Fourth year on the Pride roster...Is expected to challenge for a starting job at center in 2009...2008: Hofstra Athletics Academic Honor Roll selection...Played in 11 games and started one contest as a sophomore...Started at guard against Rhode Island...2007: Saw limited action on the offensive line in two games as a red-shirt freshman...2006: Red-shirted and did not play...High School: Played four years of football for coach Dan Gregory at Hanover Park High School in East Hanover, New Jersey...Named to all-county and all-group teams, and was a two-time all-area and a three-time All-Iron Hills Conference selection...Tallied 69 tackles and 11 sacks on defense...Also wrestled for four years and was a three-time all-conference selection, a district champion, a Morris County finalist and ranked sixth in the state for the three-time sectional and conference champions...Personal: Born May 20, 1988...Has one brother and one sister...His sister, Natalie, played basketball at Ramapo College from 2002 through 2005...Recruited by Rutgers, Temple and Fordham...Volunteered as an aide for children with Down's Syndrome...Management major.