Fourth-year junior... Joined the program as an invited walk-on in fall 2003 and was placed on scholarship prior to the 2005 season.

2005: Played in two games on kickoff units as third-year sophomore...Saw action versus Toledo and Clemson.

2004: Played in four games as a redshirt freshman...Saw action versus Maryland, Pittsburgh, Connecticut and West Virginia...Attempted one FG, missing a 34-yard try at WVU.

2003: Redshirted as a true freshman.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2003 graduate of Westfield HS in Chantilly, Va...A three-year varsity letterwinner as a punter and kicker under head coach Tom Verbanic...Made five of 10 FGAs and 44 of 45 EPAs as a senior and three of five FGAs and 37 of 40 EPAs as a junior...Eighty-five percent of kickoffs were touchbacks...As a senior, was a second team All-Northern Region and first team All-Concord District kicker, as well as a second team all-district punter...Was also a four-year varsity swimmer and three-year varsity soccer letterwinner...Honor roll student.

PERSONAL: Majoring in marketing.