all-area ... all-state special mention ... Champaign News-Gazette All-Area Team ... Big 12 Scholar-Athlete ... 48 solo tackles, six tackles for loss ... named team lineman of the year two years (Pittman Award) ... three-year member of Urbana's team that participated in the IHSA State Playoffs ... as a senior, his team became the first in school history to make the playoffs for three straight years ... All-Big 12 pick and all-area honorable mention as a junior ... three-year varsity starter for football and basketball ... coached by Alec Anderson.

Data: Born 12-19-84 in Urbana, Ill. ... son of Michael and Barbara Lyon ... major: social science education ... twice named to the AFNI Honor Roll.