HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Graduated from Westlake High School in Atlanta, Ga. ... Gatorade Player of the Year for 2005 in Georgia ... defensive player of the year and first-team defensive lineman on '05 Georgia Class AAA all-state team by Atlanta Journal-Constitution ... one of four outside linebackers/defensive ends on Journal-Constitution Best of the Rest in Georgia team ... helped Westlake High School in Atlanta, Ga., to 8-3 mark as senior in '05 and second round of state playoffs, making 85 tackles and 12 sacks ... credited with 18 tackles in second game of senior season ... made 85 tackles and three sacks as junior in 2004 ... his high school placed more players on '05 NFL opening-day rosters (six) than any other high school in the country ... born Jan. 27, 1988 ... high school coach was Dallas Allen ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.
