Duquesne University Athletics

Experienced senior lineman is expected to be one of the defensive leaders this fall ... has played in 29 of 31 games over the past three seasons ... enters 2010 with 9.5 career sacks ... has led the team in sacks in each of the past two seasons. as a junior (2009)
Started all 11 games at defensive tackle ... posted a team-high four sacks ... was second on the team with 6.5 tackles for loss ... led all defensive linemen with 42 stops (15 solo) ... had a career-high nine tackles at Saint Francis ... broke up three passes ... forced a fumble to go along with his six tackles versus Wagner. as a sophomore (2008):
Saw action in eight of 10 games with five starts ... posted 32 tackles (11 solo) including a team-high four sacks for -23 yards ... was credited with solo sacks against Saint Francis, Dayton and Robert Morris and assisted sacks versus Sacred Heart and Albany ... ranked fourth on the team with 5.0 tackles for loss ... forced and recovered a fumble to set up Duquesne[apos]s first score at Robert Morris ... also recovered a fumble at Central Connecticut State ... had a then-career high eight tackles against Sacred Heart. as a freshman (2007):
Played in all 10 games with three starts ... finished the season with 19 tackles (10 solo) including 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks ... started the opener versus Bucknell at defensive end ... moved to defensive tackle in week two and finished with a season-high five tackles and a pass broken up at Brown ... also started at tackle at Iona ... was credited with 1.5 sacks at Saint Francis. personal
major: information systems management ... date of birth: 7/9/88.

Defense
Year   G/GS   TT (solo)  Sacks   TFL     Int-Yds  PBU  FF/FR
2007   10/3   19 (10)  	 1.5-9	 2.5-10    0-0     1	0/0
2008    8/5   32 (11)	 4.0-23	 5.0-27	   0-0	   0	1/2
2009   11/11  42 (15)  	 4.0-23	 6.5-52    0-0	   3	1/0
Totals 29/19  93 (36) 	 9.5-55	 14.0-89   0-0	   4	2/2

Top Tackle Games
TT (solo)	Opponent	        Year
9 (1)	        at Saint Francis	2009
8 (2)	        Sacred Heart    	2008