Joey Ehrmann

Height:
6-4
Weight:
210
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Baltimore, MD
High School:
Gilman School
Deals:
RS

2011 (Junior)
Started all 13 games at outside linebacker ... Ranked ninth on the team with 54 tackles, including 29 solo stops and 3.0 tackles for loss ... Totaled four tackles, including one for loss, at Syracuse (Sept. 1) ... Collected three tackles at Boston College (Oct. 1) ... Had a remarkable game vs. FSU (Oct. 8) ... Intercepted a Clint Trickett pass and returned it 50 yards to set up a field goal ... Also tackled FSU[apos]s Jermaine Thomas in the end zone for a safety early in the fourth quarter to give the Deacons an 18-14 lead ... Finished with four tackles, including one for loss, against the Seminoles ... Made five tackles, including 0.5 for loss, vs. Virginia Tech (Oct. 15) ... Posted a season-high seven tackles at Duke (Oct. 22) ... Tied his season-high with seven tackles vs. Notre Dame (Nov. 5) ... Forced and recovered a fumble at Clemson (Nov. 12) that led to a Deacon touchdown ... Had six tackles vs. the Tigers ... Had a half-sack and broke up a pass in the Music City Bowl vs. Mississippi State (Dec. 30). 2010 (Sophomore)
Played in all 12 games with 10 starts ... Finished 10th on the team with 42 tackles ... Ranked seventh on the squad with 4.0 tackles for loss ... Finished one off the team lead with four pass breakups on the season ... Broke up three passes and had five tackles vs. Duke (Sept. 11) ... Had four tackles, including a sack, and also recovered and forced a fumble at Florida State (Sept. 25) ... Made six tackles, including half a tackle for loss, vs. Navy (Oct. 9) ... Recorded six tackles at Virginia Tech (Oct. 16), with half a tackle for loss and a forced fumble ... Picked off first career pass vs. Boston College (Nov. 6) and also had three tackles with half a tackle for loss ... Had four tackles including half a tackle for loss vs. Clemson (Nov. 20) ... Also tipped the pass that led to Daniel Mack[apos]s interception vs. the Tigers ... Had four tackles and a QB hurry in the season finale at Vanderbilt (Nov. 27). 2009 (Redshirt Freshman)
Earned his first letter while playing in all 12 games ... Ranked 13th on the team with 25 tackles, including 14 solo stops ... Third on the club with 5.5 tackles for loss ... Second on the team with 3.5 sacks ... Had Wake Forest[apos]s lone sack against NC State (Oct. 3) when he corralled Russell Wilson for a five-yard loss ... Added 2.5 sacks against Miami (Oct. 31), the team season-high ... Also recorded five tackles and forced a fumble against the Hurricanes ... Added tackles for loss against Boston College (Sept. 26) and Georgia Tech (Nov. 7) ... Broke his right thumb during preseason camp ... Key special teams player as well.

2008 (True Freshman)
Redshirted the season. High School
A 2008 graduate of the Gilman School in Baltimore ... Ranked as the 46th-best outside linebacker in the nation by Rivals.com ... Rivals.com called him the 12th-best player in Maryland ... First team all-city and honorable mention all-state pick as a junior ... Named to the Super 22 Team by the Baltimore Football Club ... Second team all-city by the Baltimore Sun as a senior ... Three-year letterman who led the team with 117 tackles as a senior (87 solo, 30 assists) ... Posted 31 tackles for loss, 16 sacks and three interceptions ... Saw action at tight end where he caught nine passes for 79 yards and two touchdowns ... Helped lead the Greyhounds to a share of their eighth Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association Class A title in 10 years under head coach Biff Poggi ... Gilman went 6-3 in 2007 and finished seventh in the final city poll ... Ran a 4.55 40 ... Named team MVP and captain of the Greyhounds ... Also lettered in lacrosse and helped the team to a No. 2 national ranking in 2007 ... Worked as a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity ... Chose Wake Forest over Duke, Iowa and Syracuse. Personal
Majoring in communication ... Son of Joe and Paula Ehrmann ... His father was the 10th overall pick in the 1973 NFL draft as a defensive tackle out of Syracuse ... Joe played in the NFL for 13 years with the Baltimore Colts and Detroit Lions as well as in the USFL ... Older brother Barney was an All-America Lacrosse player at Georgetown from 2007-11 ... Born Feb. 5, 1990 ... Last name is pronounced 'UHR-man'.