2008: Season limited to three games due to injury ... recorded four tackles ... season-high of two came at Maine (9/13).

2007: Played in two games before suffering a season-ending injury ... received a medical redshirt ... started the first game of the season vs. Georgetown (9/1), making four tackles ... totaled five stops for the season.

2006: Started all 11 games as a true freshman for Stony Brook at linebacker ... sixth on the team with 50 tackles ... broke up a pair of passes and forced two fumbles ... four tackles, including one for a loss, in first collegiate game vs. Hofstra (8/31) ... six stops at Georgetown (9/9) ... broke up both passes at Monmouth (9/30) ... seven tackles vs. Albany (10/7) ... career best nine stops at St. Francis (Pa.) (10/14) ... seven tackles at Central Connecticut St. (11/11).

High School: A 2006 graduate of Xavier High School ... three letters in football for the Falcons as an linebacker/tight end ... all-state, all-conference and all-area ... 115 tackles and four sacks as a senior ... 95 stops as a junior ... also played basketball ... all-state and all-conference in that sport.

Personal: Born Chevar Antony Rankins on May 4, 1988 in Middletown, Connecticut ... son of Michael and Cheryl Rankins ... one brother and two sisters ... majoring in psychology.