47  Greg Saydjari
Greg Saydjari

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Skowhegan, Maine

High School:
Skowhegan

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 221

Position:
Defensive End


UW This Season: Greg Saydjari will enter the 2010 season listed as No. 3 on the depth chart at left defensive end. He joined the Wyoming football team in the spring of 2010 as a walk-on.

High School: Saydjari was a tremendous athlete and student at Skowhegan High School. In football, he was extremely versatile and played full back, quarterback, linebacker, tight end, running back, wide receiver, defensive end, defensive tackle and special teams during his varsity career. He was a Pine Tree Conference Class A First Team All-Conference linebacker and was named a Morning Sentinel First Team Defensive All-Star as a senior captain. He received the Tom Bolstridge Award for outstanding linebacker at Skowhegan High. He played in the Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl and was a defensive team captain. As a junior, he was named to the Pine Tree Conference Class A All-Stars as a first team defensive end. He was also named Second Team All-Central Maine by the Morning Sentinel. His high school statistics were very impressive. As a sophomore, he recorded 58 tackles, one sack and one fumble recovery. As a junior, he recorded 42 tackles, two sacks and recovered three fumbles. During his senior year, he had 39 tackles and two sacks. Offensively, he rushed for 412 yards and had 216 receiving yards in his high school career. He rushed for five TDs and an average of 5.1 yards a carry. He caught one TD pass and averaged 13.5 yards per catch. Saydjari also played basketball and competed in track and field. Academically, Saydjari was on the high honor/honor roll throughout high school and was on the all A's honor roll as a freshman and sophomore. He was also a Pine Tree Conference All Academic Class A selection in football his senior year. He was named the Webber Energy Fuels Male Athlete of the year at Skowhegan High.

Personal: Born Aug. 24, 1990 in Cheyenne, Wyo. He is the son of Cheryl and Razi Saydjari and has an older sister, Zara. Zara played field hockey at Michigan and just ended her career there in the fall of 2009. Saydjari is majoring in criminal justice at UW.

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