Slippery Rock University Athletics

Expected to challenge the three returning starters for first-team linebacking role this fall after sitting out 2005 season ... Gives Rock the equivalent of a fourth returning starter at linebacker ... 2005: Did not play for personal reasons ... 2004: Recorded nine solo and nine assisted tackles as backup to three-year starter Greg Baker ... Had 2.5 tackles for loss and one QB sack ... 2003: Redshirted ... High school: Played in Big 33 all-star game following his senior season ... All-time leading tackler in North Hills history with 404 in four seasons ... Set single-season record with 159 stops in senior season ... Broke records formerly held by Penn State All-American and current NFL linebacker Lavar Arrington ... First-team all-state selection as a senior ... Earned second-team all-state honors as a junior and third-team honors as a sophomore ... Named to Pittsburgh Tribune-Review [quote]Terrific 25[quote] and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [quote]Fabulous 22[quote] honors as a senior ... Three-time Quad-A all-conference first-team selection ... One of six North Hills graduates on 2005 Rock preseason roster.