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Highlights
Pro Career
2006:
- Started a pair of games on the season, joining 5 of his 2006 draft classmates in starting a game in ‘06
- Started game @ Green Bay (12/21) and finished with a QB hurry and a pass defensed
- Shared a sack of Chad Pennington with fellow rookie DE Jayme Mitchell vs. NY Jets (12/17)
- Started 1st career game @ Detroit (12/10)
- Shared a sack of Matt Leinart vs. Arizona (11/26) with fellow Vikings rookie Jayme Mitchell and had season-high 4 QB hurries in the win over the Cardinals
- Played @ Miami (11/19) and had a QB hurry.
College Career
2005:
- Named to Bronko Nagurski and Ted Hendricks Defensive End of the Year Award watch lists
- Played in 11 games with 6 starts
- Ranked 2nd on the team with 11.0 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks
- Matched his career high with 2.5 tackles for loss and added a sack at Arizona
- Recorded season-high 2.0 sacks and intercepted the first pass of his career at Indiana
- Had a season-high 4 tackles on three occasions.
2004:
- Semifinalist for Ted Hendricks Defensive End of the Year Award
- Honorable mention All-Big Ten by coaches and media
- Started all 12 games
- Shared team lead (with Rob Ninkovich) and tied for second in Big Ten with 8.0 sacks
- 8.0 sacks rank tied for 11th on school season list
- Tied for ninth in Big Ten with two forced fumbles
- Second on team with 11.0 tackles for loss
- Had 45 tackles (23 solo, 22 assists) with four pass breakups and one fumble recovered
- Had career-high 2.5 tackles for loss vs. Syracuse on Sept. 5
- Finished with career-high five tackles (all assists) at Illinois on Sept. 25
- Recovered fumble to thwart comeback attempt by Fighting Illini with 34 seconds remaining in that game
- Had career-high two pass breakups vs. Wisconsin on Oct. 16
- Equaled career high of five tackles on four other occasions -- at Notre Dame on Oct. 2, at Northwestern on Oct. 30, vs. Ohio State on Nov. 13 and vs. Arizona State in Sun Bowl on Dec. 31
- Had career high of 2.5 sacks in Notre Dame game
- Forced fumble in Arizona State game
2003:
- Named to Big Ten All-Freshman team by The Sporting News
- Appeared in all 13 games as reserve
- Had 10 tackles (7 solo, 3 assists), including 2.5 sacks, with one fumble recovered
- Recorded first career sack vs. Penn State on Oct. 11
- Recovered fumble vs. Northwestern on Nov. 1
- Had sack vs. Iowa on Nov. 8
- Had season-high two tackles on three occasions -- at Wake Forest on Sept. 15, vs. Arizona on Sept. 22 and vs. Penn State
High School Career:
- Ranked as No. 9 player in Ohio and No. 16 strongside defensive end nationally by Rivals.com
- Rated as No. 24 player in Midwest by SuperPrep
- Listed as No. 14 defensive end by Tom Lemming
- First team all-state and league Player of the Year as senior linebacker after recording 110 tackles, including 12 sacks, with seven forced fumbles and five pass breakups
- Had 105 tackles, including 12 sacks, his junior season
- Four-year starter
- Also played tight end
- Coach was Ed Jackson