Starter in all 41 games of his career … ranks seventh in CMU history with 382 total tackles ... enters senior season 108 tackles shy of CMU career record … leads all returning NCAA Bowl Subdivision players in career tackles ... 19 career 10-tackle games … three consecutive 100-tackle season ... member of the 2010 Lombardi Award preliminary watch list and Nagurski Trophy watch list ... preseason second team All-American by NationalChamps.net ... preseason fourth team All-American by Phil Steele's College Preview.

2009: All-MAC first team selection … co-captain … named CMU's Defensive Player of the Year ... led the team in total tackles and tackles for loss … named MAC West Division Defensive Player of the Week after tallying 10 tackles, including two tackles for loss and a sack, against Eastern Michigan (10/10) … made a season-high 15 tackles at Buffalo (10/3) … credited with 13 tackles and a forced fumble at Bowling Green (10/24) … tallied 12 tackles, including two sacks, and returned an interception 50 yards to set up a touchdown at Western Michigan (10/17) … totaled 10 tackles, including two tackles for loss, and forced a fumble at Arizona (9/5) … made 10 tackles and intercepted a pass against Toledo (11/11) … made 14 tackles, including two for a loss of yardage, in the GMAC Bowl (1/6).

2008: Co-captain … All-MAC first team selection … named CMU’s defensive player of the year and most valuable linebacker … led the MAC and ranked fourth nationally with 11.4 tackles per game … collected at least 11 tackles in 10 games … matched a career high with 16 stops against both Eastern Illinois (8/28) and Eastern Michigan (11/28) … collected 11 tackles and forced two fumbles in win at Ohio (9/13) … second forced fumble at Ohio occurred at the CMU 1-yard line and resulted in a touchback with 3:09 remaining … tallied 14 tackles against Buffalo (9/27) … made 13 stops against both Western Michigan (10/18) and Toledo (10/25) … made 13 tackles and recovered a fumble in the Motor City Bowl (12/26).

2007: Starter in all 14 games at middle linebacker … finished with a CMU freshman record 102 tackles including 45 solo … seven tackles for a loss including one sack … forced one fumble and recovered two fumbles … snared two interceptions … posted at least seven tackles in a game nine times … recovered a fumble at Purdue while making seven stops (9/15) … wrapped up a season-high 16 tackles against North Dakota State (9/22) including one tackle for a loss … forced a fumble and intercepted a pass while making three tackles (one for a loss) against Army (10/13) … made eight stops at Kent State (10/27) … three tackles were behind the line of scrimmage at KSU including his first career sack … registered double-digit stops for the second time in 2007 against Eastern Michigan with 10 (11/16) … posted eight tackles against Miami in the MAC Championship Game including one for a loss (12/1) … tallied 11 tackles, an interception and a fumble recovery in the Motor City Bowl (12/26).

High School: Three-year letterman … also earned three varsity letters in track and field and one in hockey … tallied 148 tackles, 20 tackles for loss and six sacks as a senior … posted 311 career tackles … two-year team captain … North Shore Conference Defensive Player of the Year as a senior … earned first team all-state honors … also collected all-area and all-suburban accolades … earned first team all-conference and honorable mention all-state recognition as a junior … was a first team all-conference offensive lineman as a junior.

Personal: Parents are Jim and Mary Bellore … born May 12, 1989 … prep coach was Jim Tietjen … also considered Western Michigan, Northern Illinois, Wisconsin and Kansas State … majoring in finance.

INTERCEPTIONS          G    No    Yds  TD  Lg Avg/R Avg/G
2007................  14     2     41   0  28  20.5   2.9
2008................  13     0      0   0   0   0.0   0.0
2009................  14     2     55   0  50  27.5   3.9
TOTAL...............  41     4     96   0  50  24.0   2.3


TACKLES                G    UA     A Total    TFL-Yds    PD   FF   FR Blkd
2007................  14    45    57   102    7.0-23      3    1    2    0
2008................  13    73    75   148    5.5-9       4    2    1    0
2009................  14    71    61   132   13.0-28      5    2    0    0
TOTAL...............  41   189   193   382   25.5-60     12    5    3    0

SACKS                  G    UA     A Total   Yds
2007................  14     1     0   1.0    10
2008................  13     0     1   0.5     2
2009................  14     3     0   3.0    11
TOTAL...............  41     4     1   4.5    23