High School: Three-year letterman at Holy Cross high for coach Barry Wilson...earned All-Catholic League honors as a senior and helped the Tigers advance to the second round of the state playoffs twice...also earned three letters in power lifting where he won two state championships and the Junior Olympic Super Heavyweight title from 2005-07...off the field, was a membr of the National Honor Society and graduated with high honors...awarded Holy Cross' Tiger Award and the Katrina Award for returning to the school following the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Personal: Born Edward Duke Krause on Feb. 24, 1989 in New Orleans, La...son of Ed and Janice Krause...has one brother, Douglas...father played football at Tulane...proposed major is history.