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01-21-2011, 02:54 AM
Christian Anthony 5th round projection DE
Dominant defensive force who finished 10th in the league with 76 tackles and third overall in both sacks (8.0) and tackles-for-loss (15.0) in 2009. As a defensive lineman he recorded five interceptions and returned two of them for touchdowns for the Tigers. He led the league in fumbles forced with five, and he recovered three fumbles...2008: Named to the 2009 Buck Buchanan Award Watch list, was a first-team all-SWAC selection in 2008 and the Defensive Most Valuable Player of the SWAC Football Championship game...posted 55 tackles (17 for loss) and eight sacks for the SWAC and HBCU National Champions. Anthony was tied for fourth in the league in sacks and was sixth in the Conference in tackles for loss...In the SWAC Championship game, Anthony posted seven tackles (three for loss), two sacks and two QB hurries in the win over Jackson State.
Davonte Shannon 7th round projection SS
Started all 12 games...earned All-MAC First Team honors for the third straight year...led the Bulls in tackles with 97 (50 solo)...also had a teambest 8.5 tackles for loss and tied for the team lead with two interceptions...added three pass breakups, two quarterback hurries and a forced fumble...2008: Started all 14 games...earned first-team All-MAC honors for the
second straight year...ranked second on the team with 121 tackles (70 solo)...had six tackles for loss...had an interception and four pass breakups...added two quarterback hurries...had a forced fumble and a fumble recovery...2007: As a true freshman, became UB’s first Mid-American Conference first-team selection after a stellar season….entered the starting lineup against Baylor in week four and became a mainstay the rest of the season…set a UB Division I-A record by recording 123 tackles (the seventh-best figure in school history)…led all freshman in the nation in tackles…also recorded 73 solo stops, three interceptions and 10 tackles for loss…tied for the team lead with three forced fumbles.
Christian Ballard 2nd - 3rd round projection DT
Started all 13 games at defensive tackle and has started 26 straight games over last two seasons . . . totaled 18 solo tackles and 36 assists in 13 games, with nine tackles for loss and 5.5 QB sacks . . . recorded one solo stop and two assists in Orange Bowl win...2008: Recorded 40 tackles on the season, including 14 solo stops and 26 assists . . . started at defensive end in 31-10 Outback Bowl win over South Carolina as defense allowed just 43 net rushing yards . . . recorded two solo tackles and one caused fumble vs. South Carolina...2007: Did not see action in opening win over Northern Illinois . . . saw first career action in win over Syracuse as defense allowed just 24 rushing yards and 103 yards total offense . . . recorded five tackles at Northwestern, including two solo stops and 2.5 QB sacks.
Dontay Moch 2nd - 3rd round projection DE
Moch was Nevada's first ever WAC Defensive Player of the Year. He had 19.5 tackles for loss and 6 sacks in 2009...2008: Earned his first career All-WAC honor with second-team accolades ... Finished the regular season tied for second in the WAC, and 17th nationally, in sacks with 9.5 and 0.79 per game ... He was also fourth in the WAC and 30th nationally in tackles for loss at 15.0 on the year and 1.25 per game ...Converted to defensive end full-time (he played linebacker in 2007 as a freshman), Moch flourished in Nevada’s 4-3 scheme...2007: Did not start but saw playing time in all 13 games in the linebacking corps as a defensive end and on special teams … Recorded 13 tackles with 3.5 sacks on the year …2006: Redshirted.
Lawrence Wilson 3rd - 4th round projection OLB
A First Team All-BIG EAST selection...led the Husky team in tackles with 140 stops and had five sacks and eleven tackles for a loss in 2009...was first in the BIG EAST at 10.8 tackles per game, which also ties him for tenth nationally... had double-digit tackles in eight games...had a career-high 17 tackles vs. Syracuse (Nov. 28)...also had 16 tackles in win against Louisville (Oct. 17) and in win at Notre Dame (Nov. 21)...2008: Finished 2008 second on the team in tackles with 73 and had nine tackles against West Virginia (Nov. 1) ... Also had eight tackles in two other games ... Recorded five unassisted tackles and two pass break-ups in the International Bowl win vs. Buffalo (Jan. 3) ... Had six tackles for a loss, a sack, four pass break-ups, and a fumble recovery on the year...2007: Named second-team Freshman All-American ... Stepped in for an injured Ryan Henegan during preseason camp and started all 13 games at weakside linebacker, ranking second on the team with 113 tackles ... The 113 tackles are the most by a UConn freshman in the FBS era ... Recorded 8.5 TFLs, recovered a fumble, intercepted a pass and broke up two more ...2006: Redshirted.
Brian Lainhart 3rd - 4th round projection FS
Lainhart’s 15 career interceptions rank third in school history (four shy of Lou Harris’ record) and are the most among active BCS players…Garnered first-team All-MAC honors after leading the conference with seven interceptions (tied for third in school history and fourth nationally in 2009) and ranking second with four forced fumbles…became the first Golden Flash defensive back to earn first team honors since Jamie Howell in 1988…87 tackles were second on the team, while his 7.2 stops per game ranked 17th in the MAC…ranked fifth in the MAC with 11 passes defended…2008: Emerged as one of conference’s top defensive players, earning second-team All-MAC honors…a ballhawk who started all 12 games at free safety…garnered team’s Outstanding Defensive Back Award…his six interceptions led the MAC and were tied for seventh in the nation…the total was also fourth in Kent State’s single-season annals…seventh in the MAC and tied for 39th nationally with 8.8 tackles per game…his 106 stops were second-most on team…tied for third in MAC with three forced fumbles…11 passes defended were most on team and tied for third most in MAC…2007: Started the first six games, and eight overall, while appearing in 10 games at his defensive back position…missed all or parts of three games with neck and shoulder injuries…had two interceptions on the year…recorded 63 tackles, fifth best on the team, with 30 of them solo, as well as 1.0 TFL for two yards…had two fumble recoveries and three pass break-ups...2006: Redshirted.
Dominant defensive force who finished 10th in the league with 76 tackles and third overall in both sacks (8.0) and tackles-for-loss (15.0) in 2009. As a defensive lineman he recorded five interceptions and returned two of them for touchdowns for the Tigers. He led the league in fumbles forced with five, and he recovered three fumbles...2008: Named to the 2009 Buck Buchanan Award Watch list, was a first-team all-SWAC selection in 2008 and the Defensive Most Valuable Player of the SWAC Football Championship game...posted 55 tackles (17 for loss) and eight sacks for the SWAC and HBCU National Champions. Anthony was tied for fourth in the league in sacks and was sixth in the Conference in tackles for loss...In the SWAC Championship game, Anthony posted seven tackles (three for loss), two sacks and two QB hurries in the win over Jackson State.
Davonte Shannon 7th round projection SS
Started all 12 games...earned All-MAC First Team honors for the third straight year...led the Bulls in tackles with 97 (50 solo)...also had a teambest 8.5 tackles for loss and tied for the team lead with two interceptions...added three pass breakups, two quarterback hurries and a forced fumble...2008: Started all 14 games...earned first-team All-MAC honors for the
second straight year...ranked second on the team with 121 tackles (70 solo)...had six tackles for loss...had an interception and four pass breakups...added two quarterback hurries...had a forced fumble and a fumble recovery...2007: As a true freshman, became UB’s first Mid-American Conference first-team selection after a stellar season….entered the starting lineup against Baylor in week four and became a mainstay the rest of the season…set a UB Division I-A record by recording 123 tackles (the seventh-best figure in school history)…led all freshman in the nation in tackles…also recorded 73 solo stops, three interceptions and 10 tackles for loss…tied for the team lead with three forced fumbles.
Christian Ballard 2nd - 3rd round projection DT
Started all 13 games at defensive tackle and has started 26 straight games over last two seasons . . . totaled 18 solo tackles and 36 assists in 13 games, with nine tackles for loss and 5.5 QB sacks . . . recorded one solo stop and two assists in Orange Bowl win...2008: Recorded 40 tackles on the season, including 14 solo stops and 26 assists . . . started at defensive end in 31-10 Outback Bowl win over South Carolina as defense allowed just 43 net rushing yards . . . recorded two solo tackles and one caused fumble vs. South Carolina...2007: Did not see action in opening win over Northern Illinois . . . saw first career action in win over Syracuse as defense allowed just 24 rushing yards and 103 yards total offense . . . recorded five tackles at Northwestern, including two solo stops and 2.5 QB sacks.
Dontay Moch 2nd - 3rd round projection DE
Moch was Nevada's first ever WAC Defensive Player of the Year. He had 19.5 tackles for loss and 6 sacks in 2009...2008: Earned his first career All-WAC honor with second-team accolades ... Finished the regular season tied for second in the WAC, and 17th nationally, in sacks with 9.5 and 0.79 per game ... He was also fourth in the WAC and 30th nationally in tackles for loss at 15.0 on the year and 1.25 per game ...Converted to defensive end full-time (he played linebacker in 2007 as a freshman), Moch flourished in Nevada’s 4-3 scheme...2007: Did not start but saw playing time in all 13 games in the linebacking corps as a defensive end and on special teams … Recorded 13 tackles with 3.5 sacks on the year …2006: Redshirted.
Lawrence Wilson 3rd - 4th round projection OLB
A First Team All-BIG EAST selection...led the Husky team in tackles with 140 stops and had five sacks and eleven tackles for a loss in 2009...was first in the BIG EAST at 10.8 tackles per game, which also ties him for tenth nationally... had double-digit tackles in eight games...had a career-high 17 tackles vs. Syracuse (Nov. 28)...also had 16 tackles in win against Louisville (Oct. 17) and in win at Notre Dame (Nov. 21)...2008: Finished 2008 second on the team in tackles with 73 and had nine tackles against West Virginia (Nov. 1) ... Also had eight tackles in two other games ... Recorded five unassisted tackles and two pass break-ups in the International Bowl win vs. Buffalo (Jan. 3) ... Had six tackles for a loss, a sack, four pass break-ups, and a fumble recovery on the year...2007: Named second-team Freshman All-American ... Stepped in for an injured Ryan Henegan during preseason camp and started all 13 games at weakside linebacker, ranking second on the team with 113 tackles ... The 113 tackles are the most by a UConn freshman in the FBS era ... Recorded 8.5 TFLs, recovered a fumble, intercepted a pass and broke up two more ...2006: Redshirted.
Brian Lainhart 3rd - 4th round projection FS
Lainhart’s 15 career interceptions rank third in school history (four shy of Lou Harris’ record) and are the most among active BCS players…Garnered first-team All-MAC honors after leading the conference with seven interceptions (tied for third in school history and fourth nationally in 2009) and ranking second with four forced fumbles…became the first Golden Flash defensive back to earn first team honors since Jamie Howell in 1988…87 tackles were second on the team, while his 7.2 stops per game ranked 17th in the MAC…ranked fifth in the MAC with 11 passes defended…2008: Emerged as one of conference’s top defensive players, earning second-team All-MAC honors…a ballhawk who started all 12 games at free safety…garnered team’s Outstanding Defensive Back Award…his six interceptions led the MAC and were tied for seventh in the nation…the total was also fourth in Kent State’s single-season annals…seventh in the MAC and tied for 39th nationally with 8.8 tackles per game…his 106 stops were second-most on team…tied for third in MAC with three forced fumbles…11 passes defended were most on team and tied for third most in MAC…2007: Started the first six games, and eight overall, while appearing in 10 games at his defensive back position…missed all or parts of three games with neck and shoulder injuries…had two interceptions on the year…recorded 63 tackles, fifth best on the team, with 30 of them solo, as well as 1.0 TFL for two yards…had two fumble recoveries and three pass break-ups...2006: Redshirted.