Hofstra University Athletics

Fifth year on the Pride Football roster...Is expected to return to a starting job at middle linebacker this season...Post-season honors candidate...2008: All-CAA first team selection...CAA Academic All-Conference and Hofstra Athletics Academic Honor Roll selection...Hofstra Iron Mike Award winner as team Most Valuable Player...Dr. Stan Datlow Award winner as the Pride's Defensive Player of the Year...Started all 12 games at middle linebacker as a junior... Led the team, was eighth in the CAA and 83rd in the FCS in tackles with 42 solos and 54 assisted stops for 96 total tackles...Tallied four double-digit tackle contests, including 14 against Delaware (7-7), 11 at James Madison (5-6), and 10 against both Bucknell (8-2) and Northeastern (6-4)...Also led the team with 6 ½ tackles for losses of 31 yards and two fumble recoveries (Bucknell and New Hampshire) and was tied with 2 ½ sacks for 20 yards, and two forced fumbles (UNH and Northeastern)...Posted two tackles for losses of 8 yards including 1 ½ sacks for 6 yards against Albany...2007: CAA Academic All-Conference and Hofstra Athletics Academic Honor Roll selection...Placed third on the team and 24th in the CAA in tackles with 84...Posted 42 solo stops and 42 assisted tackles...Recorded four double-digit tackle games, including  13 stops with nine assisted tackles against New Hampshire and 12 unassisted stops at Northeastern...Posted 11 tackles against Stony Brook and 10 against Maine...Led the team with six pass deflections...Notched 4 ½ tackles for losses including 1 ½ against Stony Brook and one against Towson and Massachusetts...2006: Atlantic 10 Defensive Rookie of the Year...All-Atlantic 10 third team selection...Two-time A-10 Rookie of the Week honoree...Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference Team member...Played in 11 games and started 10 as a red-shirt freshman...Led the Pride with 98 tackles, including 37 solo stops...Ranked sixth in the conference and 49th in the FCS with an 8.82 tackles per game average...Recorded five double-digit tackle games...Posted 15 tackles with seven solos against Rhode Island, 12 tackles with six solos at Towson, and 12 stops with nine assisted tackles at Massachusetts...Named A-10 Rookie of the Week after the New Hampshire (11 tackles) and Rhode Island games...Was second on the team in pass deflections with four, including three at Towson, and was third in tackles for losses with 8 ½ for 36 yards...Tallied 4 1/2 tackles for losses of 23 yards against Rhode Island...Shared the team lead with two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries...Posted sacks against Maine and URI...Recorded his first college interception against Northeastern...2005: Red-shirted and did not play...High School: Played football and basketball at Shawnee High School in Medford, New Jersey...Was an all-state, all-South Jersey, all-county and all-county selection as a senior after recording 114 tackles, four sacks and one interception for the 12-0 state champion Renegades...Selected team Most Valuable Player...Was one of 40 recipients of the Maxwell Trophy...Holds the Shawnee High School career tackle record...Named to all-county, all-conference and all-South Jersey teams as a junior...Also selected to all-academic team...Personal: Born March 22, 1986...Has one brother...His parents own a successful gymnastics center that is home to several regional, national and elite gymnasts...Also recruited by New Hampshire and Northeastern...Psychology major.