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Gareon Conley Ohio State 6-foot 195 pounds First Round, Pick No. 24 24th Overall

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Obi Melifonwu Safety Connecticut 6-foot-3 217 pounds Second Round, Pick No. 24 56th Overall

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Eddie Vanderdoes Defensive UCLA 6-foot-3 325 pounds Third Round, Pick No. 24 88th Overall 2016 FOOTBALL SENIOR BIOS

#47 Career Highs EDDIE Tackles - 11 at Stanford, 2013 Tackles for Loss - 2.0, last vs. Virginia, 2015 VANDERDOES Sacks - 1.0, last at Colorado, 2016

Defensive Line TACKLE STATISTICS - E. VANDERDOES Sr. • 6-3 • 325 Year TT T-AT Sacks TFL INT (Td) 2013 39 21-18 0.5-2 4.5-15 0 Auburn, Calif. 2014 50 27-23 2.0-19 5.5-29 0 Placer HS 2015 8 6-2 0.0-0 2.0-2 0 2016 29 15-14 1.5-2 1.5-2 0 Totals 126 69-57 4.0-23 13.5-48 0 2016 - Named to the watch list for the Bednarik Award, Nagurski Award, Rotary ... Honorable mention All-Pac-12 selection by RUSHING STATISTICS - E. VANDERDOES Year TCB Yds YL Net Avg TD Lg the coaches ... Starter in all 12 games on the defensive front ... Credited 2013 1 1 0 1 1.0 1 1 with 29 tackles on the season ... Had multiple tackles in six game with 2014 4 5 0 5 1.2 1 2 a best of fi ve tackles in games vs. Texas A&M and USC ... Invited to the Totals 5 6 0 6 1.2 2 2 Senior Bowl. 2015 - Made eight tackles in the opener against Virginia, including two tackles for loss ... Suff ered an injury in that contest and missed the bal- ance of the season. 2014 - Appeared in 13 games and made 12 starts on the defensive line ... Honorable mention all-conference selection ... Ranked eighth on the team with 50 tackles ... Tied for fourth on the team with 5.5 tackles for loss ... Had a best of nine tackles vs. Utah, including a tackle for loss ... Made eight tackles against Arizona ... Had seven tackles, including a sack, vs. USC ... Recovered a vs. K-State ... Made at least four tack- les in six games ... Made four rushing attempts on off ense for fi ve yards ... Scored a one-yard rushing vs. Utah ... Had two carries for four yards vs. Texas. 2013 - Appeared in all 13 games and made seven starts on the defen- sive line ... Named fi rst-team Freshman All-America by Sporting News and Football Writers Association (FWAA) ... Honorable mention all-con- ference ... Credited with 39 tackles on the season ... His 11 tackles at Stanford were the most by a Bruin defensive lineman since 1992 (Bruce Walker - 12) ... Had multiple tackles in nine games. HIGH SCHOOL - A fi ve-star recruit according to both rivals.com and scout.com … Second-team USA Today All-American … Selected to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl all-star game … Scout.com’s No. 2-ranked in the country … No. 3 recruit and No. 1 ranked defensive tackle on the scout.com West 150 list … ESPN.com’s No. 10 recruit in the nation, No. 1 defensive tackle in the country and the top-rated recruit in the state of … No. 2-ranked defensive tackle in the nation according to scout.com and No. 1 in the West … Listed No. 21 on the rivals.com 250 and No. 9 in the nation by scout. com … Ranked No. 3 recruit in California by rivals.com and the No. 2 defensive tackle in the nation … SuperPrep’s No. 4-ranked defensive lineman nationally … Regarded as the No. 2 recruit in the CA/NV/HI re- gion by SuperPrep … Ranked as the nation’s No. 43 recruit and the No. 6 defensive end by Tom Lemming … No. 32-ranked player nationally on PrepStar Dream Team and the country’s No. 5-ranked defensive tackle … Credited with 72 tackles and nine sacks for an 11-1 team in his senior season … Had 65 tackles and 10 sacks as a junior … Coached by Joey Montoya ... Also played baseball. PERSONAL - Full Name: Eddie Norman Vanderdoes IV ... Born in Auburn, Calif. ... Parents: Eddie and Behia Vanderdoes ... Has one younger sis- ter, Baylee ... Admires NBA player LeBron James and NFL players Ray Lewis and ... Lists his biggest thrill to date as playing in the U.S. Army High School All-American Bowl and winning his league championship ... Hobbies include long boarding and hanging with his friends ... History major.

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David Sharpe Tackle Florida 6-foot-6 357 pounds Fourth Round, Pick No. 23 129th Overall

DAVID SHARPE GAMES PLAYED/STARTED

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Marquel Lee Linebacker Wake Forest 6-foot-3 240 pounds Fifth Round, Pick No. 24 168th Overall Wake Forest Football

2013 (True Freshman) 2013 Opp S-A-Tot TFL-Yds Sk-Yds Int-Yds PBU FF-FR Marquel Enrolled early at Wake Forest in January 2013 and 8/29 Presbyterian 0-1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 participated in spring practice ... Played in 11 games as a 9/6 at Boston Col. 1-1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 8 9/14 ULM 0-1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 LEE true freshman in the fall ... Served as a reserve linebacker and key special teams contributor ... Led the team with 9/21 at Army 0-0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 LB • Sr. • 6-3 • 240 nine special teams tackles ... Finished with 14 tackles overall, 9/28 at Clemson 1-2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 10/5 NC State 0-0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 including four solo, on the season ... Made his collegiate debut Waldorf, Md. 10/19 Maryland 0-1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 Westlake vs. Presbyterian (Aug. 29) ... Missed the game at Miami (Oct. 10/26 at Miami -DNP- 26) due to injury. 11/2 at Syracuse 2-0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 2016 (Senior) 11/9 Florida State 0-2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 High School Elected a team captain ... First Team All-ACC (AP) ... 11/23 Duke 0-1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 Graduated from Westlake High School in Waldorf, Md. Second Team All-ACC (Media and Coaches) ... Finished 11/30 at Vanderbilt 0-1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 in December 2012 and enrolled early to Wake Forest in 12th in the ACC in tackles per game at 8.1 . . . One of only January 2013 ... A three-year starter for the Wolverines 2014 Opp S-A-Tot TFL-Yds Sk-Yds Int-Yds PBU FF-FR 17 players in the ACC to top 100 tackles on the season . . ... Earned honorable mention all-state honors as a senior 8/28 at ULM 2-10-12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 . Finished 11th in the ACC in sacks with 7.5 . . . Fifth in the ... Named fi rst team All-Southern Maryland Athletic Con- 9/6 Gardner-Webb 6-2-8 3.0-8 1-5 0-0 0 0-0 ACC in tackles for loss with 20.0 . . . Tied for sixth in the ference at linebacker ... Helped Westlake to the Maryland 9/13 at Utah State 0-9-9 2.5-6 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 ACC in forced with 3 . . . Ninth in the ACC with Class 3A South Region fi nal ... The Wolverines fi nished the 9/20 Army 5-4-9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 9.2 tackles per game vs. league opponents . . . Third in season 8-4 ... Played for Coach Marlon Curtis as a senior 9/27 at Louisville 1-4-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 conference in ACC only games with 7.5 sacks . . . 17.5 TFL ... Had 12 tackles and a fumble recovery vs. Huntingtown 10/4 at Florida St. 4-3-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 vs. ACC opponents led the league . . . Tallied a pair of solo 10/18 Syracuse 3-4-7 0.5-1 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 during a regular season victory ... Had an in tackles and an assist tackle in a start against Tulane (Sept. 10/25 Boston College 3-2-5 1.5-3 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 the South Region semifi nal win over Potomac and a fumble 1)... Led the Deacs with 10 total tackles against Duke 11/6 Clemson 6-2-8 0.5-4 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 return for a touchdown vs. Lackey ... Made 14 tackles vs. (Sept. 10), while adding one sack and two tackles for loss... 11/15 at NC State 1-5-6 0.5-1 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 Calvert ... Considered the Wolverines’ emotional leader ... Led the team with fi ve tackles (three solo, two assisted), 11/22 Virginia Tech 7-5-12 3.0-25 2.5-24 0-0 0 1-0 Had 70 tackles as a junior while also throwing for over 800 with one TFL and one forced fumble vs. Delaware (Sept. 11/29 at Duke 1-12-13 0.5-5 0.5-5 0-0 0 0-0 yards as a ... Chose Wake Forest over offers 17)...Had four tackles at Indiana (Sept. 24) ... Had six tack- from Maryland, James Madison and Towson. 2015 Opp S-A-Tot TFL-Yds Sk-Yds Int-Yds PBU FF-FR les at NC State (Oct. 1)... Set career highs with 15 tackles 9/3 Elon 1-1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 (12 solo) and 5.5 TFLs, along with two sacks vs. Syracuse Personal 9/12 at Syracuse 6-0-6 3.0-7 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 (Oct. 8) to earn ACC Linebacker of the Week honors... Had Son of Katanya and Corey Lee ... Born Oct. 21, 1995 ... 9/19 at Army 3-4-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 career-high two sacks and was just a half-TFL shy of school Name is pronounced “mar-KELL”. 9/26 Indiana 3-5-8 1.5-9 1.0-9 0-0 0 0-0 record with 5.5 TFLs vs. Orange . . . Led team with nine 10/3 Florida State 3-3-6 1.5-6 0.5-4 0-0 0 0-0 tackles, including 2.5 TFLs and one sack, and recorded two LEE’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATS 10/10 at Boston Col. 1-1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 forced fumbles at Florida State (Oct. 15) ... Had 12 tackles 10/17 at UNC 2-3-5 1.0-11 1.0-11 0-0 1 0-0 against Army West Point (Oct. 29) ... Had team-high seven 10/24 NC State 3-1-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 tackles, including one sack, in a win over Virginia (Nov. 5) G-GS S-A-Tot TFL-Yds Sk-Yds Int-Yds PBU FF-FR 10/30 Louisville 5-4-9 0.5-1 0.5-1 0-0 0 0-0 ... Had four tackles, including two for loss and one sack, at 2013 11-0 4-10-14 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 11/14 at Notre Dame 2-6-8 1.5-4 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 Louisville (Nov. 12) ... Tied for the team tackle lead with 12 2014 12-12 39-62-101 12.0-53 4.0-34 0-0 1 1-0 11/21 at Clemson 1-5-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 vs. Clemson (11/19) ... Had 11 tackles, including 2.5 TFLs 2015 12-12 37-34-71 10.0-41 3.0-25 0-0 1 0-0 11/28 Duke 7-1-8 0-0 0-0 0- 0 0-0 and one sack vs. Boston College (Nov. 26) ... Second team 2016 13-13 63-42-105 20.0-68 7.5-46 0-0 0 3-0 preseason All-ACC choice by Athlon and Phil Steele . . . Career 48-37 143-148-291 41.0-161 14.5-105 0-0 2 4-0 2016 Opp S-A-Tot TFL-Yds Sk-Yds Int-Yds PBU FF-FR 9/1 Tulane 2-1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 LEE’S GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS 9/10 at Duke 6-4-10 2.0-9 1.0-7 0-0 0 0-0 9/17 Delaware 3-2-5 1.0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1-0 2015 (Junior) 9/24 at Indiana 2-2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 Started all 12 games at LB and fi nished fourth on the team 10/1 at NC State 4-2-6 0.5-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 with 71 tackles ... Team leader with 10 tackles for loss ... 10/8 Syracuse 12-3-15 5.5-12 2.0-7 0-0 0 0-0 Season-high nine tackles vs. Louisville ... Had six or more 10/15 at Florida St 6-3-9 2.5-15 1.0-10 0-0 0 2-0 tackles in eight of 12 games ... Recorded three tackles for 10/29 Army 5-7-12 0.5-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 loss vs. Syracuse to go with six solo tackles ... Had 1.5 11/5 Virginia 5-2-7 1.0-6 1.0-6 0-0 0 0-0 tackles for loss against Indiana, Florida State and Notre 11/12 at Louisville 3-1-4 2.0-9 1.0-5 0-0 0 0-0 Dame ... Led the team with 10.0 tackles for loss ... On the 11/19 Clemson 5-7-12 1.5-1 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 fi eld for 690 snaps on the year including season-best 97 vs. 11/26 Boston College 7-4-11 2.5-13 1.5-11 0-0 0 0-0 Duke (11/28) ... Led the team with eight tackles at Notre 12/27 Temple 3-4-7 1.0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 Dame (11/14)

2014 (Sophomore) Finished third on the team with 101 total tackles ... Along with Ryan Janvion, became the fi rst sophomores at Wake Forest since 1992 to eclipse the century mark in tackles ... Led the team with 62 assisted tackles ... Had three games of 12 or more tackles including each of the fi nal two contests ... Collected 12 tackles vs. ULM and Virginia Tech ... Finished year with career-high 13 stops at Duke ... Ranked 11th in the ACC in tackles per game at 8.4 ... Was 10th in the conference in tackles for loss at 1.0 per game ... Named ACC Linebacker of the Week for his play against Virginia Tech when he tied his career-high with 12 tackles including seven solo stops and a forced fumble ... Added three tackles for a loss of 25 yards and 2.5 sacks for a loss of 24 yards ... Had a critical sack in the second overtime that forced the Hokies to miss a 53-yard fi eld goal ... Was on the fi eld for 830 snaps including a season-high 94 at Utah State ... Ranked fi fth on the club in total snaps ... Had three games of 80 or more snaps including 85 vs. ULM and 84 at Louisville. OAKLAND RAIDERS 2017 DRAFT PICK BIO

Shalom Luani Safety Washington State 6-foot-1 205 pounds Seventh Round, Pick No. 3 221st Overall **

Safety 6-1 • 205 Masausi, American Faga’itua HS ‘12 / City College of San Francisco ‘15 Criminal Justice

WSU CAREER

SENIOR (2016): Named to Polynesian College Player of the Year Watch List…named All-Pac-12 Conference First Team…named All-Pac-12 second-team by The Associate Press and Phil Steele…started final 12 games…third on team with 68 tackles and second on team with 8.5 tackles-for-loss including two sacks…tied for fifth in Pac-12 with four …also made six pass breakups and forced one fumble…missed season-opener against Eastern Washington…made four tackles, shared a tackle-for-loss and picked off two passes at Boise State…had a tackle-for-loss in win over Idaho…made six stops including one for loss in win over Oregon…had four tackles and an interception in the win at No. 15 Stanford…recorded two tackles-for-loss in win over UCLA…had five tackles including first career sack in win at Arizona State…made season-high eight tackles with one for loss in win at Oregon State…had a sack and an interception in win over Arizona…made seven stops in win over California…made six tackles and two pass breakups at No. 12 Colorado…recorded seven tackles and forced a fumble against No. 6 Washington…made team-best nine stops against Minnesota in the Holiday Bowl. JUNIOR (2015): Earned a varsity letter after starting all 13 games...All-Pac-12 honorable mention…named to Polynesian Player of the Year Watch List…totaled 90 tackles, third on team, with three tackles-for-loss, four interceptions, six pass break-ups, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery… his four interceptions led WSU and tied for fourth in the Pac-12 while his 10 passes defended tied for 11th in the conference.…earned Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week honors after posting 11 tackles and two interceptions in win over Oregon State…his first pick against OSU he took 84 yards for a touchdown…also named the Jim Thorpe Player of the Week for his efforts against the Beavers…had season- high-tying 11 tackles against Wyoming and Washington…had five tackles, all solo, and two TFLs, in win at No. 18 UCLA…had eight tackles and game-ending interception in overtime in win at Oregon…had four tackles, along with late interception to seal Sun Bowl victory over Miami.

JUNIOR COLLEGE CAREER

Attended City College of San Francisco… as a FRESHMAN, earned All-California Region I First Team accolades after making 49 tackles, seven interceptions and recovering four fumbles…as a SOPHOMORE, named First-Team All-American, California Community College Defensive Player of the Year, Region I First-Team All-California and Region I Defensive Player of the Year…also named Bay 6 Conference Defensive Player of the Year after recording 69 tackles, six tackles-for-loss with four interceptions and two forced fumbles…helped CCSF to an 11-2 record, a California Community College Athletic Association Northern California title…was named the CCCAA State Championship Defensive Player of the Game after making a team- high eight tackles, including two for loss…rated four-star prospect and the No. 19 overall junior college prospect by Scout.com…rated the No. 1 junior college safety in the country by 247Sports and No. 38 in the ESPN JC50.

PERSONAL

Born in , …parents, Penitito and Niukini…brothers, Tui and Poy…sisters, Makerita, Sina and Elisa…high school teammates with current Cougar nose tackle Robert Barber…also played soccer, known for scoring during American Samoa’s first FIFA-sanctioned win against Tonga in November 2011…scored twice for American Samoa that game, making him the territory’s joint top goalscorer of all time with fellow forward Ramin Ott…. Also that year, was a member of the American Samoa senior team that represented the territory in the 2011 Pacific Games.

CAREER STATS

DEFENSE G/GS TT PT AT TFL SACKS FF FR PD INT/YDS 2015 13/13 90 67 23 3.0/-6 0/0 1 2 6 4/90 2016 12/12 68 47 21 8.5/-34 2.0/-11 1 0 6 4/190 TOTALS 25/25 158 114 44 11.5/-40 2.0/-11 2 2 12 8/280

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Jylan Ware Tackle Alabama State 6-foot-8 295 pounds Seventh Round, Pick No. 13 231st Overall

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Elijah Hood Running Back North Carolina 6-foot 230 pounds Seventh Round, Pick No. 24 242nd Overall - CAREER STATISTICS Rushing Receiving ELIJAH HOOD Year No. Yards Avg. TD LP No. Yards Avg. TD LP 2014 67 259 3.9 4 19 2 -2 -1.0 0 1 TAILBACK 2015 219 1,463 6.7 17 44 11 64 5.8 0 14 6-0 • 230 • JUNIOR 2016 145 858 5.9 8 62 25 142 5.7 0 31 Totals 431 2,580 6.0 29 67 40 211 5.3 0 31 CHARLOTTE, N.C. • CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC Career Highs: 21 carries vs. Virginia (2015), at NC State (2015); 220 rushing yards at NC 34 State (2015); 3 rushing vs. Duke (2015) great Charlie Justice (7.2 in 1946) • Posted eight 100-yard rushing games Elected to forego his final season of eligibility and enter the 2017 NFL Draft • with a career high of 220 in the win at NC State • Had 13 carries for 118 Finished his career with 2,580 yards (ninth at UNC) and 29 rushing touch- yards in the Russell Athletic Bowl vs. Baylor • Rushed 14 times for 65 yards downs (sixth at UNC) • Averaged 6.0 yards per carry over his three-year and a score in the ACC Championship Game against Clemson • Earned ACC career • Punishing runner who ranked among the best in UNC history as a Offensive Back of the Week honors after rushing 21 times for a career-high sophomore in 2015 • An outstanding student who was twice named to the 220 yards and two touchdowns in the win at NC State • His 220 rushing All-ACC Academic Team. yards were the most by a Tar Heel in the history of the series • Gained 115

CAROLINA FOOTBALL yards on 17 carries and scored twice in the win at Virginia Tech, topping the 2016 – Junior Season 1,000-yard milestone in the process • Had 17 carries for 132 yards and a Started 11 games and rushed for 858 yards on 145 attempts (5.9 avg.) and touchdown in the win over Miami • Rushed 17 times for 69 yards and three had eight touchdowns • Did not play against Virginia Tech and Stanford in touchdowns in the win over Duke • Just missed going over 100 yards for the the Sun Bowl due to injury • Had 11 carries for 56 yards and one catch for third straight week with 98 yards on 20 carries in the win at Pitt • Had 21 carries for 101 yards and two scores in the win over Virginia • Needed just four yards against NC State • Rushed for 83 yards on 13 carries in a 41-7 eight carries to gain 101 yards and score a touchdown in the win over Wake win over The Citadel • Rushed for 75 yards on 13 carries and had a team- Forest • Also caught two passes for 19 yards • Finished with 12 carries for 60 best 58 yards receiving on five receptions at Duke • Had a breakout game yards and two touchdowns in the win at Georgia Tech • Rushed for 61 yards with a season-high 168 rushing yards and three touchdowns in a 48-20 win and caught one pass for 14 yards in the win over Delaware • Rushed for 129 over Georgia Tech • It is the 11th time in his career he rushed for 100 yards yards and a touchdown in the win over Illinois • His 16 carries in back-to- and the second time in his career he rushed for three touchdowns • Scored back weeks against Illinois and NC A&T were a career high on runs of 1 yard and 36 yards in the first half and had a 2-yard TD run in • Teamed with Marquise Williams in the Illinois game to the third quarter • Rushed for 114 yards in the first quarter against the give UNC two 100-yard rushers in a game for the first Yellow Jackets and averaged 14.0 yards per carry for the game • Rushed for time since 2010 • Finished with 16 carries for 56 yards 107 yards on 16 attempts and scored a 4-yard touchdown in a 35-14 win at and two touchdowns in the win over NC A&T • The win Virginia • Also caught two passes for four yards • Returned from over the Aggies was his first career two-touchdown a one-game injury absence to rush for 31 yards and catch four game • Rushed 13 times for a career-high 138 yards in passes for 28 yards in a 20-13 win at No. 16 Miami • His 13-yard the season opener against South Carolina • He was the first Tar Heel to rush for 100 yards in the season run at the end of the fourth quarter earned the Tar Heels a first opener since 2009 and his 138 yards were the down and allowed Carolina to run out the clock for the victory most by a Tar Heel in a season opener since Torin • Did not play against Virginia Tech due to injury • Rushed Dorn (165 vs. Illinois, 1987). for 47 yards on 13 carries in the win at Florida State, but missed the second half with an injury • Had 11 carries 2014 - True Freshman Season for 25 yards in the win over Pitt • Rushed 18 times Academic All-ACC • Appeared in nine games and for 106 yards and two touchdowns in the win over rushed 67 times for 259 yards and four touchdowns • JMU • Moved into tie for ninth place at UNC with Missed four games after suffering an injury in the Notre 25 career rushing touchdowns • It was his ninth Dame game • Carried 10 times for 62 yards, including career 100-yard rushing game • Scored his first touchdowns a long of 23, in the Quick Lane Bowl vs. Rutgers • Had a of the season with a pair of rushing scores in the fourth season-high 17 carries for 33 yards and a touchdown against quarter of a 48-23 win at Illinois • Scored on a 7-yard run the Irish • Score was his third in three games after touch- early in the quarter and later had a 62-yard run, which downs against Virginia Tech and Clemson • Had a season-high 71 yards on 13 carries against the Tigers • Scored his first ca- was the second-longest of his career • Finished with reer touchdown against San Diego State • Rushed eight times 88 yards on 15 carries against the Fighting Illini • for 43 yards in his Carolina debut against Liberty • Enrolled at Rushed for 72 yards on 10 carries (7.2 avg.) and had UNC in January, 2014, and participated in spring practice. a long run of 32 in the season opening loss to No. 18 Georgia. Charlotte Catholic High School The 2013 Associated Press North Carolina High School Player 2015 - Sophomore Season of the Year • U.S. Army High School All-America • Named the Academic All-ACC • Started all 14 games at U.S. Army Game Player of the Year • Considered by many re- tailback, carrying the ball 219 times for 1,463 cruiting services to be the top player in the state of North Caro- yards and 17 touchdowns • Ranked third lina • Ranked the 16th best player in the nation and fourth overall in the ACC with 1,463 rushing yards, the running back by Rivals.com • Considered the No. 1 player in North second-highest single-season total in Carolina, the No. 7 running back in the country and the nation’s No. Carolina history behind only Don Mc- 51 overall prospect by Scout.com • Member of the ESPN300 • Ranked Cauley’s brilliant 1970 season of 1,720 the No. 2 player in North Carolina, the sixth-best running back in the yards • Also ranked second in the league country and the No. 40 overall player by 247sports.com • Member of the in rushing touchdowns and second in yards per PrepStar 150 Dream Team • Played on North Carolina’s Shrine Bowl team • carry (6.7) • His 6.7 yards per carry rank second in Offensive MVP of the Shrine Bowl • Finalist for the Big 22 Player of the Year the UNC single-season record book behind only the Award • Rushed for a Mecklenburg County record 8,981 yards (fourth-best in the state history) and 147 touchdowns (third-best in state history) • Ran for 3,690 yards as a senior (second-best in state history) and 53 touchdowns • Helped team advance to the finals of the 4A West Regional before falling to Greensboro Dudley • Led the state in rushing with 3,157 yards and 46 touchdowns as a junior to help Catholic reach the 3AA championship game • Posted 1,889 rushing yards and 34 touchdowns on 168 carries (11.2 avg.)

to lead Catholic to a 13-1 record as a sophomore • Coached by Jim Oddo. CAROLINA FOOTBALL

Personal Eagle Scout • His scout project was to renovate his church (Our Lady of Consolation) parking lot • Nicknames are “Eli”, “Ox”, “Hood”, and “Big Hot” • Best class he’s taken at UNC is INLS 161 because it gave him the basis for most of the programming he knows • If he could choose an NFL team to play for, it would be the Panthers • His dream job is an IT security analyst • His favorite TV show is “How It’s Made” • His favorite food is Italian • The reason he wears number 34 is because he’s worn it since Pop Warner days • His favorite off-day activity is hanging out with friends • If he could guest star on a reality TV show, it would be “Shark Tank” • The person who had the biggest impact on his life is Jesus Christ • Son of Vee and Melica Hood • Information sciences major. Individual Career History

Elijah Hood

RUSHING g att yards td long avg/c avg/g 2014 9 67 259 4 23 3.9 28.8 2015 14 219 1463 17 67 6.7 104.5 2016 11 145 858 8 62 5.9 78.0 TOTAL 34 431 2580 29 67 6.0 75.9

TOTAL OFFENSE g rush pass total avg/g 2014 9 259 0 259 28.8 2015 14 1463 0 1463 104.5 2016 11 858 0 858 78.0 TOTAL 34 2580 0 2580 75.9

RECEIVING g rec yards td long rec/g avg/c avg/g 2014 9 2 -2 0 1 0.2 -1.0 -0.2 2015 14 13 71 0 14 0.9 5.5 5.1 2016 11 25 142 0 31 2.3 5.7 12.9 TOTAL 34 40 211 0 31 1.2 5.3 6.2

SCORING g td rush rcv ret pat 2pat fg total avg/g 2014 9 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 24 2.7 2015 14 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 102 7.3 2016 11 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 48 4.4 TOTAL 34 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 174 5.1

ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g 2014 9 259 -2 0 0 0 257 28.6 2015 14 1463 71 0 0 0 1534 109.6 2016 11 858 142 0 0 0 1000 90.9 TOTAL 34 2580 211 0 0 0 2791 82.1

TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk qbh 2014 9 0 0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2015 14 0 0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2016 11 0 1 1 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 34 0 1 1 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 OAKLAND RAIDERS 2017 DRAFT PICK BIO

Treyvon Hester Defensive Tackle Toledo 6-foot-3 300 pounds Seventh Round, Pick No. 26 244th Overall THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO

play later...Four tackles and one TFL vs. Arkansas. Treyvon 91 2014 Second-team All-MAC...45 tackles, 7.0 TFL...Season-high eight Hester tackles vs. Northern Illinois...Six tackles vs. Cincinnati and EMU... Defensive Tackle • 6-3 • 300 • Sr. Career-best 2.5 tackles for loss vs. Arkansas State in the GoDad- Pittsburgh, PA • Penn Hills HS dy Bowl...Notched at least one tackle behind the line of scrim- 2016 SECOND-TEAM ALL-MAC mage in nine games. 2016 TROPHY CANDIDATE 2016 CANDIDATE 2013 2014 SECOND-TEAM ALL-MAC Named third-team All-MAC as a freshman...Played in all 12 2013 THIRD-TEAM ALL-MAC games, starting nine...Totaled 39 tackles...7.5 tackles for loss...3.5 sacks...One pass breakup...Career-high nine tackles vs. Navy. 2016 Named second-team All-MAC...Third time on All-MAC team... 2012 Made third team in 2013 and second team in 2014...Invited to Sat out season as a redshirt. play in East-West Shrine Game on Jan. 21...39 tackles, 5.0 sacks, 8.0 tackles for loss...Tied for eighth in MAC in sacks...Season-high HIGH SCHOOL eight tackles vs. WMU...Returned to action vs. Ball State after Signed with the Rockets in 2012 but did not join the program missing two games due to an injury...Also missed Camellia Bowl until 2013...Earned first-team all-state and first-team All-WPIAL due to injury...Three tackles, one sack, one forced fumble, one honors...Three-star recruit by Rivals.com...Chosen to Pittsburgh fumble recovery and two QB hurries vs. Ohio...Three tackles, Tribune’s “Fabulous 22” team and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s “Ter- two QB hurries at EMU...Five tackles, 2.0 TFL vs. BYU...Tied ca- rific 25” team...As a junior, made second-team all-state as an of- reer best with 2.5 TFL vs. Fresno State...1.5 TFL vs. Maine...Five fensive lineman...High school coach was Ron Graham. tackles and one sack vs. Arkansas State...On official watch lists for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy (top defensive player) and Out- PERSONAL land Trophy (top interior lineman)...Voted team captain by his Full name is Treyvon Ramal Hester...Birthdate: Sept. 21, 1992... teammates. Parents are Anthony Hester and Theresa Reynolds...Criminal jus- tice major. 2015 Starter in all 12 games at defensive tackle...34 tackles, 6.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks, five QB hurries...Four tackles, two QB hurries and a pass breakup in bowl win over Temple...Season-high five tack- les vs. BGSU...Four tackles, career-tying best 2.5 TFL and a sack vs. Arkansas State...Forced fumble on the sack that was recov- ered on ASU’s three-yard line and led to UT touchdown one

Treyvon Hester’s Career Statistics Year G/S UT AT TT TFL Sack FF Int BrUp QBH 2012 DNP - Redshirt 2013 12/9 16 23 39 7.5 3.5 0 1 1 1 2014 13/11 22 27 49 9.5 2.0 2 0 1 10 2015 12/12 17 17 34 6.5 2.5 1 0 1 5 2016 10/10 22 17 39 8.0 5.0 1 0 1 5 Totals 47/42 77 84 161 31.5 13.0 4 0 4 21 CAREER GAME HIGHS Tackles: 9 (Navy, 10-19-13) Tackles For Loss: 2.5 (Twice, last vs. Fresno State, 9-17-16)