73  Drew Gentry
	Class: Sophomore Hometown: Tallahassee, Fla. High School: North Florida Christian Height / Weight: 6-6 / 322 Position: Offensive Line Experience: 1L

Career Statistics

A physically-imposing, but versatile young talent who will enter his first campaign on ECU's active roster with depth chart inclusion ... Closed spring drills listed as the top reserve at the right guard position behind Will Simmons ... Also took a considerable amount of reps at center during the latter portion of spring work because of injuries and subsequent thin depth ... Has benefitted from strength program, adding 20 pounds to 2010 reporting weight.

2011 Game-by-Game Statistics

2010: Spent initial season on the scout team while redshirting ... Officially signed with East Carolina in February.

High School: A two-year varsity letterwinner at Maclay School in Tallahassee before transferring to North Florida Christian for the 2009 season ... Coach at NFC was Tim Cokely ... An All-Big Bend First Team selection by The Tallahassee Democrat as a senior ... Named to the 2009 SunStateFootball.com's Preseason All-Area Team ... Rated by ESPN.com as the 41st-best offensive tackle in the country ... Team captain as a sophomore and junior at Maclay ... Earned honorable mention all-district and all-region honors as a sophomore before earning first team all-conference recognition after junior year at Maclay ... Competed on the track team at MHS, placing 15th in the shot put at the Tallahassee City Championships as a sophomore ... Also played basketball at Maclay and North Florida Christian, helping the former to a pair of district championships.

Personal: Full name is Stephen Andrew Gentry ... Prefers to go by nickname of Drew ... Born July 6, 1991 at Evansville, Ind. ... A history major ... Son of Michael Gentry ... Lost his mother at the age of 14, which he understandably lists as the biggest obstacle he's had to overcome ... Says Jeff Saturday as favorite NFL player.