2011 SEMINOLES CHAD ABRAM Nigel FB, 6-0, 227, SO Bradham Lakeland, Fla./Kathleen 4411 earned honorable mention Sophomore All-American honors from College Football News. 2008: In the Seminoles’ rotation from the start and played in all 13 games...the fourth 2011 OUTLOOK leading tackler among FSU linebackers and the leader among true freshmen with 29 Makes the switch from safety to fullback to add depth behind Lonnie Pryor and Debrale stops...made fi rst career start against Miami...season-high fi ve tackles came against Smiley. Showed on special teams in 2010 that he had good power and burst and has a Western Carolina and in the Seminoles’ victory over Colorado...named FSU’s top knack to block people. His athleticism and ability to catch the ball out of the backfi eld defensive newcomer. makes him a good addition to the unit. PERSONAL 2010: True freshman defensive back who played in 12 games all on special teams … One of the nation’s most coveted recruits after earning Parade All-American honors...a registered fi rst career tackle in the season opener against Samford. consensus fi ve-star prospect who starred at nearby Wakulla High School...fi nalist for the 2008 U.S. Army Player of the Year Award and played in the U.S. Army All-American PERSONAL Bowl...earned fi rst team 3A All-State honors and was the Tallahassee Democrat All-Big Tough, hard-hitting safety who committed to Florida State in March 2009...held a three- Bend Defensive Player of the Year...fi nished senior season with 145 tackles, eight sacks star ranking from both Rivals and Scout.com...No. 64 player in state by Rivals...No. and four interceptions...recorded over 430 career tackles and 20 sacks in three seasons 13 safety prospect according to ESPN...a standout on special teams with a knack for at Wakulla...entertained more than 40 scholarship offers and chose FSU over Georgia, blocking kicks...blocked fi ve kicks and collected fi ve interceptions as a junior for the Red Ole Miss and Florida...born September 4, 1989. Devils...missed fi rst three games of his senior season with hand injury...credited with 30 tackles, two interceptions and seven pass breakups...Florida Super 75 selection by the BRADHAM’S CAREER STATS Florida Times-Union newspaper, where he ranked No. 5 among safeties...No. 48 rated YR. G UA A TOT TFL-YDS PD FF FR INT SACKS 2008 13 18 11 29 1.0-9 0 1 1 0 0.0 player on Bill Buchalter’s Florida Top 100, where he ranked as the No. 4 safety...fi rst team 2009 13 61 32 93 5.5-16 1 0 2 1 2.0 All-Polk selection...born May 22, 1991. 2010 14 54 44 98 5.5-22 5 1 0 0 5.0 Tot 40 133 87 220 12.0-47 6 2 3 1 7.0 ABRAM’S CAREER STATS YR. G UA A TOT TFL-YDS PD FF FR INT SACKS BRADHAM’S CAREER HIGHS 2010 12 0 1 1 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Tackles 12, Florida 2009 Tot 12 0 1 1 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Tackles for Loss 1.5 (twice), last Wake Forest 2010 Sacks 1 (seven times), last vs. N. Carolina 2010 Interceptions 1, BYU 2009 NIGEL BRADHAM JUSTIN LB, 6-3, 240, SR BRIGHT Crawfordville, Fla./Wakulla 1133 S, 6-1, 190, R-SO Duncan, S.C./Byrnes 3 2011 OUTLOOK Senior linebacker who is the lone starting linebacker returning in 2011 as well as the team’s returning leading tackler. Covers the fi eld well and brings a wealth of knowledge to 2011 OUTLOOK the linebacker corps having played in 40 career games. Named to the preseason watch Redshirt sophomore safety who continued to pick up the defensive scheme this past lists for the Bednarik Award and Nagurski Award which are awarded to the top defensive spring after spending his fi rst season in 2010 playing mostly on special teams. A physical player in the country. A Preseason All-ACC pick by several publications who will also be player with better than average speed. Enjoyed a good spring practice and could see time a candidate for the Butkus Award given to the nation’s top linebacker. Earned one of six behind Nick Moody and Terrance Parks at free safety. community service awards given out at the end of spring practice. 2010: Redshirt freshman who played in seven games including fi ve of the last six - 2010: Weakside linebacker who led the team in tackles for a second consecutive season...a primarily on special teams (punt return team)...registered three tackles (one solo, two 14-game starter, who totaled 98 tackles (54 solos), including 5.5 tackles for loss...ranked assisted)…earned an academic achievement award at the 2010 football banquet for 11th overall in the ACC in tackles...established a new single-season high with fi ve sacks having one of the top GPAs for his class. 2009: A redshirt season. on the season, which ranked third on FSU’s nation-leading sack unit...credited with a single-season high fi ve passes defended, to go along with a forced fumble...recorded a PERSONAL season-high 10 tackles twice, against Boston College and North Carolina, with six solo Product of powerhouse Byrnes High School (S.C.), which won three consecutive state stops in each game...two of his fi ve pass breakups also came against the Tar Heels... titles, capped by a 14-1 season in 2008 - Bright’s senior year...earned AP All-State honors also recorded nine-tackle games against NC State and Maryland...returned a blocked as a senior...registered 192 tackles and seven interceptions over his fi nal two seasons... PAT for a two-point conversion against Virginia Tech in the fourth quarter of the ACC an outstanding student who graduated from high school with a 3.4 GPA...selected FSU Championship game...enters the 2011 season with a streak of 24 consecutive starts. over offers from Texas A&M and Stanford...born October 3, 1990. 2009: Florida State’s leading tackler with 93 stops...led the team with 61 unassisted tackles, recorded 5.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, one interception and fi nished second BRIGHT’S CAREER STATS on the team with two fumble recoveries...career-high of 12 tackles included a career-high YR. G UA A TOT TFL-YDS PD FF FR INT SACKS nine unassisted stops at Florida...double-digit tackles also came against Clemson (10) 2010 7 1 2 3 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 and Maryland (10)...averaged nine tackles a game over the fi nal fi ve games...fi rst career Tot 7 1 2 3 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 interception came in the Seminoles’ victory over Brigham Young...started 12 games... 12 ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS 1993 & 1999 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 45 2011 SEMINOLES TERRENCE AVIS BROOKS COMMACK S, 5-11, 193, SO CB, 6-4, 203, R-JR Dunnellon, Fla./Dunnellon 3311 Jacksonville, Fla./First Coast 2211 2011 OUTLOOK 2011 OUTLOOK Versatile safety who is coming off a great spring practice which saw him shoot up the Redshirt junior cornerback who enters the fall as the backup at boundary corner after depth chart. His athleticism gives him the ability to play both corner and safety. Enters fall excelling in spring practice. Big, physical cornerback who has outstanding ball skills due camp as the back-up behind Lamarcus Joyner at strong safety after playing in 10 games to his switch from wide receiver to defensive back before the 2010 season. on special teams in his fi rst year in 2010. 2010: Did not play after sitting out the season with a leg injury sustained while running 2010: True freshman defensive back who played mostly on special teams...credited with the hurdles in practice for the FSU track & fi eld team during the indoor season. 2009: a tackle and pass breakup against Samford and added another tackle against Virginia Saw his only action against Miami in the season-opener and in the road win at North Tech in the ACC Championship Game. Carolina. 2008: Appeared in fi ve games as a true freshman at receiver but did not record a reception. PERSONAL Two-way standout at Dunnellon where he rushed for 500 yards and registered 53 tackles, PERSONAL six interceptions and three pass breakups during his junior season...split his time between A four-star prospect out of Jacksonville’s First Coast High School, where he played receiver and cornerback as a senior...earned a three-star rating from Rivals and Scout. alongside fellow Seminole Jermaine Thomas...earned 4A All-State honorable mention com...No. 90 player in the state from SuperPrep 115...No. 85 according to Rivals and honors on the football fi eld as a senior...selected to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution No. 83 by Scout.com...No. 21 cornerback prospect per ESPN...boasted 31-inch vertical Super Southern 100...an outstanding track & fi eld athlete who won consecutive state and 4.44 40-yard dash time out of high school...participated in the FACA North-South championships in the 110-meter high hurdles as a junior and senior...chose FSU over All-Star game...member of Florida Times-Union Super 75 and rated the No. 7 cornerback South Carolina, Georgia Tech, Illinois, NC State and Purdue...born January 8, 1990. in the state...Orlando Sentinel’s Bill Buchalter rated him as the No.