2011: Started all nine games in the defensive backfield as a freshman … finished with 28 tackles … shared the team lead with four passes broken up … first collegiate pass break up came at Mass. Maritime (9/17) … first career interception came the next week against Curry (9/24) to go along with five tackles … two stops and a pass breakup at UMass Dartmouth (10/1) … matched his season best with five tackles, all solo, at Plymouth State (10/8) … three tackles and a pass breakup at Salve Regina (10/22) … blocked a kick and returned a kickoff against Nichols (10/29) … another pass broken up with four stops against Endicott (11/5).

Off The Field at MIT: Majoring in aerospace engineering … research at MIT’s Space Systems Lab.

High School: A 2011 graduate of St. Johns High School … Scholar Athlete  Award… part of a team that won two Central Massachusetts Division I championships … also played baseball and wrestled … team captain of the wrestling squad … National Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Gayle Eknaian and Parvel Souffrant.