Third-year defensive tackle who has played in 30 career games with six starts ... prep All-American, two-time all-state and two-time first-team all-district selection at defensive tackle ... played in the 2010 Under Armour All-America Game ... a member of Rivals' top 250 and ESPNU's top 150 national prospects ... ranked as the fourth-best defensive tackle by ESPNU and 14th-best defensive tackle by Rivals ...
Has played in all 25 games possible with a pair of starts over the last two seasons of his first three campaigns with the program from 2009-11 ... has career totals of 37 tackles, 9.0 tackles for loss (-30 yards), 2.0 sacks (-15 yards), one pass breakup, one pass defended and one fumble recovery ... Cal's active career leader in tackles for loss. Listed as a starting defensive end on the post-spring depth chart ...
Named to Florida Super 75 and to Jacksonville Super 24 teams by Jacksonville Times-Union following his senior year in 2009 ... rated 59th nationally on Sporting News Top 100 list ... tabbed SuperPrep All-American and eighth-best defensive tackle nationally ... made 50 tackles and 10 sacks as senior in 2009 at Raines High School in Jacksonville, Fla. ... a 2009 all-First Coast pick as defensive lineman by Jacksonville Times-Union ...
Turned in an impressive first season at OSU, holding down the middle of the defensive line ... Should be in line for a big senior season in 2013 and figures to be one of the Big 12 Conference's top defenders ... Will try to become OSU's first two-time all-conference defensive lineman since Stacey Satterwhite in 1990 and 1991. Was a consistent defender in the middle of the Cowboy defensive line ... Started every game ...
Fourteen-game starter who caught fire the second half of the season... recorded 11.5 of his 13.0 tackles for loss and 4.5 of his 5.5 sacks starting the seventh game at Cal...accounted for five pass breakups...had five solo tackles and 2.0 TFL in Pac-12 FCG... matched a season high with seven tackles at Oregon including 2.5 TFL...had four tackles and 2.5 TFL vs. Washington State...made 2.0 sacks at Colorado...deflected Matt Scott's pass in overtime vs.
Recorded four tackles, including 1.0 for loss, against Stanford in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 ... Started in the Big Ten Championship game against Nebraska on Dec. 1 ... recorded a career-high six tackles against Penn St on Nov. 24 ... tallied four tackles, including 1.0 for loss, against Ohio State on Nov. 17 ... recored two solo tackles at Indiana on Nov. 10 ...
Senior who appeared in and started 11 games for the Gators in 2012, after starting 12 games at defensive tackle as a junior…Saw action in six games as a true freshman…Has 67 career tackles, 16.0 TFL, 5.5 sacks, a blocked punt and a fumble recovery.
Surprisingly nimble for as big as he is, McCullers is a space eating nose guard capable of pushing a center and guard straight backwards. He's not going to have the quickness to make a lot of plays laterally, but he makes it tough for defenses to go up the middle. Relatively effective in the passing game because of his good straight ahead push and long arms allow him to clog passing lanes up the middle. Conditioning is a concern.
Turned in sensational sophomore campaign at defensive end, tallying 47 tackles, including 13 for loss, a team-high 12 sacks, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, one pass breakup and one blocked kick ... started all 13 games for the Irish ... returned a fumble 77 yards for a touchdown against Navy (Sept. 1) ... the touchdown was the first of his career ... also tallied four tackles and two sacks for nine yards against the Midshipman ...
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