Elon University Athletics

2010: Made 10 appearances, earning four starts… Finished with 33 total tackles, including 12 solo stops… Intercepted one pass and broke up two others… Made a personal-best nine tackles in a win over SoCon rival Furman… Made six stops at Duke… Intercepted the first pass of his career in a win at then-No. 20 Chattanooga… 2009: Appeared in all 12 games… Tallied 13 tackles, including nine solo takedowns… Recorded a season-best three tackles in a Southern Conference victory over The Citadel… 2008: Played in 11 games as a true freshman… Compiled four total tackles.

Prep: First team all-conference, all-county and all-city player… Second-team all-region choice… Team MVP… Amassed 95 tackles, six pass deflections, five tackles for a loss, four interceptions, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and a blocked kick on his way to finishing as runner-up for the 2007 GMC Defensive Player of the Year honors… Helped coach Larry Cox’s team to a state playoff appearance as a junior… The team permitted just 11.2 points per game in 2006… Three-year starter… Three-year academic all-conference selection… Received the Greater Cincinnati Area Player of the Week honors from both Dick’s Sporting Goods and Kroger’s… Participated in the U.S. Army Junior All-Star Combine and the Ohio Elite Camp.

Personal: Son of former Youngstown State University football player Robert and Jennifer Straus… Born October 14, 1989… Majoring in business adminstration.

Year	GP	UT-AT-Tot.	TFL	Sacks	INT	PBU	FF-R
2008	11	2-2-4	0	0	0	0	0-0
2009	12	9-4-13	0	0	0	0	0-0
2010	10	12-21-33	0	0	1	2	0-0
Career	33	23-27-50	0	0	1	2	0-0