Will serve as a 2009 team captain... moved into the starting line-up at nose guard in 2007 and has started every game at the position for the past two years... brings size and strength to the defensive line... picked up valuable experience on the defensive line as a freshman... named a Chicago Tribune Top 100 player in high school. 2008: Started all eleven games at nose guard as a junior... registered 23 total tackles on the year, ten solo, including seven for loss and 1.5 sacks... also forced two fumbles and recovered one... closed out season with five tackles, three solo, including two for loss (5 yards) at Bucknell... made four stops, three solo, including one for loss, against Colgate... made three assisted tackles in the Lehigh and Lafayette games... one of the tackles versus Lehigh was a sack... finished with two tackles, including one sack, in the win over Georgetown... made two solo tackles for loss and forced a fumble at Dayton... recovered a fumble that led to a Fordham field goal in the Marist win. 2007: Started all 12 games at nose guard for the Rams... finished the season with 20 total tackles, 13 solo, including 2.5 for loss and one sack... also had a forced fumble and blocked two kicks... made four tackles, three solo, including one for loss, and forced a fumble in the win at Lafayette... notched three solo stops in the win over Colgate... made three tackles, two solo, at Georgetown... also made three tackles, two solo, in the victory over Holy Cross... recorded two tackles against Dayton... blocked a field goal attempt in the season-opening win at Rhode Island... also blocked a field goal attempt in the Albany game. 2006: Appeared in seven games on the defensive line as a freshman... recorded three total tackles, two solo... made two stops, one solo, in the Columbia game. Before Fordham: A graduate of Mount Carmel High School in Chicago, Illinois... member of the football and track teams... a 2005 Chicago Tribune Top 100 Player... named All-State on both the defensive and offensive lines... named 2005 First Team All-Area and 2005 First Team All-League... named Most Improved and Most Valuable Defensive Lineman on squad... first two-way starter at Mount Carmel since 1991... was the top thrower on the JV track team... Honor Roll student all four years in high school, earning High Honors as a senior... listed in Who[apos]s Who...a Latin Scholar. Personal: Born May 22, 1988... son of DeAngela Wright... has an older brother (Darren) and a younger sister (Jamila).... a General Science major.