Michael Okoroike Season 2013

AT SAN JOSE STATE: In his second season with the Spartans... Was moved to linebacker from the defensive line for 2014 spring practice... Signed a National Letter-of-Intent in February 2013... Name is pronounced Oh-core-rhee-kay.

2013: Completed a redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in football and wrestling at Antelope (Calif.) High... 9.0 tackles for loss and a team-high 6.0 quarterback sacks as a senior... Named the 2012 Capital League Defensive Lineman of the Year and a Sacramento Bee second-team All-Metro selection, second-team All-Sac-Joaquin Section and first-team all-county pick... Credited with a team-best 10 quarterback hurries and 26 tackles en route to first-team all-league honors as a junior... Competed at 225-pounds class on the wrestling team.

MORE ON MICHAEL: Plans to major in biology... Sister, Michelle Okoroike, is a sophomore guard on the 2013-14 Cal State San Bernardino women[apos]s basketball team... Cousin, Basil Okoroike, was a jumper for the UC Davis men[apos]s track and field team... A member of his school[apos]s Project Lead The Way - a high school biomedical sciences program... The native of Antelope, Calif., was born on May 18, 1995.