CAREER HONORS:
• 2012 Madden Most Valuable Protectors Award, recognizing the best offensive line in the NFL.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
• Played in 74 career games with 39 starts.
• Has allowed just 7.75 sacks and flagged for only 9 penalties.
• Appeared in 6 postseason games and participated in 2 NFC Championship contests.
• Played in Super Bowl XLVII with San Francisco at the end of the 2012 season.
COLLEGE (APPALACHIAN STATE):
• 4-year letterman (2007-10) and 2-year starter.
CAREER: Played in 48 games with 29 starts.
• Started 16 games at right guard and 13 at left tackle.
SENIOR (2010): Started all 13 games at left tackle.
• College Sports News All-American.
• 1st-team All-Southern Conference.
JUNIOR (2009): Played in 12 games.
SOPHOMORE (2008): Started all 14 games at right guard.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2007): Played in 9 games with 2 starts at right guard.
• Also saw action at tight end.
• Helped his school win the FCS national championship.
• Redshirted in 2006.
COMMUNITY:
• Has participated in several 49ers charitable events, such as a breast cancer fashion show and elementary school visits.
• Sponsored the Tribe Games for each of the past 5 years in his hometown of Kingsport, Tenn., which is a series of athletic competitions for special needs kids.
• Coached youth football on the weekends while in San Francisco.
PERSONAL:
• Served as a student-teacher at Hardin Park Elementary School in Boone, N.C. working with special-education students in adaptive physical education classes.
• Aspires to be a coach and special-education teacher following his NFL career.
• MAJOR: Physical education and adaptive physical education.
