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2008 Honors: One of six finalists for the Ted Hendricks Defensive End of the Year Award ... voted first team All-Big Ten by the conference media and second team by the league's coaches ... honorable mention SI.com All-American ... second team Rivals.com All-Big Ten ... received the team's Anthony Thompson MVP Award, collected the team's outstanding defensive lineman award and named the team's defensive player of the year ... Academic All-Big Ten selection.
2008 (Junior): Finished the season with 10.5 sacks and 19.5 tackles for loss, both ranked fourth on Indiana's single-season list ... second in the Big Ten and tied for 14th nationally in sacks and third in the league and sixth nationally in tackles for loss ... paced the conference during league play only in tackles for loss and shared third in sacks ... tied for fourth on IU's career tackles for loss chart with 37.0 and sits a half-sack out of fifth place with 16.5 career sacks ... 19.5 tackles for loss most by a Hoosier since current Chicago Bear Adewale Ogunleye's 21.0 in 1997 ... appeared in all 12 games with 10 starts, primarily at right end, and has started 30 of the last 32 games ... finished second on the team with 74 tackles and shared the team lead with 53 solo stops ... also forced a pair of fumbles and recovered one ... led all Big Ten defensive linemen in tackles (23rd overall) ... recorded three multi-sack games and seven multi-tackle for loss contests to push career totals to four and 11, respectively ... reached three tackles for loss three times ... posted at least one-half TFL 10 times and one-half sack on eight occasions ... 2.5 sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss to go along with a game-high 10 tackles, seven solo, at Minnesota ... set a career mark with nine solo stops with one sack (24 yards), three tackles for loss and one forced fumble in win over No. 22 (BCS) Northwestern ... collected two sacks and six tackles in the season opener vs. Western Kentucky and two sacks and five stops against Wisconsin ... notched a career-best 11 tackles and forced a fumble at No. 7 (AP) Penn State ... finished with three tackles for loss and four stops against Michigan State ... recovered a fumble and netted a half-sack at Illinois ... had six tackles, two for loss, and a sack vs. Central Michigan ... contributed one sack, two TFLs and four tackles against Iowa ... seven tackles, four solo, and added a half-sack against Murray State.
2007 (Sophomore): Played and started all 13 games at defensive end ... finished second on the team with 12.5 tackles for loss and third with 4.5 sacks ... collected 57 tackles, 34 solo, in addition to two pass breakups, two quarterback hurries, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery ... collected nine tackles, six solo, 3.5 sacks and 4.5 tackles for loss at Iowa ... the 3.5 sacks were the third-highest single-game total and the 4.5 tackles for loss were the fourth-highest single-game total in IU lore ... recorded 10 tackles at Northwestern ... carded seven solo stops and one tackle for loss in the Insight Bowl against Oklahoma State ... posted four tackles, one for loss, and forced a fumble at Wisconsin ... made five tackles, three for loss, and broke up a pair of passes against Ball State ... Academic All-Big Ten selection.
2006 (Freshman): Made 27 tackles, including five for loss ... named Freshman All-Big Ten by Sporting News ... played in 11 of IU's 12 games and started the final seven at end ... added five tackles, 1.5 for loss, and posted a sack against Michigan State ... carded his first career forced fumble and recovered it for his first career fumble recovery at top-ranked Ohio State ... Academic All-Big Ten selection.
2005: Redshirted the 2005 season.
Prep/Personal: Second team all-state as a senior tight end and defensive end ... member of the school's first district champion basketball team ... parents are Henry Kirlew and Janet Jackson ... born on May 12, 1987, Jammie Leonard Kirlew is a SPEA management and public financial management double major.
