Barkevious Mingo, OLB

One of the most dominant pass rushing defensive ends in school history with 29 tackles for loss and 15 sacks in 40 career games ... Started 15 times ... Added 119 total tackles (60 solo) ... Added 27 quarterback hurries and batted down 11 passes ... Second team All-SEC as a sophomore and junior ... Freshman All-SEC in 2010 ... Opted to forgo senior season with the Tigers after being projected as a first round NFL Draft pick in 2013.

Played in all 13 games with 10 starts ... Earned second team All-SEC honors after recording 38 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks ... Led Tigers with 12 QB hurries ... Had tremendous game vs. Clemson despite missing most of second half due to illness ... Had five tackles, 3.0 tackles for 9-yard in losses and a half sack in Chick-fil-A Bowl contest against Clemson ... Added a forced fumble ... Had at least one tackle for loss in six games ... Had one sack in games vs. Towson, South Carolina, Texas A&M and Mississippi State ... Had season-best six tackles vs. North Texas in first game of year ... Recovered fumbles in road games vs. Florida and Texas A&M ... Had three QB hurries in road win over Auburn.

One of the SEC's most dominant pass rushers who played in all 14 games with four starts ... Backed up Ken Adams early in the season at defensive end ... A second-team All-SEC selection by the Associated Press ... Led the team and ranked third in the SEC in tackles for loss with 15.0 for 93 yards ... Was second on the squad and finished seventh in the SEC in sacks with 8.0 for 60 yards ... His 15.0 tackles for loss ranked ninth in LSU single-season history, while his 8.0 sacks finished ninth as well in single-season school history ... Totaled 46 tackles on the year with 11 quarterback hurries ... Started against Ole Miss, Arkansas, Georgia and Alabama in the BCS Championship Game.

Team-high 1.5 tackles for loss in the BCS title game ... Set a career high with five quarterback hurries in the SEC Championship Game against Georgia ... Posted a career-high three tackles for a loss and two sacks along with one QB hurry against Arkansas ... Posted three solo tackles, including one sack and 2.0 TFLs at Ole Miss ... Set a career high with eight tackles, one sack and a QB hurry versus Western Kentucky ... Named the SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week after tallying a career-high two sacks for a loss of 21 yards with four total tackles and a QB hurry against Auburn ... Posted four tackles, 1.5 tackles for a loss, one sack and one QB hurry against Kentucky ... Recorded one sack and a forced fumble at Mississippi State ... Productive game against Northwestern State as he recorded three tackles, one TFL, one PBU and one QB hurry.

Played 13 games with one start at right defensive end at Auburn ... Racked up 35 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, six pass breakups, four quarterback hurries, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery ... Used his long arms and quickness off the edge to finish second on the team with six PBUs ... Credited with four assisted tackles and two PBUs against Alabama ... Made his first career start at Auburn and picked up two tackles and one QB hurry ... Tallied five tackles with 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble against Tennessee ... Registered two QB hurries, one PBU and two tackles against West Virginia ... Stood out at Vanderbilt with five total tackles, one 11-yard sack and a forced fumble ... Saw his first action as a Tiger in the opener against North Carolina and made his presence known by recording three solo tackles with one tackle for a loss and a fumble recovery.

Spent his freshman season on the scout squad ... Redshirted in 2009.

A 5A first-team all-state selection, Mingo recorded 59 tackles to go with seven tackles and four tackles for losses in helping West Monroe to the state championship game in 2008 ... Added four forced fumbles and recovered seven fumbles in 2008 ... As a junior, tallied 55 tackles to go with six sacks and 12 tackles for loss ... Named all-state in Class 5A as a junior ... A four-star prospect according to Rivals.com and Scout.com ... Rated as the No. 8 linebacker in the country by SuperPrep ... Rated as the No. 6 strong side linebacker by Scout.com ... Rated as the No. 9 outside linebacker by Rivals.com ... A member of the Rivals 250 and Scout 300 ... Rated as the No. 5 best athlete among linebackers by Rivals.com ... Rated as the No. 3 player in the state of Louisiana by SuperPrep ... Ranked as the No. 8 player in the state of Louisiana by Rivals.com ... Rated as the No. 63 overall prospect in the Mobile Press-Register Super Southeast 120 ... Named to the New Orleans Times Picayune Blue Chip List and the Baton Rouge Advocate Super Dozen ... Coached by Don Shows.

Full name is Barkevious Levon Mingo ... Nickname is KeKe (pronounced Key-Key) ... In 2009 was voted "Name of the Year" by an online fan competition ... Born Oct. 4, 1990, in Belle Glades, Fla. ... Dad is Hugh Mingo and mom is Barbara Johnson ... Has four siblings - Hugh Mingo III, Hughtavious Mingo, Malik Johnson and LaDarian Johnson ... Majoring in sports administration.