Fifth-year senior...A preseason second team All-Independent choice by Phil Steele's...Dressed in No. 5 in 2005 after previously wearing No. 25...Was one of the team's two representatives (Elliot Seifert) at the MAC Media Day in Detroit in July...Is one of three, three-year letterwinners (Jamel Harris, Seifert) on the roster and one of two returning starters (DB Chris Page) on defense...Local product originally recruited as a RB and moved to SS before settling-in at LB.

2005: Played in all 11 games, making 10 starts as a fourth-year junior...Started every game except the season finale at Navy, when the Owls started five defensive linemen...Made 60 tackles (26 solo), two TFLs and one QBH...Had a career-high nine tackles versus Toledo, including a career-best seven assisted stops...Made a career-high five solo tackles at Clemson...Had TFLs at Wisconsin and Bowling Green.

2004: Played in all 11 games as a third-year sophomore, earning first career start versus Pittsburgh at SLB...Made 11 tackles (six solo) and one QBH...Had a season-best four stops (three solo) against the Panthers.

2003: Played in all 12 games as a redshirt freshman... Named to The Sporting News Big East Conference All-Freshman team as a DB...Was moved to LB at the season's midpoint after beginning the year at SS...Made 16 tackles (nine solo)...Had a career-high six tackles (three solo) at Miami.

2002: Redshirted as a true freshman...Was a member of the travel squad.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2002 graduate of George Washington HS in Philadelphia... Played RB and LB under head coach Ron Cohen...A 2002 Pennsylvania "Big 33" Game participant...In 2001, carried 110 times for 729 yards and scored 13 TDs while making six receptions for 121 yards and two TDs...Defensively, made 40 tackles, a sack and one INT for a TD...A first team all-area selection by the Philadelphia Inquirer at LB as a senior...Also named First Team All-Public League and first team all-city by both the Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News...Named to the Northeast News-Gleaner All-Northeast Team...As a junior, carried 156 times for 804 yards and 13 TDs...Was named all-city and All-Public League by the Inquirer and Daily News in 2000...Also earned varsity letters in track & field.

PERSONAL: Majoring in communications.