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Will learn the pro game behind a pair of Pro Bowlers in Kevin Williams and Pat Williams...Part of the Vikings smallest draft class in team history with 5 selections...Is the only defensive lineman drafted by the Vikings in 2008 and 1 of 2 defensive players...The 1st FSU player drafted by the Vikings since 1995 when CB Corey Fuller was a 2nd-round pick...Entered the NFL after his junior season... Was the 2nd of 3 FSU players drafted in 2008, joining fellow DT Andre Fluellen (3rd round) and LB Geno Hayes (6th round).
Started in Emerald Bowl against UCLA as a sophomore...Started 14 of the 32 career games he played at FSU...Opened career-high 8 games as a junior, his final campaign with the Seminoles...Was the only FSU true freshman defensive player to earn a start in 2005...Played for FSU defensive line coach Odell Haggins, a former Seminole All-America and 1990 NFL Draft pick by San Francisco...Started career-high 8 games and played in 12 as a junior...Team went 7-5 in the 12 games he played in...Ranked 9th on team with 31 tackles...Tied for team lead with 2 FRs...Started 8 straight games in middle of season, games 3-10...Started in upset win over #22 Alabama...Had season-high 8 tackles in loss at Wake Forest...Posted lone sack of season in 24-16 win over Maryland in Tallahassee, the Noles final win of the season... Earned FSU’s Big Otis Award as the player most dedicated to physical development...Earned 5 starts as a sophomore in his 12 games played...Started in Emerald Bowl against UCLA...Got the start in ACC games against Virginia and Wake Forest, non-conference matchup with Western Michigan and in the regular-season ending rivalry game vs. Florida...Notched 1st career sack against Western Michigan and set career high with 8 tackles in the game...Started 1st career game as a freshman vs. The Citadel at DT and played in 10 games as a true freshman...Was the lone FSU true freshman defender to start a game...Had season-best 5 tackles vs. Citadel...Played on team that went 8-5 and advanced to Orange Bowl, the best record he helped post during his 3 seasons at FSU.
Name is pronounced GUY-in...Florida native played at FSU despite growing up in Starke, in the shadow of arch-rival University of Florida...Majored in undergraduate studies...The Vikings youngest player (6/21/87) will be 21 during the season, 16 years younger than QB Gus Frerotte (7/31/71), the oldest player on the team...Nickname is Baloo, the character from the Jungle Book...An avid fisherman, aspires to a career as a game warden following his playing days...Is the oldest of 5 children in his family.