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2008 (Junior): Started all 12 games in the defensive secondary ... Ranked second on the team with a career-best 92 tackles including 49 solo stops and six tackles for loss ... Led the Southern Conference with six forced fumbles on the season ... He also applied pressure that led to another fumble at Presbyterian to unofficially give him seven ... Also recovered a pair of fumbles ... Posted a career-high 11 tackles on four separate occasions including games against Liberty, Samford, Georgia Southern and Appalachian State ... Tallied a career-best six solo stops at Presbyterian ... Was named a team captain for three games during the year.
2007 (Sophomore): Started all 11 games for Western Carolina, finishing with 94 tackles for second-best on the team and to rank sixth in the final Southern Conference tally ... Only one of four - and the only defensive player - to start every game ... Had 50 solo tackles, including a season-high eight of his 10 total stops at SEC-member, Georgia ... Recorded five games with double-digit tackles, amassing a season-high 12 three times; against Eastern Kentucky, Georgia Southern, and Furman ... Averaged 8.55 tackles-per-game, which was sixth highest in the SoCon and 70th nationally ... Named to the 2007 Southern Conference Fall Academic All-Southern Conference Team ... Posted five tackles in WCU's annual Spring Game.
2006 (Freshman): Appeared in 10 games as a true freshman at safety, missing the Liberty game ... Recorded eight tackles, including four solo stops ... Tallied a then career-best four stops in the overtime game at The Citadel, finishing with two unassisted tackles.
Prior to Western: Named All-County by the Greensboro News & Record in 2003 and All-Area by the publication in 2004 ... A preseason All-State selection in 2004 ... A two-time Piedmont-Triad 2A All-Conference pick ... Named his team's Defensive Back MVP ... As a senior, recorded 53 solo tackles with 13 assists with two interceptions, two TFLs, two forced fumbles, six pass breakups ... For his career, tallied 150 solo stops, 53 assists, 13 interceptions, 11 TFLs, two sacks, six forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and 14 PBUs ... Also a standout in basketball, being named to his conference's All-Tournament Team ... Participates in the triple and long jumps in track in field ... A NCHSAA Scholar Athlete ... A 2005 Boy's State Representative ... Principal's List for Honor Roll and a member of the Career and Technical Education Honor Society.
