TULANE: A two-year letterwinner and returning starter who has played in 22 career games with 12 starts... participated in limited action during the spring, but enters the fall camp as the No.1 Weakside linebacker.

2006: Started all 12 games and was third on the team in tackles with 55 (17s/38a)... recorded three stops for lost yardage and one quarterback hurry... registered five or more tackles six times, including a career-best seven stops vs. Rice... added six tackles at Marshall and five stops at UTEP... registered at least three tackles in every game.

2005: Played in 10 games at linebacker as a true freshman, recording seven tackles (two solo)... notched a season-best three tackles (all assists), including a tackle for loss, against Marshall... had single tackles against Houston, Navy, Rice and Southern Miss.

HIGH SCHOOL: First team All-Dade County choice by the Miami Herald... played in just seven games of his senior season at Pace due to injury, but was still selected third-team Class 3A All-State... made 85 tackles with five quarterback sacks while helping Pace to a 12-3 record and the district and regional titles... forced a pair of fumbles... transferred to Pace from MacArthur High in Hollywood, Fla., where he played offensive tackle and defensive line and made 60 tackles with three sacks as a junior... named to the All-Broward County honorable mention team... also lettered in track and field. Member of the High Honor Roll as well as the National Honor Roll. Listed in "Who's Who Among American High School Students."

PERSONAL: Majoring in humanities... born James Branden Dillard on June 30, 1987, in Miami, Fla.... the son of James and Tonya Dillard.

Dillard's Career Defensive Stats

Year	G-GS	UT-AT-TT	TFL	Sacks	FF/FR	QH	PD	INT
2005	10-0	2-5-7	0.5-1	0-0	0/0	-	0	0-0
2006	12-12	17-38-55	3.0-4	0-0	1/1	1	0	0-0
Career	22-12	19-43-62	3.5-5	0-0	1/1	1	0	0-0