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Preseason Honors: Selected to the Rotary Lombardi Award Preliminary Watch List.
2007 (Sophomore): A finalist for the Ted Hendricks Award, presented to the top defensive end in college football ... named first team All-Big Ten by both the coaches and media, Indiana's first All-Big Ten first team selection from the defensive line since AdewaleOgunleye in 1997 ... also named first team All-Big Ten by Rivals.com and All-Big Ten by ESPN.com ... picked up All-America distinction from the Walter Camp Football Foundation (second team), the Associated Press (third), The Sporting News, CBSSports.com, SI.com (second), Rivals.com (second team) and CollegeFootballNews.com (first team) ... broke Van Waiters' school record (14 in 1987) with 16 sacks (105 yards lost), a total that led the nation ... finished fourth in Big Ten single-season history with his 16 sacks ... needs a half-sack to move into a share of fifth place on the school's career list ... added 50 tackles and 17 tackles for loss (102 yards lost), which ranked fifth in the Big Ten and shared 24th nationally ... also broke up four passes, recovered two fumbles (one for a score), forced a fumble and registered one quarterback hurry ... had six multi-sack contests and started all 13 games ... made three tackles, recorded two sacks and forced a fumble in his first career start against Indiana State ... collected a sack and scored his first career touchdown on a 44-yard fumble recovery at Western Michigan ... matched a career-best 2.5 sacks against Purdue with four stops ... made five tackles, including 2.5 sacks at Iowa ... posted six tackles and added two sacks against Akron ... collected a 17-yard sack against Minnesota and broke up a pair of passes at the line against the Gophers ... posted a career-best seven tackles and forced a fumble against Penn State ... six tackles and recorded a pair of sacks at Wisconsin ... delivered two more sacks against Ball State ... made 1.5 tackles for loss, including a sack, at Michigan State ... posted six tackles at Northwestern ... tallied five stops against Illinois.
2006 (Freshman): Played in five games, making six total tackles and two solos ... best contest of the year came against Michigan, when he made three tackles, one for loss ... college debut came at Illinois.
Prep/Personal: Defensive end for Pike High School under head coach Keith Wilkins ... earned a No. 6 state ranking from Rivals.com prior to the 2005 season ... closed the campaign with 79 tackles and nine sacks ... also earned first team all-state honors as a junior after recording 89 tackles, including seven for loss, and two forced fumbles ... born on Dec. 1, 1986, Gregory Alan Middleton, Jr., is an athletic training major.