- The highest-drafted player from Slippery Rock in school history and 1st to be invited to Senior Bowl and NFL Scouting Combine.
- Joins fellow 2011 Vikings draftee Stephen Burton (West Texas A&M) as Division II products.
OFF THE FIELD Majored in safety and environmental management at SRU, earning degree in December 2010...Has a twin brother, Josh, who played rugby at Clarion University...High school honor roll student.
PRO Saw time in 3 games during rookie season...Spent 13 weeks of his rookie season as an inactive player or did not play as he learned the NFL game...Became the 5th overall player and the highest-drafted player selected from Slippery Rock at #172 overall...Was the 1st SRU player to earn an invite to the Senior Bowl and to the annual Scouting Combine.
- The highest-drafted player from Slippery Rock in school history and 1st to be invited to Senior Bowl and NFL Scouting Combine.
- Joins fellow 2011 Vikings draftee Stephen Burton (West Texas A&M) as Division II products.
OFF THE FIELD Majored in safety and environmental management at SRU, earning degree in December 2010...Has a twin brother, Josh, who played rugby at Clarion University...High school honor roll student.
PRO Saw time in 3 games during rookie season...Spent 13 weeks of his rookie season as an inactive player or did not play as he learned the NFL game...Became the 5th overall player and the highest-drafted player selected from Slippery Rock at #172 overall...Was the 1st SRU player to earn an invite to the Senior Bowl and to the annual Scouting Combine.
2011 Saw action in 3 games in his rookie campaign...Made NFL debut vs. Green Bay (10/23), getting time at RG in place of injured Anthony Herrera...Played briefly at RG at Washington (12/24).
COLLEGE Ended collegiate career as one of the most decorated Slippery Rock players in school history....Was 1st player in SRU history to be invited to NFL Scouting Combine and to play in Senior Bowl...Named winner of the Gene Upshaw Award as the top offensive lineman in Division II as a senior and selected as Division II Rimington Award winner as top collegiate center...Earned All-America honors as a senior from AFCA, Daktronics and earned spot on Associated Press Little All-America team honoring non Division I players...Selected 1st-Team All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division honors as a sophomore, junior and senior...Served as SRU team captain as a junior and senior...Started all 44 games during his career...Caught a 9-yard pass as a senior against Edinboro...Named Offensive MVP as a junior for and served as team captain...Was 3rd in regional voting for Upshaw Award as a junior...Started all 11 SRU games each of his 4 seasons...Moved from OT to C during spring football of his redshirt freshman season...Redshirted in 2006.
PREP Did not play football until his junior season at Seneca Valley High in Harmony, PA...Was a star OT during his 2 seasons...Named All-WPIAL Class AAA-1 honors as a senior and honorable mention Quad North All-Star honors.
