TRANSACTIONS: Selected by St. Louis in the first round (13th overall) of the 2007 NFL Draft (4/28/07).

PRO: Has played in 31 career games with 25 starts…recorded first career blocked field goal vs. Arizona (10/7/07), becoming the first Rams defender since 2005 to block a field goal attempt…recorded a safety vs. Seattle (11/25/07), the first safety by a Ram since 2003.

2008 SEASON: Played in 15 games with nine starts…inactive for one contest…limited by injuries…recorded 40 tackles (27 solo)…Week 3 at Seattle (9/21): Established a career-high with five solo tackles…Week 15 vs. Seattle (12/14): Matched season-high with five tackles (four solo).

2007 SEASON: Started all 16 games during rookie season…became the first Rams’ rookie since Sean Gilbert in 1992 to start all 16 games…totaled 45 tackles (30 solo) including 2.0 sacks…vs. Carolina (9/9): Made NFL debut and first career start at nose tackle…totaled two tackles…vs. Arizona (10/7): Blocked a Neil Rackers’ field goal…first blocked field goal by a Ram since Tyoka Jackson blocked a John Carney field goal attempt vs. New Orleans (10/23/05)…at Seattle (10/21): Tallied a career-high six tackles…vs. Cleveland (10/28): Recorded first NFL sack…sacked QB Derek Anderson for a 7-yard loss in the fourth quarter…vs. Seattle (11/25): Registered a safety…tackled RB Maurice Morris in the end zone in the first quarter…first safety by a Ram since Grant Wistrom recorded a safety vs. Atlanta (10/13/03).

Played 45 games at Nebraska, starting 34 contests...20.5 career sacks rank sixth in school history…named to All-Big 12 Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll three times…started every game at “base” defensive end as a junior and senior and earned third-team All-America honors from NFL Draft Report and Rivals.com…top 10 in school history in tackles for loss…as a senior, was a first-team All-Big 12 Conference choice by the league’s coaches, the Associated Press, Kansas City Star and Austin American-Statesman…voted Big 12 defensive lineman of the year by the league’s coaches…named pre-season All-American…led the Big 12 in sacks with 9.5 as a junior and was part of a Nebraska defense that lead the nation in sacks (50.0)…first-team All-Big 12 selection by the Dallas Morning News and the Associated Press as a junior…redshirted as a true freshman…graduated with a degree in business administration.