2008: Games/Starts: 12/9 ... Paced defensive tackles in 2008 with 48 total tackles ... Second on team with nine quarterback pressures and tied for third with 8½ tackles for loss, resulting in minus-19 yards ... Career high eight tackles at Auburn ... Added six tackles at Georgia and five at Vanderbilt ... Two TFLs at both Auburn and Vanderbilt, and had 1½ stops behind line at UCLA ... Eric Berry and he were only Vols with at least three tackles in every game last season.

2007: Games/Starts: 14/10 ... Started nine games overall and six of final seven ... Finished with one tackle and was credited with shared TFL at California ... In first career start, recorded career-high six tackles against Southern Mississippi ... Had three tackles against Arkansas State ... Had five tackles at Mississippi State ... Had four tackles, including team-high three TFLs, against South Carolina ... Finished with five tackles, including sack, against Arkansas ... Tied career-high with six tackles, including TFL, against Vanderbilt ... One tackle along with huge FG block at Kentucky ... Had one of three UT sacks in Outback Bowl against Wisconsin.

2006: Games/Starts: 6/0 ... Appeared in six games, including the final three contests against Vanderbilt, Kentucky and Penn State ... Also appeared against California, Marshall and Memphis ... Had one sack against Marshall.

2005 - Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: All-State by Associated Press and Tennessee sportswriters in 2004 ... As senior, totals included 132 tackles, five sacks, four forced fumbles and two recoveries ... Had season-best 12 tackles vs. Memphis University School ... As junior in 2003, totaled 85 tackles, five sacks, three forced fumbles and four recoveries ... Finished sophomore year with 75 tackles, 10 for lost yardage and two sacks ... Helped team to playoffs in 2003 and 2004.

PERSONAL: June 1, 1987.