Prior to UWA: Played at the University of Mississippi for coaches David Cutcliffe and Ed Orgeron … Played in 30 games, drawing 18 starts for the Rebels … Recorded 136 career tackles at UM with 8.5 being tackles for loss … Tallied three sacks for a loss of 27 yards.

Prep: Prepped at Oak Grove HS under Nevil Barr … Was named a PrepStar All-America selection ... Member of SuperPrep Dixie Team, and was rated No. 9 in Mississippi ... Received The Clarion-Ledger’s Mr. Football Award and first team All-State status after leading Oak Grove to the 2003 Mississippi Class 5A Championship game ... Rated No. 1 on The Clarion-Ledger’s "Ten Most Wanted" list ... Was also named a Top 40 recruit and "Dandy Dozen" team member by The Clarion-Ledger ... Was the only player from the state of Mississippi to be named to the Orlando Sentinel’s 2003 All-Southern Football Team ... Ranked by Tom Lemming, of ESPN.com, as the nation’s 25th-best "inside presence" and nation’s No. 31 linebacker prospect by collegefootballnews.com ... Ranked No. 8 on the Rivals.com Top 20 in Mississippi chart, which also rated him 7th in the nation among inside linebackers as well as 76th among all players in America ... A Mississippi Association of Coaches Class 5A second team All-State inside linebacker ... Rated No. 8 among inside linebackers on the 2003 Super South Top 200 list ... A 2003 Mobile Register Super Southeast Top 120 honoree ... First team All-Area pick ... Selected Oak Grove’s Most Valuable Player ... Played in the 2004 Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Classic in Mobile, Ala., and was selected as Mississippi’s Most Valuable Player ... Helped the Warriors to a 32-9 record and three consecutive 5A playoff appearances, including a school-record 14 victories in 2003 ... Also earned two letters in baseball ... Was voted Most Valuable Player in baseball.