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SCOUTING REPORT: Has earned Miami varsity letters in each of his first two seasons... a great situational pass rusher who displayed moments of brilliance last season and during spring practice ... a coachable young man whose work ethic and demeanor could result in future all-league honors ... one of Miami's strongest players, recording 25 reps at 225 pounds in the bench press ... top single lifts are 395 pounds in the bench press and 340 pounds in the power clean max ... ranks tied for first with Chris Givens with a standing long jump of 10'5" and is second in the vertical jump (36") high school teammate of Miami linebacker David Davis ... a member of Miami's RedHawk Council.
2008: Appeared in 11 of the team's 12 games, starting the last three contests of the season ... accounted for 23 total tackles and at least one stop in nine contests ... four of his 5.5 tackles for loss were quarterback sacks ... recovered a fumble at Cincinnati.
2007: Played in all 13 games, totaling 10 tackles ... his individual highlight came in the RedHawks' home-field victory over Syracuse when he sacked the Orange quarterback on the first play of SU's final possession ... he also had a sack in Miami's big win vs. Buffalo ... had 3.5 TFLs for minus 15 yards, one QB hurry and one pass break-up.
HIGH SCHOOL: Totaled 190 tackles and 13 sacks in his final two seasons at Southwest Dekalb ... earned honorable mention honors from the Atlanta Journal Constitution for Class AAAA ... received all-county honors on both offense and defense and was voted as the Best All-Around Player by his teammates ... captain of the football and track teams ... 2007 state champion in the shot put (59 feet) and state runner-up in the discus, leading his team to the AAAA state title ... graduated from high school with a 3.58 GPA ... prep coach was Buck Godfrey.
PERSONAL: Born May 26, 1989 ... son of Morris and Cynthia Council ... majoring in exercise science, he hopes to be a physical therapist.