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At Stanford: Redshirt freshman will be battling for a starting assignment on the defensive line ... Possesses tremendous size and ability ... Named the 2000 National High School Player of the Year by SuperPrep Magazine.
The 2001 Season: Redshirted the season as a true freshman defensive end.
In High School: The 2000 SuperPrep National Player of the Year and Consensus First-Team All-American was considered one of the prized recruits in the nation ... SuperPrep named him the No. 1 recruit in the Midlands region and the No. 1 "Jumbo Athlete" in the nation ... Ranked No. 11 on SuperPrep's Elite 50 list of the nation's top recruits ... PrepStar named him to its "Dream Team" and among its "Super 30" recruits ... Selected to Tom Lemming's Elite Team ... A Max Emfinger All-American ... Named the Gatorade Montana Player of the Year ... Played defensive end and tight end for Fergus High School ... Recorded 55 tackles and five sacks as a senior ... First-Team All-State and All-Conference as both a defensive end and tight end ... Conference Defensive MVP ... As a junior, was named First-Team All-State as a defensive end and Second-Team All-State as an offensive tackle ... Also named All-Conference on both offense and defense ... Played four years of American Legion Baseball ... Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal Information: Undeclared major ... Member of his high school's Science Bowl team that competed in the national finals in Washington D.C. in 2000.