24 games/4 starts
The only defensive Vikings rookie free agent to start a game in 2006, joined 3 other fellow Vikings rookie defenders to start a game on the season...Signed from practice squad and worked his way into a start in the regular-season finale vs. St. Louis (12/31/06)...Left Kansas following his junior season to pursue his career in the NFL.
• Saw time in all 16 games in 2007 and started 3 times. • Versatile player who sees time on special teams and defense. • Tied for 2nd on the team with 15 special teams tackles and has 21 special teams stops in 24 games. • Started vs. Detroit (12/2) when team opened in nickel defense and tied season-high with 5 tackles. • Grabbed 1st career INT vs. San Diego (11/4) when he snared a Phillip Rivers pass. • Started when team opened in nickel defense vs. Philadelphia (10/28), his 1st start of 2007. • Started 1st career game vs. St. Louis (12/31/06) in the 2006 season finale. • Signed from Vikings practice squad in week leading into Green Bay game.
Left school after his junior season...Multi-position standout at Kansas, finished as the school’s all-time career punt return leader with 999 yards on 96 returns(10.4 avg.)…Played WR, CB and returned punts and kicks during his 3 years at Kansas…Tied for 7th in school history with 9 INT and is 7th in school annals with 106 receptions...Started all 12 games as a junior and was an All-Big 12 selection as a KR/PR (1st-team), DB (2nd-team) and WR (honorable mention)...Semi-finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award...A 3rd-team All-America CB by the Associated Press as a sophomore…Led the Big 12 and tied for best in the nation with 7 interceptions, the most by any KU player since 1951…Named 1st-team All-Big 12 by coaches and media as a CB and earned honorable mention at WR from the coaches as a sophomore…Earned 3rd-team All-Big 12 honors from the league’s coaches as a return man in 2003 as a redshirt freshman…Named 1st-team Freshman All-America at WR and 1st-team All-America at KR by The Sporting News...Redshirted in 2002.2005 Started all 12 games as a junior and was an All-Big 12 selection as a KR/PR (1st-team), DB (2nd-team) and WR (honorable mention)…Caught 34 passes for 313 yards, good for 2nd-best on the team…Also finished with 28 tackles and 2 INTs…Was a semi-finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award, which is given annually to the nation’s top DB…Had 41 punt returns for 398 yards (9.7 avg.) with a long of 54.2004 Was a 3rd-team All-America selection by the Associated Press at CB…Led the Big 12 and tied for best in the nation with 7 interceptions, the most by any KU player since 1951…Named 1st-team All-Big 12 by coaches and media as a CB and earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors at WR from the coaches…Earned the team’s Ray Evans Award for Defensive MVP…Led the team and the conference with 8 passes defensed…Intercepted 2 passes against both Nebraska and Colorado…Caught 15 passes and 2 TDs, threw a TD pass and averaged 9.0 yards on 29 punt returns to finish 6th in the Big 12.2003 Earned 3rd-team All-Big 12 honors from the league’s coaches as a return man…Named 1st-team Freshman All-America at WR and 1st-team All-America at KR by The Sporting News...Set school freshman records with 57 receptions for 769 yards…Set KU freshman record with 9 catches at Texas A&M and at Oklahoma State…Averaged 13.1 yards per punt return, the highest by any player with at least 20 returns since 1949…Co-winner of the Don Frambaugh Award, given annually to the team’s most unselfish player.2002 Redshirted as a true freshman.
Majored in business…Selected to All-Big 12 Academic Team in 2003...Visited with kids and donated game tickets at Salvation Army...The lone Vikings undrafted rookie on defense to start a game in 2006 and 1 of 4 rookie defensive players to start...Started 1st career game in 2006 regular season finale vs. St. Louis (12/31/06).