Second season on the Hofstra Football team...Is expected to return to a starting role at strong safety...Post-season honors candidate...2008:Hofstra Athletics Academic Honor Roll selection...Started all 12 games at strong safety as a junior...Was fifth on the team with 56 tackles including 29 solo stops...Posted a season-best nine tackles including three solos against Richmond...Had eight tackles including a season-high five solos in the season opener at Connecticut...Made eight tackles (4-4) at Massachusetts...Led the team, was 10th in the CAA and 63rd in the FCS in interception average (0.33 ipg)...Tallied four aerial thefts for 78 yards...Returned an interception 54 yards against Connecticut and a 20-yard run-back against Northeastern...Also had interceptions against Stony Brook and Massachusetts...Was second on the team with seven pass deflections, including three against Albany and two at James Madison...Recorded forced fumbles against Bucknell and Delaware and had a fumble recovery at Maine...Had a tackle for a loss at Maine...Junior College: Played two seasons at Glendale (CA) Community College...Earned all-conference, all-state and All-America honors...Team captain...Selected Defensive Back of the Year...High School: Played four years of football and basketball and was a member of the track team for one year at St. Francis High School in La Canada, California...Named to All-Mission League first team and all-area team by the Pasadena Star News and the Glendale News-Press...Named to East-West All-Star Game...Voted team Special Teams Player of the Year and Defensive Back of the Year...Recorded 79 tackles on defense and 800 yards and eight touchdowns on offense as a senior in 2005...Posted 30 tackles, 600 yards and three touchdowns as a junior...Averaged 18 points as a senior, 16 points and 9 rebounds as a junior, 20 points and 7 rebounds as a sophomore, and 24 points and 6 rebounds as a freshman in basketball...Personal: Born February 24, 1988...Has one brother and two sisters...Enjoys basketball, movies and music in his free time...Also recruited by Washington State...Speech communication and rhetorical studies major.
Courtesy: Hofstra Athletic Communications
