| Bret Garegnani |
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2005: Started 10 games at right tackle ... helped the Bears to 1,491 team rushing yards ... helped lead the way for Andre Wilson's 1,034 yard rushing season, the seventh-best in school history ... Bears ranked second in the Great West with 206.9 passing yards per game ... team rushed for 135.5 yards per game, 33.5 yards more than the previous season.
2004: Earned honorable mention All-Great West honors as an offensive lineman ... started nine games as a sophomore on the offensive line ... started the first four games of the season at right guard ... missed the next two contests with an injury ... started the final five games at right tackle ... paved the way for Andre Wilson as he rushed for the 8th-highest single-season total in UNC's history with 990 yards ... UNC averaged 102.0 yards per game rushing and 224.3 yards per game passing ... Bears ranked third in the Great West in passing yards/game.
2003: Saw action in all 11 games as a backup on the offensive line ... helped clear the way for Adam Matthews to set the single-season (1,653 yards) and career (3,325) rushing records ... offense ranked No. 4 in the nation (481.6 yards/game) ... scoring offense ranked No. 6 in the nation (38.6 points/game).
2002: Redshirted.
High School: Garnered all-state honors as a senior ... two-time all-conference (Jefferson County) pick as a junior and senior ... also competed in wrestling and track ... big lineman with great footwork ... team won the state title in 1999 ... earned letters in football (3), track (2) and wrestling (2) ... high school coach: Don McGatlin.
Personal: Born Dec. 11, 1983, in San Diego, Calif. ... son of Dennis and Misty Garegnani ... majoring in sport and exercise science with an emphasis in K-12 teaching ... his grandfather, Anthony Garegnani, played professional baseball.
