| Emmanuel Acho |
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Junior
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| Hometown:
Dallas, Texas
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| High School:
St. Mark's
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| Height / Weight:
6-2 / 240
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| Position:
LB
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| Experience:
Jr.-2L
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· Career statistics
Third-year linebacker who has seen action in 24 games, including two starts ... posted 60 tackles (44 solo), 10 TFL, two sacks, four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, an INT, a PBU and three pressures for his career ... appeared in 14 games at linebacker, including two starts, in 2009 ... an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection ... tallied 49 tackles (36 solo), 10 TFL, two sacks, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, an INT, a PBU and three pressures ... saw action in 10 games as a true freshman ... tallied 11 tackles and a forced fumble ... ranked as one of ESPN's top 150 national prospects ... a 2009 first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection.
SOPHOMORE (2009)
Appeared in 14 games at linebacker and on special teams, including two starts ... tabbed honorable mention All-Big 12 by the league's coaches ... a first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection ... helped UT rank 12th nationally in scoring defense (16.7 ppg), third in total defense (251.9 ypg), first in rushing defense (72.4 ypg), 10th in pass efficiency defense (100.5 rating) and 19th in pass defense (179.6 ypg) ... UT also ranked first nationally in INTs (25) and tied for first in forced turnovers (37) ... notched 49 tackles (36 solo), 10 TFL, two sacks, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, an INT, a PBU and three pressures ... posted three tackles, a forced fumble and a pressure against ULM ... notched four tackles, two TFL and two forced fumbles against Texas Tech ... registered a career-high seven tackles and added a sack, three TFL and two pressures versus UTEP ... posted five tackles and three TFL against Colorado ... registered two tackles and two fumble recoveries versus No. 20 Oklahoma ... notched five tackles at Missouri ... tallied six tackles and a TFL at Oklahoma State ... posted five tackles and a sack versus UCF ... booked three tackles, his first career INT and a PBU at Baylor ... posted two tackles at Kansas and a Texas A&M ... notched two tackles at Texas A&M ... registered three tackles in the Big 12 Championship game against No. 21 Nebraska ... added a tackle in the BCS Championship game against No. 1 Alabama.
FRESHMAN (2008)
Appeared in 10 games at linebacker and on special teams, missing three games due to a knee injury ... notched 11 tackles and a forced fumble ... posted five special-teams tackles ... recorded a tackle in his first collegiate game against FAU ... tallied five tackles in a victory at UTEP ... added a tackle versus Rice and at Colorado ... posted a tackle and a forced fumble against Baylor ... recorded two tackles against Texas A&M.
HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by Hayward Lee at St. Mark's ... versatile three-sport letterman who also lettered in basketball and track and field ... earned nine letters as a prepster ... a member of ESPN's top 150 national prospects ... tabbed the state's top linebacker by Dave Campbell's Texas Football ... a first-team member of Dave Campbell's Super Team ... helped St. Mark's to a 32-9 record during his four seasons and a Southwest Preparatory Conference Championship as a senior ... posted 210 tackles in his last two years as a prepster ... notched 107 tackles and 15 sacks as a senior ... recorded 12 tackles and two sacks in a win over Oklahoma City Casady ... tabbed All-SPC as a junior ... recorded 103 tackles and forced five fumbles ... also was a four-year letterman in track and field, throwing the shot put and discus ... recorded personal bests of 57-4 (shot put) and 177-3 (discus) ... two-year letterman in basketball with career averages of 10 points and eight rebounds per game.
PERSONAL
Born in Dallas, Texas ... middle name, Cinedum, means `God guides me' ... enrolled in sport management ... a four-time member of UT's Athletics Director's Honor Roll ... a 2010 Arthur Ashe Award recipient (national award for minority student-athletes) ... brother, Sam, is a defensive end at Texas ... both parents, Sonny and Christie, were born in Nigeria ... mom, Christi, ran track at University College Hospital in Nigeria ... active in UT's community service program ... is part of a group of Longhorns that regularly visits patients at the Dell Children's Medical Center ... member of the Honor Roll all four years of high school ... served as Class Secretary as a junior ... joins his brother, Sam, and father among others on a medical mission trip to Nigeria each summer ... has also served as a counselor at summer basketball camps.
THE E. ACHO FILE
During pregame, I like to: Visualize
Favorite TV channel: ESPN
Favorite movie: Bad Boys II
Favorite actor: Will Smith
Favorite book: The Bible
Sports hero: Ed Reed
Favorite video game: Madden '09
Favorite cartoon character: Batman
I came to Texas because: The great coaching staff and great academics
