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2008: Appeared in all 11 games for the Rams with nine starts...Finished the season ranked 11th on the team in total tackles with 32, including 22 solo tackles...Recorded one interception with three pass breakups...He also added a blocked kick...He also racked up 444 yards on 20 kick returns...His longest was a 39-yarder in a home game against South Carolina State...He totaled 166 yards in kick-off returns against South Carolina State on seven returns...He was also the team's primary punt returner and led the squad with 137 yards on 19 punt returns....His longest was a 38-yard return at Hampton...For the season, he totaled 581 all-purpose yards for the Rams...He had his best individual defensive effort in the season opener at North Carolina A&T that saw him rack up a season-high six tackles...He had another great effort against the Howard Bison at home...He had five solo tackles in that game...The highlight of the season came at Hampton when he returned a missed field goal 106 yards for a touchdown...He also added an interception in the game as well...Had two tackles (one solo) vs. Savannah State (Sept. 13), Morgan State (Sept. 20), and South Carolina State (Sept. 26) respectively...He also added three tackles (two solo) at Florida A&M...He had three kick-off returns for 64 yards against Bethune-Cookman (Oct. 24)...He finished with four tackles (four solo) at Hampton...He had two tackles (one solo) at Delaware State (Nov. 8)...He had just one solo tackle at North Carolina Central (Nov. 15)...Closed his WSSU career with five tackles (three solo) against Norfolk State (Nov. 22)...He added three kick-off returns for 71 yards and three punt returns for seven yards in the game.
2007: Appeared in, and started, all 11 games for the Rams...Was one of only 10 players on the WSSU roster that started every game...Finished the season ranked eighth on the roster in tackles with 41 total tackles...Tallied 23 solo tackles and 18 tackle assists...Recorded one tackle for loss which set WSSU opponents back two yards...Recorded one interception and led the team with a season-high nine pass break-ups...Recorded four tackles (one solo, three assists) versus North Carolina A&T (Sept. 1)...Recorded a trio of tackle assists at Morgan State (Sept. 15)...Recorded five total tackles (four solo, one assist) and his lone tackle for loss at South Carolina State (Sept. 22) as well as recording three pass break-ups...Recorded one pass break-up at Howard (Sept. 29)...Tallied a tackle assist versus Florida A&M in the 2007 Circle City Classic (Oct. 6)...Tied a season-high with eight total tackles (three solo, five assists) at Bethune-Cookman (Oct. 20)...Recorded his lone interception of the season versus the Wildcats the same day...Chipped in with six tackles in the Rams' win over Hampton (four solo, two assists) and broke up one pass versus the Pirates (Oct. 27)...Broke up one pass and collected a pair of solo tackles versus Delaware State (Nov. 2) on Homecoming 2007...Recorded two solo tackles, two tackle assists and two pass break-ups versus North Carolina Central (Nov. 10)...Closed the season at Norfolk State (Nov. 17) with a season-high-tying eight total tackles (seven solo, one assist) versus the Spartans...Closed the season fourth in all-purpose yardage as he totaled 596 yards serving on the kickoff and punt return teams...Returned opponents' punts for 182 yards and added 414 yards of kickoff return yardage for an average of 54.2 yards per game...Averaged 10.1 yards per return on the punt return team (182 yards on 18 punts) and turned in an average of 20.7 yards per kick return (414 yards on 20 kickoff returns)...Named WSSU's Most Improved Player for the 2007 season at the annual WSSU Athletic Banquet.
2006: Played in 10 games with no starts in 2006...Was a solid reserve for the Rams en route to totaling three tackles...Missed just one game for the Rams, the home opener against South Carolina State...Returned 12 punts for a total of 36 yards for an average of three yards per return with a long of 13 yards...Returned five kickoffs for a total of 108 yards en route to leading the team in kickoff yards per return with a 21.6 yards per return average.
2005: Played football at Allen University in Miami, Fla. in 2005 as a defensive back...Stats are unavailable...Transferred to WSSU in the spring of 2006.
Personal: A native of Miami, Fla., he is a 2005 graduate of Miramar High School where he led the defense, a defense that was the best (points against) in the state of Florida...An All-Conference and All-State selection as a defensive back...Came to WSSU following one year at Allen University where he was named the Defensive MVP and was selected as an All-NAIA performer as a defensive back...The son of Frank and Alice Irizarry...A mass communications major...Born in Miami, Fla. on August 26, 1987.
Year G/GS UT AT Total TFL Int. PBU FF/FR 2008 11/10 22 10 32 0 1 3 0/0 2007 11/11 23 18 41 1 1 9 0/0 2006 10/0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0/0 2005 Played at Allen University (Columbia, S.C.) ---------------------------------------------------------- Total 32/21 48 28 76 1 2 12 0/0
