98  Matt Milner
	Class: Junior Hometown: Raleigh High School: Cardinal Gibbons Height / Weight: 6-4 / 259 Position: Defensive End Experience: 2L

Career Statistics

Turned in an award-winning scout team effort as a true freshman before following with impressive spring and fall campaigns to fuel a quick rise to an eventual starting position at one of the defensive end positions ... Will open sophomore season in a battle with Lee Pegues for top honors, a competition coaches feel could extend past fall camp ... A second-straight starting assignment could develop into honors candidacy on the conference level if progress continues at its current rapid rate ... A gifted, hard-working, dedicated and tactically-sound athlete who is gaining quickness, strength and size to deliver on anticipated high-impact and promising career ... Serves as the program's top scholar-athlete who has enjoyed a distinguished academic career to date ... Booked two tackles in the opening spring scrimmage (April 2) ... Tallied two more stops, including one for lost yardage, in the second contest (April 9) ... Recorded a solo hit in the Purple-Gold Game (April 16) to close the spring season.

2011 Game-by-Game Statistics

2010 Game-by-Game Statistics
2010: Lived up to potential during strong debut season, playing in all 13 games and starting 11 after injuries hit the defensive line ... Not in the starting lineup at North Carolina and Southern Miss ... Named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team in addition to receiving the C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal (3.75 GPA or higher) and a spot on the league's commissioner's honor roll (3.00 GPA or higher) ... Ended the campaign with 47 total tackles, the second most among ECU linemen ... Credited with 30 assists and 17 solo stops ... 42 hits made on rushing plays ... Booked seven tackles for lost yardage, including three sacks ... Added five quarterback hurries, two forced fumbles, one pass breakup and one fumble recovery ... In very limited special teams' duties, made one hit on a punt return ... Recorded a TFL in the last three games and at least a half tackle for lost yardage in eight contests ... Registered multiple stops in every game but North Carolina and UAB, making one solo knockdown in each contest ... Booked a personal-best eight hits against Navy with six in the second and third quarters ... In the Military Bowl against Maryland, tallied three tackles, one for a loss (one yard), and a quarterback hurry ... Recovered a fumble for the second-straight game against SMU, picking up a loose ball in the first quarter ... Forced first career fumble versus the Mustangs on their initial play of the third quarter ... Booked a personal-best five solo tackles against SMU, a week after recording four versus Rice ... Tied for the team lead with 3.0 sacks after dropping the Mustangs' Kyle Padron for a seven-yard loss in the third quarter ... Recovered first career fumble in the second quarter against the Owls and returned it 50 yards, the longest by an ECU player since Van Eskridge's 50-yard runback at UTEP, Oct. 13, 2007 ... Recorded a personal-best two QBH, both in the first half, against Marshall ... Also tallied first pass breakup of career against the Thundering Herd ... Credited with first career quarterback hurry against N.C. State, forcing a Russell Wilson third-down incompletion in the fourth quarter ... Sacked Southern Miss' Austin Davis on the Golden Eagles' final play of the game, preserving ECU's 44-43 victory ... Recorded first sack at North Carolina, dropping T.J. Yates for a three-yard loss in the third quarter ... Tossed Tyrod Taylor for a five-yard loss in the opening quarter at Virginia Tech for first career solo tackle and solo TFL ... Opened the year with four assists versus Tulsa and two against Memphis.

2009: Redshirted during initial season in the Pirate program ... Officially signed in February, 2009 ... Earned the defensive unit's Rick Bankston Memorial Award for outstanding scout team play.

High School: A two-way starter as a senior and overall four-year letterman for coach Mike Sheehan's Crusaders ... Named to the Mid-State All-Conference squad as a junior and senior ... Selected as defensive lineman-of-the-year and co-player-of-the-year in 2008 ... Was also program's choice as team MVP at conclusion of senior campaign ... Booked 104 tackles, 37 resulting in lost yardage, a team-best eight sacks, two batted passes and a pair of fumble recoveries in 2008 ... On the offensive side of the ball as a tight end, was credited with 64 knock-down blocks and was not charged with a sack allowed as a team captain ... Helped lead Cardinal Gibbons to a 7-6 record in 2008 ... Tallied 111 stops, six sacks, three pass deflections and three overall blocked kicks as a junior in 2007 ... Rated among the top 50 defensive ends according to ESPN.com ... Picked up one track letter and earned all-conference designation as a shotput and discus thrower ... Turned in power numbers of 330 pounds (bench press) and 575 pounds (squat) ... Named "Overall MVP" of the Schuman's National Underclassmen Combine in Ohio ... Also enjoyed an illustrious academic career with National Honor Society membership ... A two-time scholar-athlete selection who served student body as both a vice-president (2007-08) and president (2008-09) ... Resided in the top five percent of his class (Junior Marshall) with a 3.95 grade point average ... Participant in the Principal's Leadership Conference.

Personal: Full name is Matthew Paul Milner ... Born June 7, 1991 at Raleigh, N.C. ... Son of Andy and Ann Milner ... Father played college football at Allegheny College while grandfather (Emil Milner) is a football letterman at Delaware ... A biochemistry major who consistently earns selection to the ECU Chancellor's List ... Program's recipient of the prestigious Jerry T. Brooks Award in 2010, a honor representing status as the team's top individual academic performer ... Hobbies include hunting, reading and snow skiing ... Also plays the piano ... Picks prep coach as favorite alltime Pirate player (Sheehan lettered as an OL at ECU in 1998) ... Lists Pittsburgh Steelers' Hines Ward as favorite current NFL player ... Credits parents and coaches as most influential on career ... Was the 2010 winner of the Merck General Chemistry Achievement Award, which is presented to the top students who have gone through ECU's CHEM 1150/1160 General Chemistry Track ... Was among six chosen from approximately 600 students, based on grade-point average and results of the American Chemical Society's first semester general chemistry standardized exam.