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Michael Walsh

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Newtown, Pa.

High School:
Notre Dame

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 257

Position:
DE

Experience:
*

At Navy: Enters the fall as a starter at defensive end ... was named Preseason First-Team All-Independent by Phil Steele's College Football Preview ... coming off a productive junior campaign ... was Navy's most effective defensive lineman a year ago ... has bulked up and is expected to produce an even better season in 2008 ... plays with passion and never quits ... his squat of 555 pounds is the third best mark on the team ... has good quickness ... has earned one varsity letter.

2007: Started in all 13 games ... racked up 57 tackles on the year ... led the team 10.5 tackles for a loss of 37 yards ... tied for team-high honors with three sacks ... topped the squad with three forced fumbles ... totaled five tackles, 1.5 of which came in the backfield, during his first-career start at Temple ... registered six tackles versus Ball State ... also forced a fumble against the Cardinals ... produced four tackles against Duke ... delivered a career-best 10 tackles, eight of which were solo, in a win over Air Force ... three of his 10 stops came in the backfield for a loss of six yards ... came up with two tackles, one for a loss of four yards, in a double-overtime win at Pittsburgh ... made three tackles against Wake Forest ... assisted on a tackle against Delaware ... came up with several big plays in a triple-overtime win at Notre Dame ... sacked the quarterback two times, the first sacks of his career ... the first sack forced a fumble that was picked up by teammate Chris Kuhar-Pitters and returned for a touchdown in the fourth quarter ... his second sack of the day came on fourth down at Navy's 24 with the score tied at 28 and less than a minute left in regulation ... on Notre Dame's two-point conversion in the third-overtime session, he assisted on the stop of Travis Thomas on a running attempt for the Navy victory ... he finished the game with four tackles ... chipped in with two tackles at North Texas ... tallied nine tackles and a sack against Northern Illinois ... paced the Mids with eight tackles against Army ... two of those stops came in the backfield ... also forced a fumble deep in Army territory during the second quarter ... chipped in with three tackles against Utah in the Poinsettia Bowl.

2006: Played in six games ... saw first-career action against Stanford ... also played against Rutgers and Eastern Michigan ... registered first-career tackle in the loss to Notre Dame ... picked up a tackle against Duke.

2005: Did not see any varsity action.

High School / Personal: Earned three letters in football and lacrosse at Notre Dame High School ... football team claimed three Colonial Valley Conference titles ... was a two-time all-conference performer at defensive end ... was team MVP in lacrosse as a senior ... his father, the late Thomas Walsh, played four years of football on the offensive line at Villanova ... Michael Thomas Walsh ... Born-3/15/87.

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