Ranked as one of the top 16 defensive ends in the nation by USA Today.com, he is considered an All-American by that service and one of the top 125 players in the nation regardless of position...ranked as 31st best defensive end in the nation by rivals100.com...a three-star player by that internet site...ranked as the #3 player in South Carolina by SuperPrep...ranked as the number-eight player in South Carolina by Mickey Plyler....had 89 tackles, 15 quarterback pressures,14 sacks and 22 tackles for loss in outstanding senior year...missed two games with an ankle injury, or he would have been over 100 tackles for the season...played in the North-South All-Star game in Myrtle Beach in December...ranked as 25th best defensive lineman in the nation by SuperPrep...ranked as #73 player in the Mid-Atlantic Region by Tom Lemming...a Border Wars Top 100 player in the South...a Max Emfinger All-American, he is ranked as a grade 7 player by Emfinger, his highest rating...ranked as the 20th best defensive end prospect in the nation by the Sporting News...all-state choice in South Carolina by High School Sports Report...played his high school football for Jimmy Neal at Camden High...born 4-4-83..chose Clemson over South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia Tech, Georgia and North Carolina.