Team

PRO: Dynamic pass rusher who was a solid contributor in first NFL campaign…Tied for the NFL lead among rookies with five sacks.

2008: Played in all 16 games at DE and on special teams…Tied for the team lead with five sacks…Totaled 24 tackles (19 solo) stops…Ranked second on the team with nine special teams tackles…Also forced one fumble…(9/8) vs. DEN: Made NFL debut on special teams…(9/21) @ BUF: Recorded a tackle on special teams…(9/28) vs. SD: Tallied one tackle on special teams…(10/12) @ NO: Saw time at DE and on special teams…Recorded one tackle…(10/19) vs. NYJ: Saw significant action at DE and on special teams…Recorded two sacks for losses totaling 13 yards…Recorded first career sack in the third quarter, dropping QB for a 5-yard loss and forcing a fumble…Second sack was for an 8-yard loss in overtime…Collected a season-high six total tackles…Contributed a special teams stop…(10/26) @ BAL: Posted two special teams tackles…(11/2) vs. ATL: Recorded third sack of the season, dropping QB for a 6-yard loss…Totaled two solo tackles…(11/9) vs. CAR: Made one solo stop on special teams…(11/23) @ DEN: Posted one solo tackle…(12/4) @ SD: Made one tackle on special teams…(12/14) vs. NE: Notched second two-sack game of the season…Got to QB twice for losses totaling eight yards…Collected five total tackles, including four solo stops…Had three tackles for a loss…(12/28) @ TB: Assisted on one tackle…Selected by the Raiders in the sixth round (169th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft.

COLLEGE: Starter at defensive end in final two college seasons at the University of Buffalo after spending first two years as a tight end…Recorded 10 sacks as a senior, the most by a Bulls defender since the team joined NCAA Division 1-A in 1999 and ranked fourth overall...Added 15 tackles for a loss...In 2006, started all 12 games at defensive end and in his first year playing the position, led the Bulls with nine sacks and also recorded 45 tackles...Named the team’s best defensive lineman in 2006 after totaling a team-best 13.5 tackles for loss... Recorded two sacks at Northern Illinois and registered 1.5 sacks and recovered a fumble against Miami (Ohio)...Had two sacks and three quarterback hurries against Kent State...Earned two sacks and blocked a kick at Wisconsin...Recorded a season-high eight tackles against Central Michigan…As a sophomore, played in seven games as a reserve tight end and had eight catches for 55 yards...Had a career-best six catches for 42 yards, including a season-high 21-yarder at Western Michigan...Had a catch for six yards at Syracuse and a catch for seven yards at Toledo...Added a pair of special teams tackles…As a redshirt freshman in 2004, played in 10 games, highlighted by a 42-yard catch during the Bulls win over Central Michigan...Saw action in three of the four games in which Buffalo compiled 200-plus rushing yards: vs. Central Florida, at Marshall and against Central Michigan...Recorded two tackles against Kent State, Central Michigan and at Connecticut…Sociology major

PERSONAL: Two-time All-Northern selection at Potsdam (N.Y.) High while playing tight end and outside linebacker...Earned two letters and was twice a captain...Team Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior and was a Watertown Daily Times first team selection…Also earned four letters in track and field and two in basketball...Caught the game-winning touchdown and two-point conversion in the final 30 seconds of a high school game with Potsdam to win by a point.