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SCARLET KNIGHTS MANNY
ABREU LB • SO. • 6-3 • 245 Union City, N.J. Union Hill HS
2009: A Preseason Fourth Team All-BIG EAST selection by Phil Steele. 2008: Co-starter at strongside linebacker ... started seven games and played in all 13 contests ... made first collegiate start in season opener against Fresno State (9/1) ... posted seven tackles, 1.0 TFL and first career sack against the Bulldogs ... assisted on five tackles against North Carolina (9/11), while adding a TFL ... career-best nine tackles at West Virginia (10/4), including a tackle-for-loss of nine yards ... six tackles at Cincinnati (10/11) ... two tackles against UConn (10/18) ... posted his first career solo sack and first career forced fumble on the same play in the fourth quarter at USF (11/15). 2007: Was in the mix at linebacker before suffering an injury early in the season ... made collegiate debut in season-opener vs. Buffalo (8/30) ... played in two games vs. Buffalo and vs. Norfolk St. (9/15).
kicks as a senior … scored eight touchdowns on offense … First-Team AllHudson County selection by the Star-Ledger … one of nine members of the 2007 recruiting class to be invited to play in the NY/NJ High School AllStar Classic at Rutgers Stadium ... born 4/13/88. Tackles 2007 2008 Career
GP 2 13 15
Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks FF 1 0 1 1.0 0.0 0 13 20 33 4.0 1.5 1 14 20 34 5.0 1.5 1
FR 0 0 0
RETURNING FOR RUTGERS IN 2009 STARTERS RETURNING Offense (8) Ryan Blaszczyk (Sr., C) Anthony Davis (Jr., LT)* Art Forst (So., RG) Jack Corcoran (Sr., FB) Shamar Graves (Jr., TE) Kevin Haslam (Sr., RT) Caleb Ruch (So., LG) Kordell Young (Jr., RB)
Defense (6) Ryan D’Imperio (Sr., LB) * George Johnson (Sr., DE) Joe Lefeged (Jr., SS) Devin McCourty (Sr., CB) Damaso Munoz (Sr., LB) Alex Silvestro (Jr., DT)
STARTERS LOST Offense (3) Kenny Britt (WR)* Mike Teel (QB) Tiquan Underwood (WR)
Defense (5) Courtney Greene (FS) * Kevin Malast (LB) Jason McCourty (CB) Pete Tverdov (DT) Jamaal Westerman (DE) * Specialists (1) Jeremy Branch (LS) *Denotes 2008 All-BIG EAST Selection
Specialists (2) Teddy Dellaganna (Jr., P) San San Te (So., PK) RETURNING STATISTICAL LEADERS
Prior to Rutgers: One of the top linebacker prospects in the nation … three-year starter at Union City High School for head coach Joe Rotondi … listed as the No. 2 weakside linebacker prospect in the country by Scout.com and the No. 11 outside linebacker nationally by Rivals.com … fourth-rated player in New Jersey according to Rivals.com … rated as the No. 144 prospect in the country by ESPN.com and was a Rivals.com Top 250 recruit … Second Team Associated Press All-State selection … recorded 100 tackles with five sacks, three interceptions and four blocked
INT PBU 0 0 0 1 0 1
Passing Domenic Natale Jabu Lovelace
GP 6 2
Att. 8 3
Comp. 3 0
INT 0 1
TD 0 0
Yards 36 0
Rushing Kordell Young Jourdan Brooks Joe Martinek
GP 8 11 13
Att. 142 100 76
Yards 554 516 404
Avg. 3.9 5.2 5.3
TD 5 6 4
Long 26 62 45
Receiving Tim Brown Jack Corcoran Shamar Graves
GP 13 13 13
Rec. 27 19 16
Yards 565 176 227
Avg. 20.9 9.3 14.2
TD 6 2 3
Long 74 22 32
Scoring San San Te Tim Brown
GP 13 13
TD 0 7
XP 45 0
FG 12 0
Points 81 42
Tackles Ryan D’Imperio Joe Lefeged Devin McCourty
GP 13 13 13
Tackles 93 72 57
Sacks 5.5 1.0 0
INT 1 0 1