2010: Started in nine games at linebacker…Amassed 67 total tackles (46 solo)…Also recorded three tackles for loss (-4 yards)…Collected season highs in solo (8) and total (10) tackles vs. M.I.T.

2009: Played in season’s first two games on special teams (two total tackles) before receiving a medical redshirt.

2008: Played in six games on special teams…Collected four total tackles (all solo) on the season, including one tackle for loss (-4 yards)…Playing time was limited due to a pinched nerve in the neck.

2007: Football team member.

High School: Whittaker is a 2007 graduate of Archbishop Williams High School…Played football for three years for Coach Bill Kinsherf…Football honors included: Catholic Central League (CCL) All-Star, team MVP, Thanksgiving MVP and All-Scholastic Honorable Mention.

Personal: Son of Michael and Mary Whittaker…Received Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and Sociology in May of 2011…First-year graduate student at Curry pursuing a Master’s in Criminal Justice.