Olajuwon Paige Hometown: Aiken, S.C. High School: Aiken HS Last College: Georgia Military Institute Height / Weight: 5-9 / 180 Position: CB Experience: 1L

INTERCEPTIONS	g	no.	yards	td	long	avg/r	avg/g
2009	10	1	19	0	19	19.0	1.9
2010	12	1	15	0	15	15.0	1.2
TOTAL	22	2	34	0	19	17.0	1.5

ALL PURPOSE	g	rush	rcv	pr	kr	ir	total	avg/g
2009	10	0	0	0	0	19	19	1.9
2010	12	0	0	0	0	15	15	1.2
TOTAL	22	0	0	0	0	34	34	1.5

TACKLES	g	ua	a	total	tfl	pd	ff	fr	blk
2009	10	14	7	21	0.0	3	0	1	0
2010	12	37	20	57	1.5	8	0	0	0
TOTAL	22	51	27	78	1.5	11	0	1	0

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2010: Played in all 12 games, starting in 11 ... Ended the year with 57 total tackles, 37 solo and 20 assisted ... Intercepted one pass and returned it 15 yards while breaking up seven passes ... Recorded 1.5 tackles for a loss of five yards ... Opened the season with four tackles against Grambling (9/4) ... Recorded a career-best seven tackles at Texas A&M (9/11) with four solo stops, three assisted tackles and one pass break-up ... Made one assisted tackle and one pass break-up against Navy (9/18) ... Matched a then-career-high seven tackles against Southern Miss (9/25) with four solo stops, three assisted tackles and a career-best two pass break-ups ... Registered six tackles at Hawai'i (10/2) with four solo stops and two assisted tackles ... Made three total tackles against Idaho (10/16) with two solo stops and one assisted tackle ... Registered five total tackles at No. 2 Boise State (10/26), recording three solo stops and assisting on two more with one assisted tackle coming for a loss of one yard while also being credited with one pass break-up ... Recorded his second career interception, returning it 15 yards against Fresno State (11/6) while also recording three total tackles ... Recorded a career-high nine total tackles at New Mexico State (11/13) while being credited with two pass break-ups ... Recorded four solo tackles at San Jose State (11/27).

2009: Played in 10 games, starting in four... Made 21 tackles on the year, 14 solo and seven assisted... Recorded one interception, returning it 19 yards, recovered one fumble and credited with two pass break-ups... Recorded six tackles at Auburn (9/5) in his first appearance in a Tech uniform, making four solo stops, two assisted tackles and breaking up one pass while recovering one fumble... Notched three tackles against Nicholls State (9/30)... Recorded his first career interception against New Mexico State (10/17), returning it 19 yards while also recording two assisted tackles... Credited with three total tackles at Utah State (10/24), two solo and one assisted... Notched one solo and one assisted tackle at Idaho (10/31)... Credited with one solo stop at No. 9 LSU (11/14)... Recorded three solo tackles and credited with one pass break-up at Fresno State (11/21)... Recorded one solo tackle against San Jose State (12/5).

Junior College: Played two years for coach Bert Williams at Georgia Military Institute ... Was named team captain for the Bulldog his sophomore season ... Registered three interceptions in 2008 ...

High School: Lettered four years at Aiken High School in South Carolina ... Was named all-state as a senior as well as all-region by the Aiken Standard ... Played in the Down Under Bowl in Australia following his senior season ... Also lettered on the high basketball team for four years and the baseball team for five years ... Was named all-region in basketball ...

Personal: Full name is Olajuwon Paige ... Son of Jimmy and Bessie Paige ... Has one brother, Jimmy Jr. ... Has one sister, Porsha ... His cousin Jermaine Martin played football at Clemson ... His cousin Taikwon Paige played at Georgia Military College with him ... Born July 14, 1987 in Aiken, South Carolina.

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