2006
Sat out his true freshman season...Saw scout team practice on both sides of the ball at the line of scrimmage.

High School
Selected to play in the Mississippi-Alabama High School All-Star game...Has benched 185 pounds 35 times with a 385-lb max, according to the Scout.com website...Considered one of the top seniors in the state of Mississippi prior to this senior season by G&W Recruiting Report...Displaced by Hurricane Katrina for his senior year of high school, he finished his prep career at Lilburn (GA) Parkview HS...Was a two-way tackle for the Class 5A Panthers...Made 37 tackles with four tackles for loss on the season, a campaign that was interrupted at midseason by a broken left arm...Rebounded from that injury to earn first-team, all-Gwinnett County on the defensive line...Began his senior wrestling season at Parkview before returning to the state of Mississippi in January 2006...Selected second-team, Class 4A all-state at offensive guard following his junior season at St. Stanislaus by the Mississippi Association of Coaches...Registered 62 tackles with six quarterback sacks and three fumble recoveries during his junior campaign...Also an outstanding wrestler and power lifter on the high school level...A three-time USA wrestling champion for LA/AL/MS region, he finished sixth nationally...Won a state wrestling championship in LA all three years...Finished fourth in the 308-lb weight class in the power lifting meet during his junior season, despite weighing just 275 at the time...Owned his own pressure washing business in high school...Other top scholarship offer: Rice.

Personal
Born Julio Cesar Brignone IV, 2-16-88, in Atlanta, GA...Son of Mrs. Julio Brignone and the late Mr. Brignone...Majoring in food nutrition.