James Cloud Class: Senior Hometown: Hackensack, N.J. High School: Hackensack Last College: Coffeyville CC Height / Weight: 6-2 / 216 Position: OLB Birthdate: 05/08/1985 Experience: 5th

Updated July 21, 2008

2007: First-team all-conference and Honorable Mention Sports Network All-American...Led the conference in sacks (8.5) and tied for second among league-leaders in tackles for loss (14.5)...Led the Salukis in both of those categories...Tied for 35th in the nation in sacks...Had a season-high nine takedowns, including four for loss at Western Illinois...Posted his first career interception against Massachusetts in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Football Championship...Also had a pair of sacks in that game...Was the league's Defensive Player-of-the-Week on Nov. 4.

2006: Played in six games...Recorded one tackle for a loss of six yards against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Prior to SIU: Did not see action at Coffeyville Community College in 2005...Redshirted in 2004.

High School: Third-team all-state selection as a senior at Hackensack High in 2003...Also earned all-league and all-county honors in 2004 and 2005.

Worth Knowing: Born May 8, 1985 in Hackensack, N.J....Son of Jerome and Jackie Cloud...Majoring in administration of justice..