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ASU: Will look to back up Brian Montesanto at defensive tackle...currently listed at third on the depth chart at one of the defensive tackle spots...very athletic.
2002: Made his lone appearance vs. Central Florida.
2001: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2000 graduate of Phoenix's Maryvale High School...earned honorable-mention All-America honors by USA Today...a member of the Tacoma News Tribune's "Western 100" listing...listed as an All-Western region pick by PrepStar Magazine...named the recipient of the Curley Culp Award, presented annually to the state's top defensive lineman by the Valley of the Sun Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame...named to the Arizona Republic's All-Arizona football first team...All-5A Central Region team by the Arizona Republic at tight end...named to the Arizona Republic's Northwest Valley Super Dozen team...first-team all-state by Super All-State '99 by Phoenix Metro Magazine...won the Brian Murray Award as the state's best interior lineman...also earned the Roger Kronberg Award as Phoenix Metro's best interior lineman...was named the Defensive Player of the Year by the Arizona Informant...named to the Arizona Informant All-Arizona Team... named All-Metro Region three times...collected 52 tackles, two interceptions, four quarterback sacks and 11 tackles for loss...Maryvale's Defensive Player of the Year in 1999...also once started in the program as a quarterback...lettered three times in football and twice in baseball...captained the football team in his freshman and senior seasons.
PERSONAL: Majoring in interdisicplinary studies (education and sociology)...parents are Otis (juvenile probation officer) and Leslie (inside sales)...has an older brother, Cory, and an older sister, Jamila...born Feb. 2, 1981 in Phoenix...full name is Joshua Robert Kirkwood.
