Fifth-year senior graduate student who competed in 2006 while working toward a master's degree in biology...Capped his collegiate career by playing in the inaugural Texas Vs. the Nation Senior All-Star Game...The Temple University 2006-07 Male Student-Athlete of the Year...Four-year letterwinner that started all 34 contests in which he competed...A member of the Philadelphia Inquirer 2006 Academic All-Area Football Team who was honored as the team's scholar-athlete award winner by the Philadelphia Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame...An Eagle Scout and member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars...A semifinalist for the 2006 Draddy Trophy - which recognizes an individual as the absolute best in the country for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary community leadership...Was a very active participant in the team's Owl Outreach program dedicated to community service...A two-time (2003, 2004) Big East All-Academic team honoree.

2006: Started all 12 games at right tackle as a fifth-year senior graduate student...Team captain that received the Top Hog Award as the team's best offensive lineman...Also received the Dr. Athole Jacobi Award for outstanding community service...On the watch list for the Rotary Lombardi Award...A first team preseason All-Independent choice by both Phil Steele's College Football Preview and CollegeFootballNews.com...Was one of the team's two representatives at the MAC Media Day in Detroit.

2005: Started all 10 games he played at right tackle...Did not play at Virginia due to an ankle injury.

2004: Started all 11 games at RT as a third-year sophomore...Cited as the coaching staff's co-offensive player of the game at West Virginia.

2003: Started at RT in the season opener at Penn State...Suffered an ankle injury versus the Nittany Lions and was sidelined for the rest of the season.

2002: Redshirted as a true freshman.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2002 graduate of Exeter Senior HS...Was a three-year varsity football letterwinner under head coach Ron Zeiber...A Second Team All-Berks County selection as a senior...Caught 18 passes for 200 yards at TE...A Second Team All-Berks County and all-academic honoree as a junior...A Second Team All-Berks County and all-academic choice as a sophomore...Earned varsity letters in both spring and winter track, as well as basketball.

PERSONAL: Last name is pronounced SIGH-fert...Earned an undergraduate degree in biology in May, 2006...Cousin, Chris Klick, played OT at West Virginia...Cited multiple times on the Dean's List and Athletic Director's Honor Roll...Spent a week in Ambergis Caye, Belize, to conduct infield research for a tropical marine biology class...Childhood hero was Jacques Cousteau...Wants to eventually become a marine biologist and focus on the study of Ichthyology...Collects Incredible Hulk paraphernalia.