
#96 • Defensive Tackle
6-2 • 290 •
Senior
Hartsdale, N.Y.
Hargrave Military
New Rochelle High
School
2007: Third-team The Sports Network All-America
selection...first-team All-Gateway Conference selection...credited
with 43 total tackles, including 26 solo stops...had five tackles
for losses and 4.5 sacks for 31 yards in losses...posted a
season-best 12 stops, including nine solos in season finale against
Western Illinois...had two sacks for 11 yards in losses, two fumble
recoveries and two quarterback hurries in the game...had nine stops
at Indiana State, including eight solos...opened the year with six
tackles at Ohio State...credited with four stops versus Stony
Brook...had three tackles against Missouri State, including 1.5
sacks for 16 yards in losses...one of which was a 15-yard loss in
the second quarter...also credited with a hurry...had two stops
versus South Dakota State, Southern Illinois, Southern Utah and
Illinois State...had a sack for a four-yard loss against Southern
Utah...had a solo tackle at UNI...played a defensive-line best 579
snaps...graded out at 85 percent for the season...Sports Network
National Defensive Player of the Week vs. Western Illinois...HBK Defensive Player of the Game vs. Missouri State and
Western Illinois...Haines Family Player of the Game vs. WIU...earned his third letter.
2006: Named First-Team All-Gateway...played in all 14
games, starting the first 13...registered 54 total tackles with 26
solo stops...ranked eighth on the team and first among lineman...third on the team
with three sacks for losses of 24 yards... recorded 5.5 tackles for
30 yards in losses...forced a fumble against Western Illinois and
recovered a fumble against Northern Iowa...credited with a pass
breakup against Penn State...recorded a career-high 10 tackles
against Western Illinois...had four solos and six assists in the
game...recorded six tackles with five solo stops against Penn
State...posted five tackles against Slippery
Rock, Maine, Northern Iowa, and James Madison...had four solos
against JMU...three solo stops against UC Davis...also had three
stops against Southern Illinois and Appalachian State...had two
solos against Illinois State in the playoffs...had a seven-yard TFL
against Indiana State...picked up at least a half-TFL in five consecutive games against UC
Davis, Missouri State, Indiana State, Western Illinois and Northern
Iowa...credited with 549 plays during the regular season...third
most by any defensive player...played all 58 snaps against James
Madison in the playoffs...earned the W.O.W./Derek Pixley Hit of the
Week against Indiana State...named the HBK Defensive Player of the
Game versus Penn State, Indiana State and Western Illinois...named
the Jermaine Hopkins Defensive Lineman of the Game against Slippery
Rock and Missouri State...earned his second letter.
2005: Named the Gateway All-Newcomer
Team...played in 10 games starting seven of the first eight
contests...did not play at Indiana State...finished with 27 total
tackles...had two stops against Slippery Rock...tallied four tackles
against Northeastern...recorded four stops at Liberty...credited
with three tackles at Pitt...had two tackles against Illinois
State...recorded three tackles, including one for loss against
Western Illinois...came up with four tackles versus Missouri
State...had three stops at UNI...had a tackle at Southern
Illinois...had two stops versus Western Kentucky...had three
quarterback hurries...credited with 327 defensive plays by the
coaching staff...had a season-high 44 plays against
Northeastern...enrolled in January and participated in Spring
Drills...earned his first letter.
2004: Attended Hargrave Military Academic
upon graduation from high school...had 36 tackles, including six for
losses...had five hurries and three sacks...played defensive
tackle...Tigers finished the year 8-3...bench pressed 225 pounds 18
times prior to the school’s annual combine...posted a 4.9 second
40-yard dash...coach was Robert Prunty...school is located in
Chatham, Virginia...others to attend school were Tory Holt and Anthony
Davis.
High School: Was a second-team Class AA
selection as a defensive lineman his senior year in 2003...also
played on the offensive line...New Rochelle won the Class AA New
York Championship...finished with a 12-1 record, winning their final
12 games of the year...defeated Webster Schroeder 32-6 in the title
game...had five tackles as New Rochelle allowed just 132 yards -- 17
rushing -- in the championship game...named the most outstanding
lineman of the title game...in 13 games, Huguenots allowed just six
touchdowns...team was 8-2 his junior year...recorded 105 tackles in
his final two seasons...coach was Lou DiRienzo...also participated
in shot put...won the county championship in shot put...had a best
throw of 49 feet, 7 1/2 inches.
Personal: Parents are John and Norma Savage...has a brother
(Corie) and a sister (Niya)...born Feb. 6, 1986...major is
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