Pro Career:Selected by the Cardinals in the fifth round (136th overall), appeared in 15 games with seven starts during his rookie campaign as he blocked for RB Beanie Wells’ first career 1,000-yard season.
Pro Career:
Selected by the Cardinals in the fifth round (136th overall), appeared in 15 games with seven starts during his rookie campaign as he blocked for RB Beanie Wells’ first career 1,000-yard season.
2011: Played in 15 games with seven starts in his rookie season, catching eight passes for 72 yards and rushing once for three yards … added nine special teams tackles … missed one game with an ankle injury … had one reception for six yards in NFL debut vs. Car (9/11) … had one catch for six yards @ Sea (9/25); also posted his first career special teams tackle … earned his second career start and had two receptions for 24 yards, including a career-long 19-yard catch in the third quarter vs. NYG (10/2); also had two special teams tackles; led the way for RB Beanie Wells to rush for 138 yards and three TDs, becoming the first Cards player to rush for three TDs in a game since Marcel Shipp at St. Louis on 12/3/06 … started at FB and had one reception for 15 yards vs. Pit (10/23) … appeared at FB and on special teams @ Bal (10/30), but left the game with an ankle injury in the first half … inactive due to ankle injury vs. StL (11/6) … returned from injury @ Phi (11/13) … played at FB and on special teams @ StL (11/27) and helped block for Wells, who set a franchise single-game record with 228 rushing yards and a TD on 27 carries; also had one catch for four yards … started and helped Cardinals rush for 103 yards and a TD on 25 carries vs. Dal (12/4) … started and had one reception for six yards vs. Cle (12/18); also had one special teams tackle … started at FB @ Cin (12/24); also had one special teams tackle … started and caught an 11-yard pass and ran for three yards on his first career carry vs. Sea (1/1/12); added two special teams tackles.
College:
Appeared in 51 games (28 starts), totaling 17 carries for 61 yards and adding 45 receptions for 414 yards and a TD in four seasons … as a blocker, compiled 219 knockdown blocks and 38 TD-resulting blocks … totaled 63 tackles, recovered two fumbles and forced a fumble on special teams … added five kickoff returns for 63 yards … a team captain for the second straight year, appeared in 12 contests (eight starts) as a senior in ‘10 … recorded four carries for one yard and totaled eight receptions for 64 yards and only career TD, which came on Senior Day against Cincinnati … returned three kickoffs for 44 yards (14.6 avg.) … registered six TD-resulting blocks and 61 knockdowns … totaled 14 tackles (11 solos) and recovered a fumble on special teams … blocked for 2010 Big East Offensive Player of the Year RB Jordan Todman, who rushed for 1,695 yards and 14 TDs on 334 carries … helped lead UConn to the Fiesta Bowl at University of Phoenix Stadium, the school’s first-ever BCS berth … served as one of four team captains as a junior in ’09 and appeared in all 13 games (10 starts) … totaled nine receptions for 71 yards (7.8 avg.) and one carry for three yards … returned one kickoff for 10 yards and led the NCAA’s coverage defenders by recording a career-best 24 tackles (14 solos) … recovered one fumble … registered 16 TD-resulting blocks with 69 key blocks/knockdowns for a rushing attack that gained 2,219 yards with 30 TDs, as UConn featured a pair of 1,000-yard rushers in Andre Dixon (1,093) and Jordan Todman (1,188) … appeared in 13 games (nine starts) at FB as a sophomore in ’08 and totaled a career-best 39 yards on six carries (6.5 yard avg.), as he also had thirteen tackles (11 solos) on special teams … finished second on the team with a career-high 26 receptions for 270 yards (10.3-yard avg.) … delivered thirteen TD-resulting blocks and 65 knockdowns, as RB Donald Brown set school and Big East Conference season-records with 2,083 yards rushing, the 11th-best annual total in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision history … as a freshman in ‘07, played in all 13 games (two starts), serving behind Anthony Davis most of the season … carried six times for 18 yards and caught a pair of passes for nine yards … returned a short kickoff nine yards and paced the special teams coverage units with 12 tackles (eight solos) … saw brief action on defense, recording one stop in each of the Pittsburgh and Cincinnati games.
Personal:
Attended North Attleboro (MA) High School, playing football, track and baseball … named the 2006 Gatorade Player of the Year in Massachusetts and was an All-State first-team LB … the two-time Attleboro Sun-Chronicle All-Star selection added all-scholastic honors from both the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald … the team and league offensive MVP as a senior, led the Rocketeers to an 8-2 record in 2006, recording 100 tackles as a MLB while rushing for 1,202 yards with 20 TDs … as a junior, helped North Attleboro compile a 9-1 record, ranking fourth in the state, by running for 750 yards and 15 TDs, adding five more scores receiving … on defense, recorded 74 tackles, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and three sacks … closed out his prep career as the school’s all-time record-holder with 2,537 yards rushing, 48 TDs and 284 points … served as squad captain in football, track and baseball, earning Sun-Chronicle All-Star honors in all three … twice named all-league in baseball … Pre-Kinesiology major.
