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Freedom New Mexico

Eastern New Mexico University senior defensive end Matthew Kalisch.

• Hometown: Killeen, Texas

• High school: Harker Heights

• Favorite NFL team: Dallas Cowboys

• Favorite NFL player: Brian Urlacher

• What do you hope to be doing in five years? Serving my country as an army officer.

• Biggest off-field accomplishment since you started college: Cutting my 40-time to 4.6 after a hard summer.

• Personal favorite sports moment: Two sacks against Abilene Christian in 2009.

• Best advice you’ve ever received from a coach: Be the best. Show everyone that there should be no doubt about your ability.

• Teammate you respect the most: Quarterback Wes Wood for stepping up in a huge way. Being a man and taking on serious responsibility.

• Toughest college class: Physiological psychology. Lots of terms about the brain.

• If you could have a mulligan in life, what would it be? Doing better in high school academics.

• What do you think of spread offenses? Exciting to watch and difficult to face.