STEVE VALLOS | At a glance

Position: TackleHeight/weight: 6-3, 290College career: After redshirting his first year, Vallos started all 48 games of his college career at Wake Forest. Named first team All-America by Sports Illustrated and The Sporting News. Named the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year by College Football News.Notebook: Son of Bill and Susan Vallos of Boardman. Has two brothers, Jim and Zac. Earned communications degree in December. Favorite band is Lynyrd Skynyrd. Favorite TV show is HBO's "Entourage." Favorite movie is "Anchorman." Favorite food is his father's lamb. (Vallos is Greek.) Finished second as a heavyweight at the Division I state wrestling tournament his senior year. Placed third in Div. I in the discus as a junior and a senior. Helped lead Boardman to the state playoffs in 2001, falling to Warren Harding 16-7 in Maurice Clarett's senior season.Draft projection: Sixth or seventh round/undrafted free agent.
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