AT COLORADO: This Season (Jr.)-Enters the fall second at nose tackle.  He had four tackles and a sack in the three main spring scrimmages.

2008 (Soph.)-He saw action in three games (Colorado State, Texas, Missouri), playing six total snaps; he had an assisted tackle in the Texas game. 

2007 (Fr.-RS)-He saw action in four games (Baylor, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska), seeing action for 18 snaps from scrimmage; he did not record any statistics.  He had a solid spring, with eight tackles in the four main scrimmages, including five with two third stops in the spring game.

2006 (Fr.)-Redshirted; he practiced at defensive tackle the entire fall.

HIGH SCHOOL-A PrepStar and SuperPrep all-Midlands team member (SP ranked him as the No. 81 player overall in the region), Rivals.com ranked him as the No. 14 overall prospect in the state of Colorado.  As a senior, when he was a team captain, he earned first-team all-Colorado (Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News), first-team all-state (5A) and first-team all-National Conference honors.  He recorded 83 tackles, with 14 for losses including five quarterback sacks on the year; he also saw some spot action on offense at tight end, primarily in blocking situations.  As a junior, he earned second-team all-conference honors when he was in on 75 tackles, with 11 for losses including five sacks.  His top games as a senior included 11 tackles and one-and-a-half sacks in a win over Regis, and a 10-tackle effort in a win over Chaparral.  Under coach Jeff Ketron, Douglas County won the state title as a senior (defeating Mullen) in posting a 13-1 record; DCHS was 6-4 his junior year, missing the playoffs and 7-4 in his sophomore season, losing in the first round in the postseason. 

ACADEMICS-He is majoring in Communication at Colorado.  In high school, he owned a 3.2 grade point average and was once a member of the International Baccalaureate program, an advanced curriculum designed to insure a cohesive, comprehensive education for students.

PERSONAL-Born December 23, 1986 in Jackson, Miss.   His hobbies include hunting, fishing, skiing and lifting weights; he owns the all-time power clean record (345 pounds) for Douglas County High School.  A 4-H club member his entire life, he used to show livestock, notably swine, while growing up, and still raises livestock.  His father (Chris) played rugby at the University of Oregon, and a cousin (Lucas Wiester) is an offensive lineman at New Mexico Highlands.    

                                                          TACKLES
Season                     G      Plays      UT   AT   -   TOT       TFL     Sacks    3DS Hurr     FR   FF  PBU   Int
2007                        4           18          0        0  -     0          0-  0      0-  0        0        0        0      0        0      0
2008                        3              6          0        1  -     1          0-  0      0-  0        0        0        0      0        0      0
Totals                      7             24         0         1  -    1          0-  0     0-  0        0          0       0       0       0     0