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CAREER: Spent the 2008 season on the Texans' practice squad…looking to make an NFL roster for the first time in his career…worked at tackle last season for the first time as a professional.
2008 (Houston 0/0): Spent training camp with the Dallas Cowboys…was signed to the Texans' practice squad…spent the entire season on the practice squad.
2007: Allocated to NFL Europe in the spring by Green Bay and played with the Amsterdam Admirals…spent training camp with the Green Bay Packers...released by Packers on Sept. 1 and remained out of football.
2006 (Carolina, Green Bay 0/0): Originally signed with the Carolina Panthers as a rookie free agent but was released in the team's final roster reduction...signed to Green Bay's practice squad (11/22), where he spent the final six weeks of the season.
A two-time All-Big Ten first-team selection as a four-year letterman at Michigan…played in 44 games with 39 starts as a three-year starter at left tackle…winner of the Hugh R. Rader Award as Michigan's top offensive lineman as senior…played in 12 games with 11 starts as a junior, earning first-team All-Big Ten Conference selection by coaches…started every game as a sophomore and saw action in seven games with three starts as a freshman…earned second-team Freshman All-America honors from The Sporting News… earned a bachelor of arts degree in history.
Signed by the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent on May 5, 2006…released by Panthers on Aug. 30, 2006...signed to the practice squad by Green Bay Packers on Nov. 22, 2006…released by Packers on Sept. 1, 2007…signed by Dallas Cowboys on May 14, 2008…released by Cowboys on Aug. 29, 2008...signed to the practice squad by the Houston Texans on Sept. 1, 2008...signed by Texans to a future contract on Jan. 5, 2009...released by Texans on Sept. 5, 2009...signed to Texans' practice squad on Sept. 6, 2009.
Earned all-state first-team honors at offensive and defensive tackle as a senior at Marshfield (Wisc.) High School…a three-year letterman in baseball, earning all-state and all-conference honors at first base as a senior…played two years of varsity basketball…interned in spring 2009 with the Houston Astros in their game operations department.














