COLLEGE: Third-team Don Hansen[apos]s Football Gazette Northwest Region and second-team North Central Conference all-star last season ... Named team[apos]s Defensive Lineman of the Year ... Started all 11 games ... Credited with 36 tackles (27 solo) ... Ranked second in NCC with 12.5 tackles for losses for 53 yards, including 6 quarterback sacks for minus-30 yards ... Also had 3 forced fumbles and 3 pass breakups ... Had 3.5 tackles for losses vs. St. Cloud State on 10/7/06 ... Played in first four games in 2005, making two starts ... Missed last six games with calf injury ... Credited with 12 tackles (6 solo), 3.0 for losses of 12 yards and 0.5 quarterback sacks for minus-5 yards ... Also recovered 1 fumble ... Played in all 10 games in 2004 ... Blocked 3 kicks ... Credited with 14 tackles, 4.0 for losses of 16 yards, including 2.0 quarterback sacks for minus-10 yards ... Also had 1 forced fumble ... Three letters ... Redshirt in 2003.
HIGH SCHOOL: First-team Washington State Sportswriters Association and Washington Prep Football Report Class 4A all-State choice as senior at Kentwood High School ... Listed among Seattle Times Top 100 (white chip) state high school seniors ... Second-team Tacoma News Tribune all-Area and first-team South Puget Sound League North Division all-star ... Second-team all-league as tight end on offense ... Team co-captain ... Had 78 tackles, 13-1/2 quarterback sacks, 4 blocked kicks, 7 forced fumbles and 5 fumble recoveries as senior, helping Conquerors to 13-1 record and state title ... Second-team all-league as junior on another 13-1 state championship team ... Had 71 tackles, 8 sacks, 3 forced fumbles, and 1 fumble recovery ... Started two years and lettered three ... Also earned three letters in rugby.
PERSONAL: Major is recreation ... His brother, William, competed in football and track at University of Washington, and his sister, Sarah, played volleyball at University of Idaho ... His father, Roy, played football at University of Idaho; his uncle, Ernie, is a former Husky football player and played in the NFL for St. Louis Rams and New Orleans Saints; his uncle, Vince, played football at Central Washington University; and his aunt, Pauline, competed as shot putter in U.S. Olympic Trials.