2008 (Sophomore): rotating starter along the defensive front who is equally comfortable at tackle or end … 36 tackles, three sacks for season … five-yard sack at Wisconsin … TFL and two tackles at Michigan State … six tackles and a pass breakup in a strong performance against Penn State … forced a fumble on a fourth-quarter sack at Northwestern … recorded seven tackles at Illinois … sack and six tackles against Michigan … Attack Force award: Penn State, Michigan … Jack Tatum big hit: Penn State … second-year letterman

2007 (Freshman): became a starter along the defensive line as a true freshman … freshman All-America (Sporting News, Rivals, Scout) … freshman all-Big Ten (Sporting News) … 30 tackles, 9 TFL, 2.5 sacks and 2 PBU … five tackles and a sack at Penn State … Attack Force award: Penn State … Jack Tatum hit of week: Michigan State, Penn State … team’s outstanding first-year player on defense … first-year letterman

High School: 2006 Georgia Class 5A Defensive Player of the Year … rated as the No. 15 prospect overall in Georgia and as high as the nation’s No. 20 defensive tackle … totaled over 100 tackles and 16 sacks as a senior … ranked the seventh-best player in Georgia and the 13th best defensive tackle in the nation … 3.2 GPA … an outstanding basketball player

Personal: son of former NFL running back Craig “Ironhead” Heyward and Charlotte Heyward-Blackwell … stepfather Cory Blackwell played at Wisconsin