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Senior
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| Hometown:
Tallahassee, Fla.
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| High School:
Rickards HS
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| Weight:
205
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| Position:
Defensive Back
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| Experience:
5L
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| Major:
Undeclared
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2010 SEASON STATISTICS|CAREER STATISTICS
2010 UMIAMI SPORTS HALL OF FAME UNSUNG HERO AWARD
CAREER: Played in 49 games from 2006-2010 ... Played on both sides of the ball and special teams during career ... Began career on special teams and wide receiver during his true freshman and sophomore campaigns ... Transitioned to the defensive side of the ball in the secondary his junior year ... Started 11 games at cornerback in 2010 ... Made 18 total starts in his career ... Finished with 85 total tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss ... Caught 19 balls for 182 yards and two touchdowns ... Recorded 33 kickoff returns for 587 yards... Graduated from the University of Miami in December of 2010.
2010 (SENIOR): Saw action in 13 contests ... Started 11 games at cornerback ... Posted 51 tackles on the season ... Caught first career interception at Pittsburgh ... Had a break-out game at Virginia, making a career-high 11 total and nine assisted stops ... Posted seven solo tackles at Duke for a career best ... Caught second career interception at Clemson ... Added a third interception at Duke ... Posted 3.0 tackles for loss for eight yards ... Had two double-digit tackling games ... Ended season with eight pass breakups, including two against Virginia Tech.
2009 (SENIOR): Missed the entire 2009 season due to an injury, earning a medical hardship waiver
2008 (JUNIOR): Played in all 13 games either in the defensive secondary or on special teams ... Made first career start at safety against Duke and followed it up with starts against Wake Forest, at Virginia, at NC State and against Cal ... Posted 34 tackles in his first season playing in the secondary, which put him ninth on the team ... Tallied a career-high seven tackles in the win at Duke ... Had five tackles at NC State ... Also had eight kickoff returns for 91 yards with a long of 29 yards ... Added six tackles - including four solo tackles - against Cal in the Emerald Bowl.
2007 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 11 games as a wide receiver, making two starts ... Caught 11 passes for 105 yards and scored his first two collegiate touchdowns ... Led the team in kickoff returns with 21 returns for 428 yards, a 20.4-yard average (47 long) ... Caught one pass for 19 yards and returned one kickoff for 23 yards against Marshall ... Caught a career-high three passes for 23 yards at Oklahoma - including a six-yard touchdown pass that marked his first collegiate touchdown ... Took over as the main kickoff returner against North Carolina with four returns for 111 yards ... Returned two kickoffs for 39 yards at Florida State ... Returned six kickoffs for 135 yards (32 long) against Virginia ... Saw extensive action at wide receiver at NC State, recording five catches for 33 yards ... Started and caught two passes for 30 yards - including a 23-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter - at Boston College.
2006 (FRESHMAN): Played in 12 games as a true freshman, making one start ... Caught eight passes for 77 yards and returned four kickoffs for 68 yards ... In the season opener vs. Florida State, played in his first collegiate game only two weeks after switching to wide receiver and made one reception for seven yards ... Played as a reserve wide receiver vs. Florida A&M, with one reception for five yards ... Caught one pass for 14 yards at Louisville, and also returned one kickoff for five yards ... Saw plenty of action as the No. 3 and 4 wide receiver in the Houston game, with one reception for nine yards ... Caught one pass for seven yards and returned one kickoff for 22 yards in the Maryland game ... Made his first collegiate start at Virginia.
HIGH SCHOOL: As a senior in 2005, made three interceptions, 54 tackles, one sack, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and six passes broken up ... As a receiver on offense, caught 26 passes for 488 yards and six touchdowns ... Also punted, averaging 43.2 yards per kick and was named first-team All-State ... Named to the All-Big Bend team ... As a junior in 2004, intercepted four passes, made 53 tackles and defended 18 passes ... Played in the CaliFlorida Bowl ... Rated the No. 5 cornerback in the nation, seventh overall player in the state and the No. 59 overall player in the country by Rivals.com ... Ranked as the No. 4 cornerback and the No. 71 player in the country by Scout.com ... Rated the No. 8 defensive back by PrepStar ... Ranked as the No. 8 player on the Miami Herald's list of state's top 25 players ... Rated the No. 9 player in Florida by the Orlando Sentinel ... Member of the PrepStar 200 and ranked as the No. 8 defensive back ... Ranked the No. 4 cornerback on the Florida Times-Union Super 75 ... Also played baseball ... Coached by Maurice Belser.
