TRANSACTIONS: Signed by Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent on May 4, 2007…placed on injured reserve on Sept. 1, 2007…waived by Texans on Feb. 27, 2008…re-signed by Texans on Feb. 29, 2008.
PRO: Physical young player who made the transition from linebacker in college to fullback with the Texans…first player in Wake Forest history to forego his senior season to enter the NFL draft…saw his rookie season cut short by a broken ankle suffered in preseason and spent the season on injured reserve.
2007 (Houston 0/0): Made the switch from linebacker to fullback during offseason workouts…spent his rookie season on injured reserve after breaking his right ankle in the Texans second preseason game at Arizona (8/18)…placed on injured reserve (9/1).
COLLEGE: Only the third player in ACC history to lead his team in tackles as a freshman, sophomore and junior…earned All-American honors from Sports Illustrated as a junior and was a three-time All-ACC selection…first-team all-conference pick as a junior, when he finished with second in the conference with 120 tackles, three sacks, an interception, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble…honorable mention All-ACC pick as a sophomore and was selected to the ESPN. com's All-May Day Team by college football hall of famer Mark May…named honorable mention All-ACC as a freshman, the first Wake Forest freshman to earn league honors of any kind since 1976…runner-up for ACC Rookie of the Year…chosen second-team freshman All-America by Rivals.com and third-team freshman All-America by The Sporting News…named to the ACC All-Freshman team by The Sporting News…a three-time ACC Rookie of the Week award winner…led the Deacons with 101 tackles…sociology major.
