2010 Season: Sat out the season as a redshirt.

High School: A 2010 graduate of Liberty HS in Madera, Calif...was named second team all-state small schools, the North Sequoia League Defensive Player of the Year and was a member of the Fresno Bee all-star team in 2009...was also a first team all-league selection on both the offensive and defensive lines...as a senior, he recorded 110 tackles with 13.5 tackles-for-loss and 10 sacks...was a first team all-NSL selection on both sides of the ball as a junior...also played basketball and baseball for the Hawks...is the school’s all-time leading rebounder.

Personal: Born 12-5-91...plans to major in biology...parents are Andy and Angela Cowger...became the first Liberty High School student-athlete to earn a Div. I scholarship.