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2007: Appeared in all 11 games for the Rams en route to starting all 11 games, only one of 10 WSSU players to start every game of the season...Ranked 17th on the roster with 17 total tackles...Earned 10 solo tackles and seven tackle assists...Recorded four pass break-ups...Recorded four tackles versus North Carolina A&T (Sept. 1) with one solo tackle and three tackle assists...Also broke up one Aggie pass...Tallied three tackles at Coastal Carolina (Sept. 8)...Broke up one pass and earned one tackle at Morgan State (Sept. 15)...Recorded one tackle and broke up one pass at Howard (Sept. 29)...Turned in his best game of the season in the Rams' victory over Florida A&M at the 2007 Circle City Classic in Indianapolis, Ind. (Oct. 6) where he recorded four solo tackles and a tackle assist...Recorded one solo tackle in the Rams' loss to MEAC-Champion Delaware State (Nov. 2)...Closed out the season with a pair of tackles at Norfolk State (Nov. 17).
2006: Appeared in all 11 games starting all but one game at the left cornerback position...Finished seventh on the team with 36 total tackles (25)...Tied with linebacker Thadeus Griffin for the team lead in interceptions with three...Returned the interceptions for a combined total of 106 yards...Led the team with four pass break-ups...Also recovered a fumble in the season opener at Catawba on Aug. 26.
2005: Appeared in, and started four games for the Rams...Placed 19th on the WSSU roster with eight total tackles...Tallied five solo tackles and three assisted tackles...Recorded a pair of interceptions that he returned for a total of 108 yards and a touchdown...Broke up two other passes.
Personal: The 2008 season will mark Middleton's fourth and final year as a member of the WSSU football team...A native of Winston-Salem, N.C., he is a 2005 graduate of Parkland High School where he was an All-Conference selection in both 2002, 2003 and 2004 as well as being a part of a Mustang squad that captured the North Carolina 3A State Championship with former WSSU teammates Jed Bines, Monte Purvis and Ernest Blakeley...Earned the Gatorade Rookie of the Year award in 2002...Was a member of the Mustang's back-to-back-to-back conference championship teams...The son of Jeff Middleton and Rachel Robinson...A physical education major...Born in Columbia, S.C. on Feb. 7, 1987...Nicknamed "D-Black."
Middleton's Statistics:
Year G/GS UT AT Total TFL Int. PBU FF/FR
2007 11/11 10 7 17 0/0 0 4 0/0
2006 11/10 25 11 36 0 3/106 4 0/1
2005 4/4 5 3 8 0 2/108 4 0/0
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Total 15/14 30 14 44 0 5/214 8 0/1
