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Gifted player, who can become a dominant force at defensive end ... Two-year returning starter ... Has a pair of career double-figure tackle games.
2008: Was a starter in 11 contests ... MWC honorable mention ... Team's most improved defensive player ... Notched a team-high 10.5 tackles for loss, ranking ninth in the MWC in overall games and eighth in league-only contests ... Career-high 74 tackles and two fumble recoveries ... Led the Aztecs in tackles as a starter at defensive end versus Cal Poly ... Tallied a career-best and team game-high nine stops, including eight solos ... Four tackles with one for a loss of three yards at Notre Dame ... Matched his career and season best with nine tackles at San Jose State, including a sack and two tackles for loss ... Four tackles and combined on a sack against Idaho ... Career-best 10 tackles, including a sack, at TCU ... Nine tackles and his first career fumble recovery against Air Force ... Missed the New Mexico game with a concussion ... Returned vs. CSU, starting and making one stop ... Eight tackles with one for a loss of four yards at Wyoming ... Career-game at BYU, logging 11 tackles, 4.0 TFLs, a sack and a recovered fumble ... Six tackles with one for a loss of yardage against No. 8 Utah ... Ended the season with three stops against UNLV.
2007: Started eight times and logged minutes as a reserve in the team's four other games ... Posted 45 tackles, 4.0 stops for a loss and 1.5 sacks ... Had a standout first game as an Aztec, tallying seven tackles and his first career start in the loss to WSU ... Starter at ASU, making four stops ... A reserve against Portland State, recording one tackle and a pass breakup ... In the starting lineup versus Cincinnati, making his first career tackle for a loss ... Matched his career best with seven stops at CSU ... Three tackles at Utah and two vs. UNM ... Matched his career-best with seven tackles and added two TFLs and a half sack in the win over Wyoming ... Three tackles with a sack for a loss of 13 yards at UNLV ... Two stops vs. AFA, TCU and BYU ... Earned the President's Award for Highest Standards of Academic and Athletic Excellence.
2006: Missed the majority of the year due to injury ... Used his redshirt season.
High School: Three-year letterwinner at Eaglecrest High in Centennial, Colo., under coach Tom Do ... Senior co-captain who was an unanimous first-team all-Centennial League pick and first-team defensive all-state Class 5A selection at defensive end ... Logged 60 tackles, 19 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks his senior year ... Led a Raptor defense that allowed the fewest points in the state ... An all-league second-team pick as a linebacker and defensive end his junior season ... A multi-sport athlete who also played basketball and competed in track and field.
Personal: Born Aug. 7, 1988, in Denver, Colo. ... Son of Darryl and Selby Yarbrough ... Father was a four-year football letterwinner at San Diego State from 1978-81 as an offensive lineman ... Majoring in social science. IKONNE'S CAREER STATISTICS
Career Highs: Tackles: 11 at BYU (11/8/08); TFL: at BYU (11/8/08); Sack: 1.0 at BYU (11/8/08), TCU (10/4/08), at SJSU (9/13/08), at UNLV (11/10/07); PBU: 1 vs. PSU (9/22/07); FR: 1 at BYU (11/8/08), vs. Air Force (10/11/08). B.J. WILLIAMS GAME-BY-GAME
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