The heart and soul of ASU’s defense returns for his fourth year as the starter at middle linebacker ... turned in his finest season as a Mountaineer last year, leading the SoCon and tying for sixth nationally with 130 total tackles ... needs just 29 tackles to move into ASU’s all-time top 10, a list dotted with names like Dexter Coakley, Dino Hackett and Corey Lynch ... has started 33 of ASU’s last 34 games at middle linebacker and barring any unforseen circumstances, will do so again in 2009.

2008: Enjoyed his finest season to date in the Black and Gold ... led ASU and the SoCon and tied for sixth nationally with 130 total tackles ... also led the team and SoCon and was tied for second nationally with four fumble recoveries ... was rewarded for his efforts with the SoCon Defensive Player of the Year award, as voted by the league’s coaches, as well as first-team all-America recognition from The Sports Network and first-team all-conference accolades from the SoCon’s coaches and media ... turned in one of his finest performances of the year in the season opener at LSU, with 12 tackles and an interception that set up an ASU field goal ... was named SoCon Defensive Player of the Week following his performance in Baton Rouge ... tallied a dozen tackles and picked off a pass again four weeks later versus Presbyterian ... put together a string of four-straight games with double-digit tackles versus Samford (10), Georgia Southern (11), Furman (15) and Wofford (13) in mid-to-late October ... registered a 13-yard sack at Samford and recovered two fumbles and returned them a combined 33 yards in the Apps’ 70-24 rout over No. 3 Wofford ... reached double-digits in the tackles column once again two weeks later with 10 stops in the SoCon-title-clinching 24-16 win over No. 11 Elon ... combined for 23 tackles in two postseason games ... in addition to leading the team in tackles, ranked fifth on the squad with six-and-a-half tackles for loss, tied for third with three sacks and two interceptions.

2007: Earned honorable-mention all-America recognition from The Sports Network after leading the team and tying for second in the SoCon with 127 total tackles (49 solo) ... tied for third in the conference with two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries ... the two forced fumbles ranked among ASU’s biggest plays of the season — the first quelled a Michigan drive in ASU’s 34-32 win in the season opener and the second, which came at the ASU nine yard line with less than a minute remaining, prevented James Madison from attempting a chip-shot game-winning field goal in ASU’s 28-27 win in the first round of the NCAA Division I playoffs ... had five tackles (four solo) to go along with a forced fumble in the opener at Michigan ... had back-to-back double-digit tackle games versus Northern Arizona (14) and Wofford (13) ... notched third double-digit tackle performance of the season with 11, including one-and-a-half for loss, against Georgia Southern ... matched the season-high one-and-a-half TFL and recovered a fumble the following week at Furman ... in addition to the decisive forced fumble in the opening-round playoff win versus JMU, added 20 tackles (the second-most in ASU postseason history) and a 77-yard fumble return that set up an ASU touchdown in the one-point win ... racked up 39 tackles in four postseason games ... finished season with four double-digit tackle efforts ... four quarterback hurries were good for fourth on the squad ... 5.5 tackles for loss tied for seventh on the team ... started every game at middle linebacker but the regular-season finale, in which senior Cam Speer started in Roman’s place.

2006: Had 44 tackles in 14 games, including 2.5 for loss and a sack ... also hurried the passer once and broke up four passes ... had a career day in first-career start, tallying nine tackles and a sack at Gardner-Webb ... had six stops at Chattanooga and at home against The Citadel ... broke up a pair of passes in regular-season finale at Western Carolina ... made five tackles in postseason debut versus Coastal Carolina.

2005: Redshirted.

High School: Two-year starter earned all-state recognition as a senior in 2003 ... helped lead Camden County to Georgia 5A state championship with a perfect 15-0 record during senior campaign ... part of a CCHS defense that recorded nine shutouts in ‘03 ... selected to play in 2003 Georgia North-South all-star game ... did not play football in 2004 ... coached by Jeff Herron.

Personal: Full name is Jacque Jacoby Roman ... majoring in communication - organizational/public.