University of Calgary Athletics

2012: Returned to the team and started every game at nose tackle … recorded 12 tackles on the season and was a key reason the Dinos led the conference in rushing yards allowed at less than 105 per game … named a Canada West all-star for the first time in his career …

2011: Missed the entire season as a medical redshirt …

2010: Started all eight conference games and all four playoff games, including the Mitchell Bowl and Vanier Cup … recorded 12.5 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and a sack during the regular season … named to Team Canada for the IFAF World Football Championship in Austria, winning a silver medal …

2009: Started six of eight conference games plus all four playoff games, including the Uteck Bowl and the Vanier Cup … missed weeks 2 and 3 of the season due to injury … had seven tackles including one TFL on the season … added five more tackles in the post-season …

2008: Dressed in seven conference games … recorded six tackles and one tackle for loss – a 13-yard sack … played in the 2009 East-West Bowl in Hamilton, Ont.

2007: Joined the active roster after redshirting in 2006 … played five games, recording eight tackles …

Before UC: Starting member of the Alberta U-19 team in 2006 … also a competitive wrestler in high school … played high school football for former CFLer Derek MacCready at O’Byrne …

Personal: Parents Frank and Marianne … full name Joshua Samuel Symons … graduate of Calgary’s Bishop O’Byrne High School … born in Medicine Hat, Alta.