2011 Season: Played in 10 of the team’s 11 games…recorded seven tackles, including two for loss during his first active season…scored a touchdown against UC Davis after sacking the quarterback and recoving the fumble in the end zone…made two stops against Oregon State and Northern Colorado…also had two pass break-ups at OSU.

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: Has yet to declare a major...parents are Andy and Angela Cowger...became the first Liberty High School student-athlete to earn a Div. I scholarship.