Eric Brightwell

Safety
Junior
5-11, 190, Rolling Meadows, Ill.

2008:  Played in nine-of-10 games and made seven starts…team’s fourth-leading tackler with 46 (36 solo, 10 assisted), including three tackles-for-loss…intercepted one pass and broke up three others.

2007:  Played in all 10 games and made seven starts at safety…team’s third-leading tackler with 51 (44 solo, 7 assisted), including three tackles-for-loss and a sack…forced one fumble, intercepted a pass and broke up another.

2006:  Played in seven-of-10 games…credited with seven tackles, including one tackle-for-loss.

High School:  Named All-Mid-Suburban League and Daily Herald all-area his senior year¼his junior-year team reached the Illinois High School Association state semifinals¼coached by Doug Millsaps¼member of the both the wrestling and baseball teams his freshman year and participated in track and field both his sophomore and junior years.

Personal:  Business administration major¼born Sept. 16, 1987.