He is a native of Newnan, Georgia and attended Newnan High School. This year Almond made his first starting collegiate appearance against The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Almond served in the Gulf War and is still an active reservist. My most memorable experience is when the war first started. It seemed almost surreal to me until I shot my first rounds, I then knew the war had really begun.
Collegiate football is nothing unusual in Almond's family.
With so many relatives currently playing collegiate football, it makes it difficult for the family to support each one of the guys at every game, but Almond comes from a very supportive family that makes time to cheer on each of the gentlemen at some time during the season. Understandably, this is one of the main reasons Almond credits his biggest influence to his family. Almond is engaged to GSU senior Tiwana Turner and said that he would like to have two children himself. Almond is a health and PE major. His goal is to graduate from GSU, after which he hopes to find a graduate position at a college or university.