COLLEGE: Second-team Great Northwest Athletic Conference all-star last season ... Played in all 10 games, making eight starts ... Credited with 43 tackles, including 9.5 for losses of 23 yards and 1 quarterback sack for minus-6 yards ... Also defensed 4 passes and forced 1 fumble ... GNAC Defensive Player of the Week ... Played in eight games in 2002 ... Credited with 12 tackles, including 2.0 quarterback sacks for minus-13 yards; 1 pass defensed and 1 safety ... Redshirt in 2001 ... Two letters.

HIGH SCHOOL: First-team Washington State Sportswriters Association 3A all-State selection as senior at Ferndale High School ... Listed among Seattle Times Top 100 (red chip) state high school seniors ... Played in East-West all-star game ... Also first team all-Northwest League pick ... Helped Golden Eagles to 10-1 record, league title, and quarterfinals of Class 3A state playoffs ... Team co-captain ... Inspirational award winner and Lineman of the Year ... As junior, earned first-team all-league honors on team that placed third at state ... Started two years and lettered three ... Also earned four letters in track and three in basketball.

PERSONAL: Major is psychology ... His father, Joey III, ran track at Lewis and Clark College (Ore.).