," ▁said ▁John ▁Bla ke , ▁the ▁St . ▁Anne ' s - B elf ield ▁coach . ▁" But ▁he ▁jump ed ▁in ▁with ▁both ▁feet . ▁When ▁he ▁played ▁tack le , ▁he ▁would ▁drive ▁k ids ▁ 1 0 ▁or ▁ 1 5 ▁yards ▁down ▁the ▁field , ▁like ▁he ▁was ▁ste ering ▁a ▁car ." ▁He ▁was ▁given ▁a ▁ 4 - star ▁ranking ▁for ▁college ▁rec ruit ing ▁from ▁Riv als . com , ▁a ▁service ▁that ▁r ated ▁him ▁the ▁sixth - best ▁def ensive ▁end ▁in ▁the ▁prep ▁ranks . ▁He ▁played ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁U . S . ▁Army ▁All - American ▁Bowl . ▁Long ▁also ▁played ▁basketball , ▁lac ros se , ▁and ▁baseball ▁in ▁high ▁school . ▁ ▁College ▁career ▁ ▁Long ▁played ▁college ▁football ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Virginia ▁under ▁head ▁coach ▁Al ▁Gro h ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁while ▁purs uing ▁a ▁degree ▁in ▁soci ology . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁fresh man ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁backup ▁on ▁the ▁def ensive ▁line , ▁but ▁missed ▁five ▁games ▁due ▁to ▁mon on uc le osis . ▁ ▁Long ▁ended ▁the ▁season ▁with ▁five ▁tack les ▁( two ▁for ▁a ▁loss ) ▁and ▁a ▁s ack . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁s oph om ore ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Long ▁aver aged ▁ 3 . 8 ▁tack les ▁per ▁game , ▁leading