Heath Cockburn Class: Sophomore Hometown: Dalton, Ga. High School: Northwest Whitfield Height / Weight: 6-1 / 284 Position: OG Experience: 1L

Furman: Physically strong player who is in line to take over the starting job at right guard vacated by the departure of Adi Fililipovic...fashioned a solid spring practice according to new offensive line coach Carroll McCray....record the third best squat lift (550 pounds) and second best bench press (425 pounds) in spring testing. 2006 -- Registered playing time in all 12 games and earned one start at right guard in his first season of action...also saw playing time on special teams...worked primarily as a backup at right guard behind Filipovic, totaling 175 plays...lone start and season high 35 snaps came against Appalachian State...notched 25 plays against West Georgia (24-7 win) and had 24 snaps versus The Citadel (23-17 win)...best performance (blocking grade of 86.7 percent), including a "rhino" block, came on 15 snaps against Wofford (35-21 win). 2005 -- Member of scout team...awarded redshirt and extra year of eligibility.

High School: 2005 graduate of Northwest Whitfield (4A) High School...football coach was Mike Falleur...saw action at offensive guard and defensive tackle...served as team captain and earned all-area, all-region, all-tri-state, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution All-State honors in 2004 after helping lead Northwest Whitfield to a 9-3 record and second round appearance in the state playoffs...squad's 28-27 win over North Clayton marked first playoff victory in school history...was selected to play in Georgia's North-South All-Star Game.

Personal: Full name is Aaron Heath Cockburn...son of Bruce and Sherrie Cockburn...born January 21, 1987, in Dalton, Georgia...has two siblings, Korde and Ethan...health & exercise science major.