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Two-year starter on the defensive line... Enters senior season ranked third on MU's career sack list with 19.0, 6.5 shy of school record... All-Northeast Conference candidate.
2005 (Junior): Started nine games at defensive line for the Hawks... Finished the season with 29 tackles, including 16 solo takedowns... Posted six tackles for loss totaling 21 yards and 4.5 sacks on the year... Also registered four pass breakups and one forced fumble on the season... Logged six tackles and two takedowns for loss of yardage in win over Stony Brook... Equaled season high with six tackles in triumph against Sacred Heart... Registered five tackles, two pass breakups and one sack in win over Robert Morris... Booked five tackles in loss to Central Connecticut State... Tallied five tackles, two sacks and one forced fumble in loss to St. Francis (Pa.).
2004 (Sophomore): Played in all 11 games, starting at defensive end? Recorded 33 tackles, including 17 solo stops? Led team with 6.5 sacks while adding nine tackles for loss? Forced one fumble which resulted in a safety? Made six tackles and assisted on a sack against Robert Morris? Tallied three sacks, five tackles, and forced a safety in win at Iona? Registered six tackles and assisted on a sack against Albany.
2003 (Freshman): Played in 11 games as a freshman... Logged 13 tackles on the year, including 11 solo takedowns... Registered nine tackles for loss of yardage equaling 53 yards... Led team with three forced fumbles and ranked second with eight sacks... Eight sacks is sixth-highest season total in MU history... Earned NEC Rookie of the Week after logging one sack and one forced fumble in win over Robert Morris... Equaled school record with four sacks in win over Iona to win second NEC Rookie of the Week honor.
High School: Two-sport standout at Freehold Township (N.J.) High School... Played offensive line and defensive line for Coach Dom Lepore... Tabbed third-team All-Shore, second-team All-Monmouth County and first-team all-district as a senior... Earned squad's Lombardi Award and was tabbed a Super 100 by the New Jersey Football Coaches Association in 2002.
Personal: Born Erik Kenneth Yngstrom on November 25, 1984 in Massapequa, N.Y... Son of Ken and Yvonne Yngstrom... Majoring in political science.