Article: HITTING SOME NEW HEIGHTS BC'S SILVA TO START AT SAFETY

At East Providence (R.I.) High, where he starred for four years at running back and linebacker, Jamie Silva said he played football at only one speed: "all-out."

A 5-foot-11-inch, 207-pound redshirt freshman, Silva took that same approach in Boston College's preseason camp to earn a starting spot at strong safety ahead of sophomore Ryan Glasper.

Silva, whose older brother Steve is a senior running back at Holy Cross, has made quite an impression on his BC teammates as a hitter with a voracious appetite for contact.

"Everyone saw in the spring that this kid was a hitter," said senior defensive tackle Tim Bulman. "He comes at you like a torpedo - just selling out his body. I think he had an ...

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