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Agile and athletic for his size • Plays well against the run.
2009 - Senior Season
Massive tackle who helps control the line of scrimmage • Three-year starter • Finished the season with 23 tackles, including 2.5 for loss and had three quarterback pressures and blocked kick • Posted three tackles vs. Pittsburgh in the Meineke Car Care Bowl • Had one tackle at NC State • Scored his first career touchdown on a 20-yard fumble return at Boston College • Also added a tackle as Carolina limited the Eagles to 198 total yards • Had two stops and a quarterback pressure in a win over No. 12 Miami • Assisted on a tackle and had a quarterback pressure in the 19-6 win over Duke • Was part of a defensive unit that limited the Blue Devils to just 125 total yards • Registered two tackles at Virginia Tech • Credited with one tackle against Florida State • Posted three tackles, including a 2-yard tackle for loss, vs. Georgia Southern • Had six tackles and assisted on a tackle for loss at Georgia Tech • Blocked a field goal in the win over ECU • Posted two tackles at Connecticut • Had one tackle for loss in the season opener vs. The Citadel.
2008:Massive defensive tackle who started all 13 games and finished the season with 34 tackles,
3.5 tackles for losses
and one sack • Posted
four tackles against West
Virginia in the Meineke
Car Care Bowl • Had three
tackles, including one tackle
for loss, against Duke • Assisted
on two tackles against
NC State • Recorded two
tackles, including a 2-yard
tackle for loss, at Maryland
• Had his best game of
the season in the 28-7
win over No. 22 Georgia
Tech with a career-best six
tackles, including one sack
for five yards • Had one
tackle in the 45-24 win
over No. 23 Boston College
• Posted one tackle at
Virginia • Had one tackle
vs. Notre Dame • Had two
tackles, one pressure and
assisted on a tackle for loss
in Carolina's 38-12 win
over No. 24 Connecticut •
Posted two tackles in the Tar
Heels' 28-24 win at Miami
• Recorded four tackles,including two solo stops and two assists, vs. Virginia Tech • Had one tackle in the win at
Rutgers • Started against McNeese State and matched his career high with five tackles.
2007: Started three games and played in seven • Started against James
Madison, South Carolina and Wake Forest • Battled a severely sprained ankle
throughout the season which caused him to miss five games • Had one tackle
at Georgia Tech • Had two tackles and a sack at Wake Forest • Returned to
the starting lineup vs. South Carolina after missing time with an ankle
sprain • Posted three tackles against the Gamecocks • Saw limited action
against Miami, Virginia Tech and USF • Started in Carolina's 37-14 victory
over James Madison and assisted on a tackle for loss for two years.
2006 - Freshman Season
Played in all 12 games as part of the rotation at defensive tackle •
Finished the season with 18 tackles, including nine solo stops and 1.5 sacks
• Posted a season-high five tackles vs. Furman • Had three tackles at
Clemson • Posted three tackles and a sack at Duke • Redshirted in 2005.
North Moore High School
Ranked the No. 16 player in North Carolina by The Charlotte Observer •
Ranked the No. 19 player in North Carolina by SuperPrep • Played both
defensive tackle and fullback in high school • Ran for 798 yards and 12
touchdowns on 130 carries as a senior • Led the team with 50 tackles as
junior • Rushed for 600 yards and six touchdowns as a fullback as a junior •
Coached by Bryan Lee • Also played basketball.
Personal
Son of Janet and Milton Person and Ronnie Thomas • Born on December 12, 1986
• African-American studies major • Would most like to have dinner with his deceased
grandmother and two aunts • Would most like to appear on the reality TV show "College
Hill" • Has 10 tattoos, including one on his left arm for his deceased grandmother and
aunts • Favorite dessert is Nestle cookie with vanilla ice cream • People say he looks like
Big O from the movie Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins • Would choose to sing "You're
Not Alone" by Michael Jackson if he were a contestant on American Idol • Favorite restaurant
in Chapel Hill is Red Lobster • Says the best thing about Carolina is "waking up
every morning knowing that you are going to one of the top schools in the nation."
Year Pri A Total TFL SACKS INT PBU FF FR
2006 9 9 18 1.5-9 1.5-9 0 0 0 0
2007 4 4 8 1.5-11 1.0-9 0 0 0 0
2008 19 15 34 3.5-9 1.0-5 0 0 0 0
2009 10 13 23 2.5-3 0.0-0 0 0 0 1-20
Totals 42 41 83 9.0-32 3.5-23 0 0 0 1-20
Career High: 6 tackles vs. Georgia Tech (2008), at Georgia Tech (2009)
