2010 fighting irish
91 nwankwo
30 paskorz
emeka
steve
North Miami Beach, Fla. (Chaminade-Madonna Prep) Birthdate: 9-24-88
Defensive End
SR
Allison Park, Pa. (Hampton) Birthdate: 8-5-88
6-4
280
Inside Linebacker
SR
6-1
245
CAREER: Aggressive player who has appeared in seven contests during his Irish career – all in 2008 … has switched from defensive tackle to defensive end during his Irish career depending on defensive scheme and will compete this spring at defensive end.
CAREER: Has played both linebacker and fullback in his Irish career and enters spring competing for role as inside linebacker … has played in 12 career games for Irish, two in 2009 and 10 in 2008 … started career as linebacker and transitioned to fullback as sophomore.
2009 (JUNIOR): Did not see game action for Irish in 2009.
2009 (JUNIOR): Saw action in two games for Irish during 2009 campaign (Washington State and Navy) as reserve fullback and on special teams … did not register a carry or a reception … totaled 2:31 of playing time and made 11 appearances on special teams.
2008 (SOPHOMORE): Saw action in seven games (vs. Stanford, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Boston College, Syracuse, USC and Hawai’i) during sophomore season, including five of the final six contests ... made two tackles (both solo) and hurried the quarterback ... served as a backup at defensive tackle and saw significant time in certain goal-line defensive situations ... logged 12:04 of playing time with four special teams appearances.
2008 (SOPHOMORE): Saw action in 10 of Notre Dame’s 13 games as a backup fullback (did not play vs. Michigan, Michigan State or Boston College) ... did not register a carry or reception ... logged 24:25 of playing time with 85 special-teams appearances.
2007 (FRESHMAN): Did not see game time as a freshman defenseman.
2007 (FRESHMAN): Did not see game action as a reserve linebacker in rookie year.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: First-team Florida Class 2A all-state offensive lineman for 2006 by Florida Sports Writers Association ... named to all-Broward County first teams as offensive lineman by both Miami Herald and South Florida Sun-Sentinel ... credited with 60 pancake blocks and 70 knockdowns as senior in ’06 at Chaminade-Madonna College Prep in Hollywood, Fla. ... helped Lions to 10-3 record as senior, including semifinal appearance in Florida Class 2A state playoff semifinals ... rated 14th on list of top Florida prospects at end of ’06 by South Florida Sun-Sentinel ... Chaminade finished third in final FSWA Class 2A poll after 8-2 regular-season mark ... named to Super 11 2006 preseason team for Broward County by South Florida Sun-Sentinel ... rated 64th best prospect in Southeast on 2006 preseason basis by The Sporting News SchoolSports ... high school team was rated 19th nationally on 2006 preseason basis by The Sporting News SchoolSports ... helped team to 11-2 mark and Florida Class 2A title as junior in ’05, making 22 pancake blocks and recovering a fumble ... helped Lions rush for more than 2,200 yards in ’05 ... all-Broward County selection as junior on offensive line by Miami Herald ... played defensive tackle in ’04 as sophomore at North Miami Beach High School, then switched to offensive line as junior ... played for Team USA in 2007 NFL Global Junior Championship XI in Ft. Lauderdale against teams from Canada, Mexico, Panama, France and Japan as part of Super Bowl XLI festivities ... older sister is a junior at Florida ... played for Chaminade-Madonna Prep coach Mark Guandolo ... also played basketball at ChaminadeMadonna as senior and junior ... born in Boston – his family is originally from Nigeria ... born Sept. 24, 1988 ... full name is Chukwuemeka Chibuzor Nwankwo ... son of Pius and Theresa Nwankwo ... enrolled in College of Arts and Letters, majoring in psychology.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Rated the 29th-best prospect and No. 3 linebacker in Pennsylvania ... rated the 10th-best player in Pennsylvania and 29th-best player in the “athlete” category in the nation by Rivals.com ... rated the seventh-best inside linebacker by Tom Lemming ... Scout.com listed him as the No. 36 strong side linebacker in the nation and the 29th-best prospect in Pennsylvania ... missed much of his senior season with a hamstring injury ... named first-team all-state by the Pennsylvania Associated Press in 2005 as an allpurpose player on the first-team defense – one of just four juniors on the 28-player first-team all-state roster ... also played running back in high school, becoming just the 35th player in Pennsylvania high school history to rush for at least 4,000 yards in his career ... rated the 20thbest running back nationally and 43rd-best player in the East for 2006 on preseason basis by The Sporting News SchoolSports ... one of top 33 running backs nationally on 2006 preseason basis by CBS Sportsline.com College Football Preview ... rated the fifth-best prospect in the “athlete” category on 2006 preseason basis by The Sporting News ... played running back as a sophomore and finished with 2,187 yards including five 200-yard games and became only the sixth sophomore to make the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fabulous 22 team ... hampered by an ankle injury as a junior and rushed for 1,291 yards on 160 carries ... played for coach Greg Mihalik at Hampton ... started as an outfielder on the varsity baseball team for four years and played on the varsity basketball team for four years ... former national champion of the Punt, Pass and Kick competition ... born Aug. 5, 1988 ... son of Stephen and Lisa Paskorz ... enrolled in Mendoza College of Business, majoring in marketing.
nwankwo’s CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Year G-S TT UT AT TFL Scks 2007 Did Not Play 2008 7-0 2 2 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 2009 Did Not Play Total 7-0 2 2 0 0.00 0.000
50
Fumbles FF FR
PBU
INT
0
0-0
0
0-0
0
0-0
0
0-0
paskorz’ CAREER STATISTICS Rushing Year G-S Att Yds Avg TD LG 2007 Did Not Play 2008 10-0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2009 2-0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Total 12.0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Receiving Rec Yds
Avg
TD
LG
0 0 0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
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