Stephen Paea Gears Up for Junior Year
by Jake Bertalotto on Mar 3, 2009 7:09 AM PST
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Generally, a junior college transfer like Stephen Paea is expected to come in as a junior and compete to see his name on the two-deep. But rarely do you see a player turn in a rookie sophomore campaign like Paea did.
In 2008, Paea started 12 of 13 games-- all except the Civil War, where he played on a sprained MCL. Paea said before the Sun Bowl that he hadn't been completely healthy since the Beavers beat UCLA on November 8 in Los Angeles.
Paea recorded 41 tackles on the season, 11 for loss, and five sacks. In Oregon State's game against Cal, Stephen recorded a season-best six tackles, two for loss, and a sack-- with a strained MCL, mind you.
The 6-1, 293 tackle will return to the defensive line as a junior. He'll play a large role in filling in for the absence of graduated senior ends Victor Butler and Slade Norris, as well as fellow tackle Pernnell Booth-- Paea will the be the only returning starter in 2009.
Expect this honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection to wreak havoc on opposing offensive lines yet again in 2009.
--Jake (jake.buildingthedam@gmail.com)
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Paea is a beast.
And I think I read somewhere last year that he has younger brothers who are also interested in coming to Oregon State. That sounds good for the future!
You mean opposing offensive lines?
Addicted To Quack [dot] com; "In other news, Ropert was mauled by a velociraptor yesterday and sustained a life-threatening ACL injury and a pulled hamstring."
*sigh* yes
I make typos a lot.
--JB--
www.buildingthedam.com
by Jake Bertalotto on Mar 3, 2009 4:40 PM PST up reply actions
wHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT
Fouch is an absolute beast!
What is he, like their 5th stringer?
I swear, between the Washington schools I’m fairly sure they went through double digits in quarterbacks last year
Maybe not pride
but certainly pleasure. Can’t we just enjoy it while it lasts?
Yes your ass looks big, you need to lose weight. Sorry, had to vent.
I suppose I do get a little pleasure.
But I’d still prefer a nice pic of the USC game. Now that’s something to take pleasure and feel proud of.
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