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TWO-YEAR LETTERMAN - Experienced defensive back who is working to get back in the mix after sustaining a knee injury last year...spent most of spring practice rehabbing to get back into shape for fall camp...has 18 career starts... will help the depth situation at cornerback...enters the year as a redshirt junior eligibility-wise.

2008 - Played in four games before seeing his season end with an ACL injury in the Ohio game in week four...made starts against Chowan and Ohio... had 12 tackles on the season...picked off a pass against Chowan...credited with a pass break-up at William & Mary.

2007 - Started the first four games at strong safety before moving to make two starts when the Keydets employed a five defensive back scheme later in the year...again ranked highly on the depth charts ranking fifth with 59 tackles including 27 solos and 32 assisted stops...led the team in tackles with 15 against William & Mary in week two...broke up passes in the Lock Haven, Presbyterian and Gardner-Webb games...lettered for the second time.

2006 – Started ten games as a true freshman in the defensive backfield...finished second on the team in tackles with 70 including 35 solos...led the team in pass break-ups with six...had a season-high 11 tackles with nine solos against The Citadel had four more games with at least seven stops including nine tackles against Norfolk State and eight each consecutive games against Coastal Carolina and Charleston Southern...credited with a tackle-for-loss against Army...lettered for the first time.  

HIGH SCHOOL - A graduate of Franklin High School in Elk Grove, Calif...prepped at Fork Union Military Academy...Three-year starter at Franklin HS as a DB/WR...also played varsity basketball and ran track... 2004-Honorable Mention All Delta League-California...2005-Starting CB on Post Graduate Football Team at FUMA...AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination) Program...Black Youth Leadership Project... Student Assemblyman California...Honor Roll Student.
    PERSONAL - Full name is Levi Alexander Swindell, Jr....History major.