Arizona: Will compete for a rotation role on the interior... Redshirted in 2003... Reported to camp with a knee problem and had surgery in August...
High School: DeSoto High School, DeSoto, Texas, 2003... Dave Campbell's Texas High School Football Top 300 pick for coach Dave Meadows in 2002... Had 49 tackles as a junior, with two sacks... PrepStar all-region honorable mention... Severely fractured his leg in a summer 2002 camp and missed his senior year, but continued to attend practices and all attendant football functions... Lone Star 100 Super State as an offensive lineman, plus No. 60 on Don Cartwright's Lone Star 100 final edition... Listed No. 39 on the Dallas Morning News Area Top 100 prospects despite the missed season... Helped DeSoto reach the state quarterfinals in 2001, playing along both front lines... 5Atexasfootball All-Defense prospect and No. 5 on its Region 1 list, with four of five stars... A Top 25 DL prospect by Fab50 Recruiting...Good student who earned Texas Scholar honor and served as elementary teacher assistant in school... Won the school's Fighting Heart Award for football... Who's Who Among American High School Students listee.
