Michael Antonescu Class: RS Freshman Hometown: Ridgeland, Miss. High School: Ridgeland HS Height / Weight: 6-4 / 290 Position: Offensive Line Birthdate: 11/27/1988 Experience: HS

Prep: Was a three-year letterwinner on the offensive line at Ridgeland High...Played for Coach Kenny Burton...Named first-team all-state by the Jackson Clarion-Ledger as a senior...Also named first-team all-metro and all-district...Did not give up a sack in two years as a starter on the offensive line...Credited with a season-high 15 pancakes against Yazoo City in 2006...Finished his senior season with 135 pancake blocks...Played in the Mississippi-Alabama High School All-Star game...Listed as one of the Top 25 Most Wanted Recruits in the State of Mississippi by the Jackson Clarion Ledger...Was also named to the all-metro and all-district teams in 2005...Played center on the RHS basketball team for three seasons...Was a member of the academic decathlon team for two years...Listed on the RHS honor roll.

Personal: Michael Gabriel Antonescu is the son of the late Jill Antonescu...Born November 27, 1988, in New York...His grandfather, Jack Salveson, was a pitcher for the New York Giants and was the youngest player in Major League Baseball during the 1933 season.