TRANSACTIONS
Selected by Carolina in the second round (43rd overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft (4/25/09).
GP/GS
Career (15/1); 2009 (15/1).
COLLEGE
Played in 41 games with 25 starts at Florida State...Entered NFL following junior season...Finished career ranked fifth in Seminoles history with 23 sacks and second with 46.5 tackles for losses...Totaled 100 tackles, five forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and five passes defensed...2008 (Jr.): First-team All-ACC choice...Runner-up for both the ACC Player of the Year and ACC Defensive Player of the Year...Second-team All-American...Finalist for the Ted Hendricks Award, given to the nation's best defensive player...Started 13 games at right defensive end after playing majority of sophomore season at left defensive end...Stood third in the nation with 13.5 sacks and fourth with 21.5 tackles for losses, the third-highest single-season totals in school annals...Collected two or more sacks in four games, including three-sack performances against Virginia Tech, Clemson and Maryland...Produced 36 tackles, caused a team-high four fumbles, recovered one fumble and deflected two passes...2007 (So.): Played in 13 games with nine starts, making eight starts at left defensive end and one at right defensive end...Led the team with 6.5 sacks...Gathered at least one sack in four consecutive games...Recorded 37 tackles, 11.5 tackles for losses, one forced fumble and three passes defensed...2006 (Fr.): Freshman All-American and All-ACC Freshman team selection by The Sporting News...Played in 13 games with three starts...Tied for third on the team with three sacks and rated second with 13.5 tackles for losses...Notched 27 tackles...2005: Played in two games before being redshirted.
PERSONAL
Attended Beddingfield HS in Wilson, N.C....Majored in social science at Florida State.
TRANSACTIONS
Selected by Carolina in the second round (43rd overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft (4/25/09).
GP/GS
Career (15/1); 2009 (15/1).
COLLEGE
Played in 41 games with 25 starts at Florida State...Entered NFL following junior season...Finished career ranked fifth in Seminoles history with 23 sacks and second with 46.5 tackles for losses...Totaled 100 tackles, five forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and five passes defensed...2008 (Jr.): First-team All-ACC choice...Runner-up for both the ACC Player of the Year and ACC Defensive Player of the Year...Second-team All-American...Finalist for the Ted Hendricks Award, given to the nation's best defensive player...Started 13 games at right defensive end after playing majority of sophomore season at left defensive end...Stood third in the nation with 13.5 sacks and fourth with 21.5 tackles for losses, the third-highest single-season totals in school annals...Collected two or more sacks in four games, including three-sack performances against Virginia Tech, Clemson and Maryland...Produced 36 tackles, caused a team-high four fumbles, recovered one fumble and deflected two passes...2007 (So.): Played in 13 games with nine starts, making eight starts at left defensive end and one at right defensive end...Led the team with 6.5 sacks...Gathered at least one sack in four consecutive games...Recorded 37 tackles, 11.5 tackles for losses, one forced fumble and three passes defensed...2006 (Fr.): Freshman All-American and All-ACC Freshman team selection by The Sporting News...Played in 13 games with three starts...Tied for third on the team with three sacks and rated second with 13.5 tackles for losses...Notched 27 tackles...2005: Played in two games before being redshirted.
PERSONAL
Attended Beddingfield HS in Wilson, N.C....Majored in social science at Florida State.