2005: 11 games: 43 solos, 17 assists, 22.5 TFLs, 19 sacks, 2 PDs, 2 FFs, 1 BK.  named first team all Little America.  Invited to the Cactus Bowl.

2004: 20 solos, 20 assists, 9.5 TFLs, 4 sacks.  HM all-NCC.

2003:16 solos, 9 assists, 4.5, 3 sacks.

The best "AJ" you never heard of....A.J. is a hidden jewel who may climb the charts once the word gets out after he had an absolutely monstrous senior season.  He is right there now with the best DEs in DII football, and has enough upfield skills to project to one of several positions--including, perhaps, even OLB.    He is a solid citizen and student who--were he playing DI football--would be a definite candidate for second-day consideration for the 2006 NFL draft.  Even so, CDS is projecting him as a late-round possibility and as a DEFINITE priority UDFA if he should go undrafted. 

Note: Thanks to Dave Kuper, CDS favorite Chris Kuper's father (OG, University of North Dakota) who scouted him in person for us and is responsible for the "heads up."

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