Player Bio: John von Paris - BUCKNELL OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE

John von Paris

	Class: Junior
	Hometown: Upper Falls, Md.
	High School: John Carroll

	Height / Weight: 6-2 / 261
	Position: Defensive Line

Promising defensive line prospect who was an outstanding high school wrestler ... enters preseason camp in a battle for increased playing time after impressing in limited action last year ... has gotten bigger and stronger since last season ... tough player who runs well. 2008 (Sophomore): Played in all 11 games ... valuable reserve who registered 20 tackles and four tackles for loss ... ranked tied for fourth on team in tackles for loss ... had three tackles for loss in season's first three games ... registered 1.5 sacks at Robert Morris ... also had a sack at Holy Cross ... second on team with 2.5 sacks ... forced a fumble in win at Robert Morris ... season-high three tackles five times. 2007 (Freshman): Saw action in three varsity games and finished with three tackles, all coming in the Lafayette game ... had one tackle for loss ... also logged 12 tackles in three junior varsity games ... best outing came against Lackawanna, when he finished with seven tackles and a half-sack ... named Lewisburg Touchdown Club Scout Team Player of the Week after the Stony Brook game. John Carroll High School: Lettered four times each in football and wrestling and twice in lacrosse ... two-year captain in both football and wrestling ... first-team all-county selection in both sports ... Scholar-Athlete Catholic Review ... named to National Football Foundation All-Academic Team ... member of Baltimore Touchdown Club Super 22 Team and Maryland All-Star Team ... Baltimore Sun "player to watch" ... in wrestling finished No. 2 in the state at heavyweight as a junior and won the state title as a senior ... placed fifth at the National Prep Championships to earn All-America honors ... finished year 48-2 ... was also an outstanding rugby player ... led the John Carroll rugby team to the national high school championship, recording a record 18 tries ... named First Team All-Potomac Rugby Union ... earned Harford County Executive's Award and American Legion Boy State Program Leadership Award. Personal: John Frederick Geary von Paris ... born May 8, 1989 in Baltimore, Md. ... son of John and Patti von Paris ... has a younger brother, Sammy ... majoring in management.

 von Paris' Career Defensive Statistics
Year	G/GS	UT	AT	TT	TFL	SACK	PD	FF	FR
2007	3/0	1	2	3	0.5-1	0	0	0	0
2008	11/0	9	11	20	4-24	2.5-19	0	1	0
Totals	14/0	10	13	23	4.5-25	2.5-19	0	1	0