Prairie View A&M University Athletics

PVAMU:  The veteran of the Panther linebacker unit and expected to become a leader on the team’s defensive unit…starts his fourth year in the program and is a two-year starter…coming off a career season as the team’s third-leading tackler...named to the All-SWAC Preseason First Team.

2011:  Prairie View A&M’s third-leading tackler with 66…accounted for seven tackles for loss, one sack, two pass breakups, a forced fumble and quarterback hurry…won the Walter Payton Achievement Award for overall academic performance at the MEAC/SWAC Challenge…finished with double-digit tackles on three occasions in 2011…had 10 tackles versus Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 10 at Alcorn State and 11 versus Alabama A&M…began the year with nine tackles versus Bethune-Cookman in 2011 MEAC/SWAC Challenge in Orlando, Fla..posted 10 tackles with tackles for loss against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Sept.17…forced a fumble in the State Fair Classic versus Grambling State…tallied nine tackles at Alabama State…closed out the year with 2.5 tackles for loss and nine solo tackles versus Alabama A&M.

2010:  Finished fifth on the team with 55 tackles…had five tackles for loss and two fumble recoveries…began his collegiate career with a bang after accounting for 10 tackles and a safety versus TSU on Sept. 5…had eight tackles and a tackle for loss at Southern Mississippi…followed with eight tackles and a half-tackle for loss versus Alabama State…finished with four tackles versus Grambling State and three at Mississippi Valley State…recovered his first career fumble with six tackles in homecoming win over Lincoln University…recovered a fumble with three tackles versus Southern in Shreveport Classic…logged five tackles and a pass breakup at Jackson State…closed out the year with five tackles in season finale win over Alabama A&M.

2009:  Redshirted.

High School:  Two-star recruit by Rivals.com…named team’s defensive MVP after tallying 90 tackles, three forced fumbles and an interception…earned a one-star rating by Scouts, Inc…ranked among the top 200 linebackers in the nation by Scouts, Inc.

Personal:  Full Name: Raheem Shakur Jamel Cardwell…Nickname: Ra-Ra…Born: May 15, 1991 in Denver, Colo…Son of Frieda Cardwell…Majoring In Communications.