Victor Abiamiri

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Victor Abiamiri (born January 14, 1986)^[1] is a defensive end who attended the University of Notre Dame. He is a prospect for the 2007 NFL Draft and ESPN reports that he is likely to be chosen in the first round.^[2] He was born in Nigeria and came to the United States when he was eighteen months old.^[3]

1 Career
- 1.1 High school
- 1.2 College
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] High school

He graduated from The Gilman School in Baltimore, Maryland.^[4] Coming out of high school he was rated in ESPN's list of the nation's top 100 players^[5] and 1st on The Sporting News Hot 100.^[6] He was a four-year letter winner in football and served as a team captain in his senior year.

[edit] College

He is rated the number-five defensive end in college football for 2006 by The Sporting News. In his college career he posted 189 career tackles, and 41.5 sacks.

[edit] 2003 (Freshman)

He was a Reserve lineman who played in his first season and was named a Rivals.com honorable mention Freshman All-American. He played in all 12 games and started 5 of them.^[7] He had 1 quarterback sack and made 22 tackles (16 solo) and four of them were for loss.

[edit] 2004 (Sophomore)

He played in every game and had 15 tackles (9 solo),6 for loss, and 2 sacks.

[edit] 2005 (Junior)

He started all 12 games at defensive end. He was Notre Dame's Lineman of the Year as voted by the Moose Krause Chapter of the National Football Foundation. He was also one of 10 players selected to the team's leadership committee by a vote of his teammates. He finished the season with 48 tackles (34 solo), 15 tackles for loss, 8 sacks and one forced fumble.