Games Played/Started:

Rookie

Career Totals

Career Transactions

Originally drafted by Cleveland in the first round (21st overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft.

College Highlights

Awarded the Draddy Trophy in 2008, given to college football’s top scholar-athlete…Two-time Rimington Trophy finalist, given to the nation’s top center…Two-time All- American…Named the Pac-10 Conference’s Scholar- Athlete of the Year in 2008…Four-time league academic honor roll honoree…Member of ESPN’s All-Bowl Team in 2006 and 2008…Did not allow any quarterback sacks or pressures on 397 pass plays in 2008…Penalized just twice on a total of 832 snaps as a senior…Finalist for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, given for academic and athletic accomplishment…Was the 2008 winner of the Schlessinger Coaches Award, which recognizes outstanding athletic ability, academic success and community service at Cal…Became the third player in Pac- 10 Conference annals to receive the Morris Trophy in consecutive seasons…Started all 12 games as a senior and paced the Bears’ offense with 92 key blocks and 11 touchdown-resulting blocks…Led the team with 81 key blocks while his 11 touchdown-resulting blocks were the most by any major college center in 2007…Led a front wall that allowed just 11 sacks in 2007, the third-lowest figure in the country…Served as the key reserve behind two-time All-Pac 10 center Marvin Phillips in 2006…Redshirted as a freshman…Earned a degree in legal studies, spent his senior season as a graduate student.

Personal

Born in Fairbanks, Alaska…Attended San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara, Calif…Played on both the offensive and defensive lines during his time at San Marcos High…Named the Channel League’s co-Most Valuable Player on defense and a first team all-league selection…Two-time All-CIF choice and a three-time all-county and all-league member…Named to Prep Star’s All-West team as a senior, helping his team rush for 2,031 yards in 2003...Added four letters in wrestling, advancing to the state wrestling tournament as a CIF heavyweight champion and compiled a 26-0 record on the mat as a senior…Father, Steve, played basketball at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio from 1966-69…Lists South Park as favorite television show, The Pillars of the Earth as favorite book, Fight Club as favorite movie and CKY as favorite recording artist.