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Tulsa -- A two-year letterwinner and returning starter . . . has played in 26 career games and has started 17 contests . . . has 39 career tackles . . . 2006 -- Played in all 13 games and started the final 11 contests . . . was an honorable mention all-Conference USA selection . . . had 31 stops, 23 more than in his freshman campaign . . . had a career-best five stops vs. BYU . . . also added four tackles against Rice and Tulane . . . 2005 -- Played in all 13 games and started the final six games of his true freshman season . . . was credited with eight stops . . . had two stops each against Rice, Tulane and UCF . . . tallied one tackle each against Oklahoma and North Texas . . . Overall -- Has great size and natural strength . . . has good speed . . . extremely athletic player for his size . . . made steady improvement of being more explosive during spring drills . . . has the ability to be an impact player.
High School -- Was a three-year letterwinner at Cedar Hill High School . . . started his final two seasons at defensive tackle . . . named to the Dave Campbell's Texas Football SuperPrep Team . . . ranked 36th in the preseason by Scout.com in the Southwest Hot 100 prospects . . . ranks No. 12 on the Dallas Morning News' All-Area top-100, and 33rd on the Dallas Morning News All-State top-100 team . . . received a three-star rating by Rivals.com . . . ranked as the 21st best defensive tackle in the country by ESPN.com . . . also ranked as the 26th best defensive tackle in the nation by Rivals.com . . . was selected to participate in the Coca Cola All-Star Game . . . was selected to participate in the Texas-Oklahoma Oil Bowl game . . . earned second-team all-district honors both his junior and senior seasons . . . had 58 tackles and five sacks his senior season . . . also totaled 52 tackles, five sacks and three forced fumbles as a junior . . . also lettered twice in track and three times in powerlifting . . . high school coach was Joey McGuire.
Personal -- Favorite NFL team is the Dallas Cowboys . . . lists Deion Sanders as his favorite NFL player . . . his favorite pro athlete is Josh Howard . . . lists the Dallas Mavericks as his favorite professional sports team . . . enjoys playing video games . . . favorite TV show is "Family Guy" . . . nickname is Big T . . . parents are Terrel and Rita Nemons . . . majoring in communication. (pronounced Nim-mons)
