He placed fifth in the heptathlon at the 2006 NCAA Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship, earning All-American honours, and won the Pac-10 decathlon title in the outdoor season with a personal best of 7691 points.

[2] He capped off the season by taking third place in the decathlon at the 2006 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, scoring 7827 points to finish behind Ryan Harlan and Tom Pappas.

He finished with a two-day total of 8130 points, but this was only enough for fourth place behind Clay, Trey Hardee and Pappas, meaning that he would not gain one of the three berths for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

[8] He recorded a season's best of 8191 at the USA vs. Germany Decathlon competition, finishing as runner-up behind Norman Müller and helping the United States to a team victory.

At the World Championships he opened with a 100 meters personal record of 11.01 seconds, but he did not maintain similar form in the other events and finished the competition with a total of 7837 points, leaving him in 24th in the final rankings.